Activities at Glebefields Care Home
Activities are the cornerstone of a wholesome home experience, and our Activities Coordinators are always putting their creative minds to the test by organising new and exciting social events for residents to partake in. Of course, we take into account the likes and dislikes of those we support, so if someone doesn’t feel like trying something new, there will always be something on offer to reflect their personal interests. For the people who may just prefer some peace and quiet instead, we also offer one-to-one time that can be enjoyed with a nice cup of coffee or just a simple chat – whatever they desire.
Kay Boland
Hi, my name is Kay and I’m the Activities Lead for all things ‘Life Enrichment’ at Glebefields care home in Drayton, Banbury.
Throughout my career within the care industry, I have thrived o the many challenges presented and developed immense satisfaction through enabling others. As an activities coordinator, I act with integrity and always ensure that I place residents at the heart of what I do. I work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to help create and maintain a robust service. I am committed to my personal and professional development which aligns Health and Social Care core values, providing diversity, empowerment, equality and independence for all residents.
Making links with local groups and organisations to ensure our residents remain part of the local community is a key part of my role, if you would like to make contact with me and our residents, please feel free to call me on 01733 246840 or drop me an email Glebefields.activities@barchester.com
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Glebefields Care Home
Lucia's Pet Therapy
We had a lovely visit from Lucia ‘s petting farm. Animals which included rabbits, Guinea pigs, Bobby the chicken, Iguana, mother and baby tortoise and a bearded dragon. All our residents enjoyed spending time with the tiny animals. Bert was very excited and wanted to buy one among them to have it as his own pet. Ivy, Pam, Barry, Connie, June, Christine, Helen, Malcolm, and Frieddel enjoyed the special touch by the animals. They felt very happy. And we were happy to see their happiness.
"Animals improve peoples mental, physical, social, and emotional functioning with the aid of animals. Depending on the needs of the individual, many different animals can be used in therapy".
Happy Birthday "Jean"
Please join us in wishing our sweet resident; Jean a very happy 88th Birthday!
Jean loved blowing the candles on her birthday cake. The cake was made by our chef Bose. Everyone joined together and sang Happy Birthday to her . She was happy and enjoyed her cake and gift. Later in the evening her family also came and visited her. She was happy to see them on her birthday.
We hope she had an amazing day... Many happy returns from all at Glebefields.
Celebrating St Patrick's Day
Day with flower club. The home was decorated with shamrocks and all things green, white and gold!
The home marked the day with a word search and quiz game of St Patrick's. Listening to their favourite country and western songs and testing each other’s knowledge on Irish history and reciting limericks.
Chef prepared a fantastic Irish spread of traditional Irish dishes including potato soup with soda bread and stew, all washed down with a pint of Guinness, an Irish whiskey or Baileys.
General Manager, Nisha said: “Our residents have all had a brilliant day today, everyone has enjoyed the festivities – I think we all agree St Patrick’s Day is the best of all the saints days!"
Oomph With Kay
We all wish to keep ourselves healthy and fit. And the same goes with our residents too. Our residents enjoy doing exercises in the morning. We had a live exercise session which was on the Oomph platform. Residents were enjoying and doing the exercises. They were following the instructor and were performing the exercises.
Marlene, Pam, Mary, Sandy and Malcolm were happy after doing the exercises. They were feeling good and they felt relaxed.
Yummy Rice Cakes
Today Residents enjoyed making rice crispy with Kay. After the making residents loved the taste and were happy to serve them to others as well during tea time. Pam, Bert, Edith and Marlene were very excited to be a part of rice crispy making.
Happy Birthday 'Marvellous Marlene'
It's great fun to celebrate our residents birthday in our care home but it's more fun when their full family joins us for the wonderful celebration.
Here comes our lovely Marlene's Birthday function and yes we made it a grand celebration by decorating our Glebefields Care home. Their family joined us, they brought many good memories of Marlene childhood with them. Marlene daughter was so happy to see Mom celebrating her birthday with all other residents. Our Chef Boss and Vincent made the wonderful cake and some afternoon snacks for the celebration.
They were dancing and having fun. Yes it's true that "Together we make a family" and we proved it. Marlene was very happy and excited to see each and everything we did for her happiness. Marlene's family also enjoyed the time spent in the care home with us. We love you Marlene and we wish you many more successful years to come.
Upcoming events
Community Games Afternoon
We're welcoming our local community, families and friends for a lovely weekly get-together. Please join us every Thursday from 14:00-15:30 for fun and games.
Community Knit & Natter
Please join us on the second Tuesday of every month 2pm - 4pm. Enjoy friendly company as you knit and natter over tea, coffee and cake!
Don't Dine Alone
We know meal times can be a lonely time for some people, that's why we're inviting local older people to join us for lunch every Wednesday 12.30-14.30pm, call now to book.
Community Scrabble Club
Join us every Thursday 11:00am - 12:30pm for a friendly game of Scrabble in a relaxed setting, come and test your word skills and make new friends.
