Activities at Meadow Park Care Home

Residents have been full of busy today, preparing for our forthcoming cake and vake sale event

With a little help from our kitchen staff, residents have enjoyed icing and decorating cupcakes, which will be on sale tomorrow.

The team and residents have supported a very important organisation today Children In Need. The team and residents dressed up in spots and ears raising a total of £60.00 via a football and domino cards. Chef Mark baked some lovely scones and cupcakes with donations greatly received from our lovely families

Residents took to the streets of Bedlington to remember and pay their respects on Remembrance Sunday. We ventured to the local Cenotaph to say prayers and lay wreaths being laid in memory of those that lost their life’s for us. Remembrance Sunday is marked across the country every year and we are really  proud to be able to congregate with the local community again this year to pay our respects

On the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month, we will remember them. The Armistice, an agreement to end the fighting of the First World War. Residents have took to their feet to mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. An emotional time felt by everyone, staff and Residents paying our respects to the fallen

Meadow Park Care Home had a treat in store for their resident bookworms on September 13th as residents all joined in to celebrate the wonderful work of Roald Dahl.

Roald Dahl Day celebrates the birthday of one of the greatest storytellers of all time. The prolific writer is known for penning many popular children’s books including Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG, Fantastic Mr Fox, James and the Giant Peach to name but a few. He also wrote many books and short stories for adults, often with a twist in the tale. His books have been translated into 58 different languages and have sold well over 200 million copies worldwide.

Today residents have ventured to the coast, we hired a beach hut and enjoyed fish & chips with the lovely MIND Active team.

Residents enjoyed people watching at the beach hut, chatting to passers-by, and admiring all the dogs walking along the beach, we even had a few strokes which was lovely.

We then had fish and chips from Coastline Fish and Chip shop Blyth Northumberland with lots of salt and vinegar, residents chatted about how much fish and chips cost in their day, and were quite shocked at the current prices, everyone enjoyed it all the same. We then finished off with a seaside quiz and an ice cream.

We love taking part in these events, as it’s a great opportunity to come together with other homes and members of the community, we were thrilled to bump into an old friend Vivienne who once resided at Meadow Park.