Activities at Meadowbeck Care Home

We hosted our cheese and wine evening for our residents to sample a selection of tasty cheeses including a Danish Blue, Stilton, creamy Brie with a side of brandy, apple and pear chutney all accompanied with a glass of wine (or two) from a fruity red, crisp white or a light rose.

Our residents look forward to these evenings where they enjoy a little social time, with lovely conversations flowing and lots of laughter as they reminisced of places they had visited with Holland and Venice been the main topic of the evening.

Across our services residents had a fantastic time during a special live virtual event, led by Emilia from Medical Detection Dogs.

Emilia took us on a journey to discover how the organisation began training dogs to support people with complex health conditions, saving their lives on a daily basis.

Using their amazing sense of smell, these dogs can identify odour changes emitted prior an episode and alert the person to take preventative action.

We were introduced to the wonderful dogs and the science behind the sniff.  It was a delightful experience for everyone, especially our canine-loving residents.

Staff and residents were delighted to welcome back Maggie from Musical Moments into our home. 

Everyone joined in the fun, singing and moving to the music using a selection of sensory props and musical instruments and enjoying a lovely solo piece played by Maggie on her euphonium. It was great to see so many smiles and hear so much laughter. Our residents just love music and Maggie brings so much fun into her sessions. 

Residents took part in flower-based activities throughout the day including a flower arranging competition. Residents reminisced about the gardens they have kept throughout the years, which everyone really enjoyed.  Their collective knowledge about flowers gained from years of gardening experience was very impressive.     

Annaliza Kemp, General Manager at Meadowbeck said: “Our garden is a much loved space, residents really enjoy looking after the plants and flowers and watching them grow and change through the seasons. We don’t have many flowers at the moment so our residents very much enjoying the escapism of virtually visiting some of the most famous gardens in the world.”

All over the country our care homes and hospitals linked up for Barchester’s Big Quiz of the year!

Residents tested their knowledge with a variety of questions, from historical humdingers and musical musings to pictorial puzzlers and connective conundrums.

Everyone who participated had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.

We celebrated Elvis Presley’s birthday, our residents were treated to an afternoon of music as they gave a warm welcome to Glen Booth, from Osbaldwick and Murton Churches who kindly entertained everyone.

Residents sang and clapped along to well-known Elvis hits and Glen made all the ladies day as he went around the crowd serenading to the ladies, all very much big Elvis fans.

Rose, a resident said: “I loved Elvis growing up.  Listening to all his old hits has brought back so many memories.  We’ve all had a brilliant time, we were all made to feel very special indeed as we were serenaded!”