Activities at Four Hills Care Home

Four Hills baking club is always a crowd pleaser. Residents this week made a delicious chocolate cake and a red velvet cake. Isa hasn’t baked for a long time and said ‘it was great to get back into it and lovely for her to be able to provide nice treats for other residents and staff’

There is always plenty of fresh fruit for residents to enjoy throughout the day and Residents of Four Hills look their fruity Friday morning breakfasts. Along with the daily breakfast menu Friday is fast becoming known as Fruity Friday when the homes hospitality team prepare platters of delicious seasonal fresh fruit for residents to enjoy.

Residents are very much enjoying sampling the different tastes and textures while enjoying a leisurely chats with their dining companions in their social bubbles.

To celebrate National Vegetarian Week, staff and residents at Barchester’s Four Hills care home in Glasgow were treated to an interactive virtual cookery demo courtesy of chef, Alex Connell, from Vegetarian for Life.

Chef Alex whipped up some tasty, healthy vegetarian snacks in a live, interactive cookery demo.  Much to residents’ delight, Four Hills head chef had prepared the same recipes so that residents could try all the dishes. Residents sampled delicious, light and summery veggie dishes including Borlotti bean and dill pate, Greek fritters with Tzatziki and Coronation 'chicken' pastries. All finished off with a sweet and simple but totally yummy banana bread.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Four Hills care home in Glasgow were treated to an armchair work out courtesy of the Green Goddess, Diana Moran, and Shackleton’s furniture company, followed by a mindfulness session led by Shackleton’s Emma Raybould.

Diana rose to fame as a glamorous fitness guru on BBC’s Breakfast Time in the 1980’s and has made an outstanding contribution to improving the health and wellbeing of people in the UK. She now brings that experience to Shackletons as their Health and Wellness Adviser.

It was double celebrations at Four Hills as resident, Margaret celebrated her 95th   years young on the same day as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.  The birthday girl was our ‘Queen for the day’ as she celebrated in style.

Margaret, said “I had a wonderful day with everyone from the nurses to the housekeeping and maintenance team popping by to wish me a very happy birthday, I felt very special indeed!”

Margaret also enjoyed a special surprise visit with her son who was laden with gifts and cards from family before taking advantage of the early Spring sunshine to join fellow residents in the garden, where a delicious afternoon tea was served, prepared by the homes hospitality team.

As part of Barchester’s Life Enrichment Programme, team members and residents at Four Hills in Glasgow enjoyed an exciting virtual talk, generously hosted by Five Sisters Zoo.

The residents had the opportunity to explore and learn more about the animal life at the zoo and the important conservation, rescue and education work carried out at the grounds of the zoo.

Five Sisters Zoo was officially established in 2005 with just a small collection of rabbits, guinea pigs, goats, and pigs. Since then the zoo has grown into an exciting collection of over 160 different animal species from all around the world.

One of the zoo’s many important initiatives is to provide permanent homes for rescued bears, lions and animals that have been part of travelling circuses or other establishments.

Lucy Tomlinson, Resident Experience Manager for Barchester Healthcare, commented: “Our varied life enrichment programme keeps the residents active, and provides a daily choice of engaging physical, mental and spiritual activities tailored to the residents’ interests and abilities.”