Activities at Glebefields Care Home

We all know that you should never ask a lady her age...Happy Birthday 'Kay' sweet sixteen again (well it has a 6 in it somewhere!).

We're so pleased to have wonderful Kay as part of our Glebefields family, Kay joined us last month as our lead Activities Coordinator. She's a star, and is already making a real different to our residents’ lives with her super life enriching activities program.

Happy birthday Kay from all at Glebefields.

National Dog Day is an annual event to raise awareness of the number of dogs in rescue centres and to encourage people to adopt dogs from shelters and dog homes. During the mornings activities we discussed different dog breeds and had a quiz which our residents really enjoyed.

In the afternoon we reminisced about the animals we have shared our lives with, nearly all our residents have had a dog or looked after one. We giggled about the different funny names they had, from Rover to Fernando! Our staff shared images of their doggies (too cute) with everyone and we had afternoon tea and cake watching dog and wildlife movies.

This week the residents and staff at Glebefields in Drayton, Banbury said a fond farewell to a Legend 'Chef John' as he retires from his post.

We hope you enjoy your retirement and wearing the apron we got you, aptly inscribed "I don't care...I'm Retired" Thanks for everything, put your feet and pans up! Best wishes from your Glebefields family.

There's nothing more invigorating than a little light exercise with Kay. The residents of Glebefields had great fun passing the balloons to one another, and stretching with gentle upper body movements.

Our residents have been treated to an interactive floristry masterclass courtesy of Kay our newly appointed Activities Coordinator.

During her extensive 12 years’ experience working within the care industry, Kay found time to set up her own mail-order dry flower floristry business. Today, she used her skills to demonstrate how anyone can create a floral masterpiece!

Kay explained step by step how she’d prepared the items, from pre-cut flowers to bushes and oasis filled terracotta pots. Each resident enjoyed choosing from an array of flowers and foliage. From Glebefields garden foraged greenery, to bright and fragrant, lavender, chrysanthemum and carnations.

One by one our residents started to select and build they potted creations. Only stopping briefly for a sip of tea and a biscuit!

Each were thrilled to see their individual creations come alive.

Kay looks forward to using more of her crafting skills to develop a varied and life enriching programme, that keeps our residents active; physically, mentally and socially.

In celebration of Fiesta Fortnight, from Monday 2nd August to Sunday 15th August 2021, the residents of Glebefields care home in Banbury enjoyed a wonderful craft work session.

Listening to the history of this event and the development of hot air balloons, and balloons in general learning about their different uses throughout the ages.

The ‘Fiesta Fortnight’ sees hundreds of hot air balloons taking off from multiple locations across Bristol and filling the sky with not only classic hot air balloons, but some special shapes and characters including Stuart the Minion! Our residents’ artistic creations are now 'flying high' on display for all to enjoy.