Activities at Cubbington Mill Care Home

Residents Bob, Janet, Pat, Chris, Cheryl and Hazel along with other residents and of course Activity Coordinator Rose, were delighted to be involved with the latest Barchester Live Event, being 200 Years of Cadbury Memories. Sarah and Connor from Cadburys, walked us through the story of the brand’s great success from the very first shop, to how Cadbury is celebrating its 200th anniversary.  They shared photos from down the years, examples of old packaging and ad campaigns from the Cadbury archive in Bournville.  The carefully selected archive material told us the story of an iconic British brand, that has been part of people’s lives through generations, in moments big and small. The brand’s rich history evoked all kinds of nostalgic memories for the residents watching who all have their own Cadbury memories. We finished of the event by sharing bars of Cadburys with staff, a true whole home approach, spo everyone can be involved.

On Wednesday 24th April at Cubbington Mill, we celebrated ‘Intergenerational Week’ by inviting local nursery Butterflies to come, sing and play with us! The children bought along their favourite games to play, making shapes from homemade playdoh and sensory items to touch and smell. Resident Ann couldn’t  quite believe how polite and well-behaved all the children were when playing and taking it in turns. Resident Janet decided to play ‘balloon tennis’ which soon filled the room with laughter and smiles by all! So a little bit about Butterflies. Butterflies day nursery provides a high standard of care for children aged 18 months - 5 years and is rated a 'Good' nursery by Ofsted. The children are looked after by the same staff / key workers to ensure they get to know them well and feel happy, secure and safe in a fun, friendly and homely environment. Butterflies is located on Windmill Hill a 10 minute walk away from Cubbington Mill.

Resident Ambassador, Cheryl Saywell, at Cubbington Mill had always wanted to attend an organ recital in church so Rose Tucker the homes Activity Coordinator and Volunteer Glenda at the home made her wish a reality.

Cheryl has lived at Cubbington Mill for less than a year, before this Cheryl was a regular returning respite resident and is loved by staff and residents alike. Staff at the home were delighted to be a part of making her dream come true, as they knew how much it meant to her and they all wanted to be there to see the smile on Cheryl’s face.

Cheryl felt empowered that she was able to express her wish and have it fulfilled. Cheryl was extremely grateful to Rose for organising this trip alongside the dedication and hard work shown to make this dream come true. Cheryl gave Rose a big hug, round of applause and pat on the back.

Volunteer, Glenda, was on hand with Activity Coordinator,  Rose and Relative of Resident, Gisela, all got together in the dining room with Resident Ambassador Cheryl, Residents, Pat, Una, Maggy, Alison, Pat and Janet to make posies for our nearest and dearest. If there’s one thing our ladies enjoy at Cubbington it is certainly our shared love for flowers and beautiful gardens. Whilst the activity was happening, we listened to our favourite radio station, Smooth, singing along to some classics. Cheryl made a posie for 1 of our poorly residents and then hand delivered, which cheered Brenda up greatly. Rose made a posie for Resident, John who had unfortunately been in hospital but had attended all Posie Making Life Enrichment sessions before, so felt he hadn’t actually missed out at all.

The whole Cubbington Mill team would like to hope everyone had a very Happy Easter. We wish wherever you were on the day, you're eating lots of chocolate & hot cross buns, with your loved ones near and far.

We spent the day decorating tables, hunting for eggs and eating hot cross buns. Every resident and member of staff had an Easter egg too.

The Easter Bunny & Volunteer Glenda took Resident Ambassador, Cheryl, & Residents, Pat, Janet and Pat to ‘Morrisons Coffee Club’, which takes place on Friday mornings. We worked our way around the aisles buying gifts for loved ones, just in time for a coffee in the cafè.

Plotting Plants with Head of Maintenance and Multi Award Winning (for best garden) Waldemar with his lucky assistant Activity Coordinator Rose.

Resident Ambassador Cheryl had asked for this to be an activity as soon as the time was right it happened. Residents Pat C, Hazel, Pat F, Janet, Pat G and Audrey planted pink and yellow sunflower seeds followed by daffodil bulbs to keep in their rooms.

We spent time reminiscing about what our gardens looked like. Cheryl had a sunflower as tall as her Nephew which by the way is a very modest 6ft 4''. Whilst Pat told us her husband was in charge of the garden outside as she was in charge of their home inside.