Activities at Cookridge Court Care Home

Cookridge Court are delighted to share with you our food blog.

Head Chef, Sinead has been at Cookridge Court since 2016 and has a real passion for making nutritious, delicious foods for our residents and staff to enjoy. Food and nutrition are at the heart of the home, so it is important that residents can enjoy a balanced diet that caters to individual dietary requirements.

At Cookridge Court we are passionate about ensuring our residents receive the best, high nutritious meals to support their health and well-being. And let’s be honest, we all know that good food makes people happy!

With our person centred approach head Chef, Sinead and her team spend time with every new residents to ensure we cater for their requirements and preferences.

Whilst it is vital to understand our new residents needs, our team spend regular time with our current residents as we recognise that requirements can change. During our monthly resident meetings food is always at the top of discussion as we like to ensure our menus are resident led because after all, it is their home!

We look forward to showing you our delicious meals and giving you a preview inside Cookridge Court and our Hospitality team.

Cookridge Court care home recently received a lovely donation from a lady in the local community to support our residents, especially those living with Dementia.

Laura Marshall, Activities Coordinator met with Lorraine to receive the kind gift of hand knitted ‘Twiddlemuffs’.  People with dementia often have restless hands and like to have something to keep themselves occupied. Twiddlemuffs are a wonderful source of visual, tactile and sensory stimulation and at the same time keeping hands snug and warm!

They are proving very popular at Cookridge Court.

Residents at Cookridge Court had a wonderful afternoon watching the first games of the Wimbledon Tournament.

Cookridge Court's tennis fans were delighted to watch the famous matches virtually from the comfort of their armchairs. We all celebrated the opening with strawberries & cream followed by a refreshing glass of Pimms. 

Ahead of Armed Forces Day, we were transported back in time for a World War II themed talk and tour of Blenheim Palace, hosted by Antonia Keaney, the Palace’s social historian and author.

Entitled ‘Evacuees and Espionage,’ Antonia’s wartime themed talk focused on how the Marlborough family, estate staff and the Palace itself played a full and energetic part in the war effort.

The talk and tour told the story of how the Palace prepared for the worst, survived the onslaught of 400 boys being evacuated to Blenheim and kept the secrets of MI5.  

It was a lovely experience, enjoyed by all.

Residents at Cookridge Court had a wonderful afternoon enjoying one of our around the world cuisines - Portuguese.

Head Chef Sinead cooked some traditional Portuguese food, which was accompanied by a Portuguese refreshment of wine & beer. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed trying something new and it went down a treat.

Residents and staff at Cookridge Court Care Home had a great day celebrating Cupcake Day in style as there is nothing like cake to bring people together. 

With the help of our talented chefs, we got our aprons and mixing bowls out to bake and decorate a number of cakes and cupcakes in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society.

The day was a real treat for our sweet-toothed staff and residents, as we enjoyed tasting our delicious cakes, whilst raising funds for the charity.