Activities at Lindum House Care Home

For residents at Lindum House care home in Beverley, the long awaited reunion with one family member has become a reality, as one single named visitor is now allowed to visit each resident in their bedroom.

There has been much anticipation of this moment by families and residents alike.  Guidance was issued by the Government on March 4 and Barchester Healthcare, who run Lindum House care home, is proceeding with a safe and cautious approach to visiting. Strict protocols are in place with all visitors required to have a negative Lateral Flow Device test result before being allowed into the home, and infection control measures and social distancing in place for every visit, with hand holding allowed but not recommended.

Despite the need for testing and social distancing, it was still welcome news for so many residents and their family members to be able to meet in the comfort of their bedroom. Residents and their relative enjoyed getting together and catching up face to face.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Lindum House care home, in Beverley, celebrated Easter with a whole host of different activities including a visit from the Lindum Easter bunny, delivering not only Easter treats but smiles and joy. Residents also enjoyed an Easter Egg Hunt and an Easter Bonnet Competition.

Residents at Lindum House enjoyed an eggs-tensive range of Easter activities, from an Easter Bonnet parade, in which the residents created, to a visit from the Easter bunny, who also visited the local Morrison’s, to deliver Easter treats for the hard working staff. It was Lindum’s way of saying Thank you for all the support Morrison’s has shown Lindum House, during the Pandemic. A little act of kindness goes a long way.  Residents also tucked in to a delicious Easter meal of roast lamb followed by Easter cake prepared by the home’s head chef Mo.

Lindum House resident celebrated her 90th years young in the digital age. With a little help from the homes activities co-ordinator, Kelly who worked alongside the birthday girl’s family to create this big surprise.

Due to the current restrictions, we put together a family Zoom call on the big screen, so Lindsay could see and talk to all her family on her birthday. Our Chef Mo created a beautiful cake, and the family together sang happy birthday.

Lindsay was overwhelmed at all the effort everyone had made, and expressed her great thanks to all.  Here at Lindum we pride ourselves in creating these magical moments.

As part of our life enrichment virtual programme, team members and residents at Lindum House in Beverley enjoyed a ‘Mary Quant Life and Time’ virtual talk, hosted by @VADundee.

The residents took a journey back to the swinging sixties and the height of liberated fashion with the first major exhibition in 50 years of the seminal British designer’s work. Everyone at the home was able to explore how her unique style developed from humble beginnings and went on to change the face of fashion forever.

Quant captured the spirit of the swinging sixties and pioneered a business model that reshaped the industry, making designer fashion far more accessible for women and men.

The talk also focused on Quant’s career and influences, the personal stories behind some of the stylish outfits in the exhibition, V&A Dundee’s #SewQuant campaign and even a peek behind the scenes.

V&A Dundee is Scotland’s design and opened on 15 September 2018. It is the first Victoria and Albert museum outside London, and presents the brilliance of Scottish creativity and the best of design from

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.”

To find out more about life at Lindum House, please visit our website: https://www.barchester.com/home/lindum-house-care-home

The Easter bunny arrived early for Residents of Lindum House when they were surprised by the generosity of their local Morrison’s store who kindly delivered Easter eggs for every resident. Kelly Scott, activities coordinator was on hand to accept the stack of eggs of all shapes and sizes sure to satisfy any chocolate lover!

Operations Manager, Neil Todd said: “As always, are looking forward to Easter. It’s such a nice time of the year – the residents love all the colourful Easter eggs and we look forward to making Easter extra special for our residents during this challenging period for everyone, It will be an eggs-cellent day!”

Residents at Barchester Healthcare’s Lindum House care home, in Beverley, celebrated Mother’s Day with a pamper day and video calls with the family. The home was beautifully decorated with fresh flowers and bunting for the occasion.

Staff at Lindum House arranged for our lovely ladies to enjoy a full pamper treatment. The Lindum mum’s enjoyed having their hair done and nails. Whilst relaxing and enjoying the pamper treatment, they enjoyed a glass of pink prosecco to toast the day, and of course chocolates, because all ladies love chocolate.

General Manager, Neil Todd said: “We’ve all had a really lovely day. Although Mother’s Day has had to be a bit different this year, our mums have had video calls with family, and the ladies enjoyed being pampered.”