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
Bonny Bonnets!
The creation of an Easter bonnet is a fun way to keep up the Christian tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter, in harmony with the renewal of the year and the promise of spiritual renewal and redemption. Our residents just loved creating their very own bonnets and wearing them with pride over the weekend.
Our in-home Easter bonnet making competition was won by the joint 'choctastic' efforts of Ivy and Marlene... simply yummy!
Age UK Advise on Scams
We’d like to thank Mandy Massam for taking the time to meet with our residents, staff and friends of the home to provide some invaluable advice on tackling scam calls, rouge traders and phishing emails!
If you’re worried that someone you know is being scammed, you can find advice on Age UK Oxfordshire. Don’t let bogus people or communications ruin your day.
Hydration and Nutrition week
It was a great start of Hydration and Nutrition week with a delicious breakfast. Residents enjoyed it and were happy to be a part of it. As part of the brilliant morning breakfast our residents Pam, Marlene and Bert helped us in making Rice crispy cake.
Tuesday brought us ‘Super Supper Snacks’ our chef cooked variety of snacks such as vegetable Samosa, spring and sausage rolls, cheese straws sticks. Chef also prepared a puree version for those on a soft diet.
Wednesday was Afternoon Tea, then Thirsty Thursday with Mocktails of choice. We had a Fab Fruity Friday where our residents tried various new and traditional fruits. We finished the week with a Smoothie Saturday and Sundaes Sunday!
Residents; Pam, Marlene, Ivy, Friedel, Malcolm and Bert were so impressed by the chef and enjoyed every exciting day asking if many of the snacks could become a regular part of the menu!
Happy Mother's Day
We celebrated Mother’s Day with visits and video calls from family members near and far. The home was beautifully decorated with fresh flowers and bunting for the occasion.
Staff at Glebefields arranged an afternoon tea party, with fresh flowers posies for every lady and a small goodie bag with chocolate and lavender seeds. The chef, prepared a delicious cake for the mothers and they all together had a cake cut in the dining room. They enjoyed the cake and appreciated the chef for making such a delicious cake.
General Manager, Nisha Shaji said: “We’ve all had a really lovely day. It has been so good to see family members who were able to visit in person and to have video calls with those who are further away. Our residents enjoyed a fantastic lunch and then a delicious afternoon tea with cake prepared by our brilliant chefs. Our wonderful ladies have loved being spoiled, days like these are so special.”
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.
