Activities at Meadowbeck Care Home

What could be better on a cold February day? Staff and residents had a fantastic time celebrating National Pizza Day on February 9th hosting a pizza party, a brilliant excuse to sample lots of delicious, warming pizza!

Overseen by head chef Raouf, staff and residents experimented with many different types of toppings and flavour combinations - from the exotic, to the classic and everything in between! Some people controversially added pineapple, others preferred spicier options, and some stuck to a good old Margherita.  Many people tried a folded Calzone pizza for the first time or branched out with a creamy base instead of tomato. Everyone ate their fill and declared National Pizza Day a triumph!

Celebrations have been in full swing at Meadowbeck as one of its residents reaches her 95th birthday in style. Mary was joined by all her family and friends who travelled far and wide to celebrate her special day at her birthday party. There were bubbles a plenty as the prosecco flowed, along with party food and a delicious birthday cake.

Mary was born in Kirby Grindalythe to William and Ada, the youngest of 10 children, Mary has always loved music and likes a good party and since coming to Meadowbeck Care Home, is enjoying a new chapter of her life, and continues to party with all her friends in the home.

The birthday girl, said: “I have had a lovely day and feel very special with all my beautiful flowers and cards, singing and dancing keeps me feeling 21”.

The Rainbow Table is a versatile digital platform that uses all kinds of interactive games and apps to connect people with each other, their family members and friends, all while stimulating movement and cognitive activity. The Rainbow Table can be used individually or as a group, residents are invited to play all kinds of games, take part in activities and classes, quizzes, brain training and sensory apps, connect with others via Zoom, watch films and TV programmes, listen to music, the possibilities really are endless.  

It is a great way to spark discussions, get everyone up and dancing, debating, reminiscing, the Rainbow Table is rapidly becoming everyone’s favourite piece of kit.

Residents at Meadowbeck celebrated International Flower Day, which takes place on January 19th.

International Flower Day promotes the psychological boost that flowers can give to people. From growing and nurturing plants and flowers, to gifting flowers to show love and appreciation, and sometimes just the simple act of admiring their beauty – flowers have the power to make someone’s day.  
 

Meadowbeck was transformed into Graceland to mark what would have been Elvis Presley’s 90th birthday on 8 January, the staff and residents enjoyed a fantastic day of music, fun and dancing.

General Manager, Annaliza Kemp, said: “Lots of our residents are big Elvis fans and love his music.  We’ve had a fantastic day listening to all his hits, finding out about his early life and what influenced him and watching old Elvis movies, he was such an incredible talent.  This afternoon we had live entertainment when we welcomed back Glen Booth, who performed a selection of Elvis’s well-known hits, it is amazing how many songs he recorded.  We all surprised ourselves by how many we remembered!”
 

Looking back on moments we would like to share with you from Christmas Day.

Residents were delighted to have another visit from Santa handing out more presents, precious time with family visiting, opening presents.

We had a delicious traditional Christmas Day lunch with all the trimmings cooked by our chefs, with Christmas pudding and chocolate yule log to follow and wine flowing. It was lovely to see so many families and friends having lunch with us.

Our wonderful residents appreciated quiet time reminiscing over sweet treats, mince pies and mulled wine after watching the King's speech in the afternoon.

A lovely day enjoyed by all with the home feeling like it was one big extended family.