Activities at Meadowbeck Care Home

Across our homes we had a fantastic time joining, Kathryn Delve, Master Florist, for a Valentine’s-inspired live virtual flower arranging demonstration. Kathryn shared brilliant and creative ways to decorate our tables with beautiful flowers that are sure to make your heart swoon!

Those participating in this virtual event put their skills to the test and followed along with some amazing creations of their own.  Residents truly enjoyed the experience.

Meadowbeck care was filled with flowers, hearts and bunting in celebration of St Valentine’s Day.  Staff and residents celebrated the day of love by hanging heart-shaped decorations to decorate the home and gifting each other home-made sweets, cakes and treats, residents were treated to an afternoon of live music with Nigel Heap, singing classic hits and love songs requested by our residents.

General Manager, Annaliza Kemp, said: “We’ve all had a lovely day decorating the home and making gifts for each other and for our loved ones. Lots of our residents were able to see their loved ones either in person or via video call. We’ve had a whole range of treats and Valentine’s themed fun and we have enjoyed every moment of it!”

We were busy celebrating Pancake Day with a variety of delicious pancakes and yummy toppings.

Our residents had a wonderful day, filled with pancake-inspired activities from quizzes, various word puzzles and themed colouring from oomph wellness in the afternoon, for tea they prepared home-made pancakes and decorated them with their preferred tasty toppings of lemon, berries, syrup and chocolate sauce

The home was decorated with Chinese lanterns and dragons as we welcomed in the year of the dragon, residents got involved in themed activities and enjoyed an evening of sampling traditional Chinese delicacies prepared by our talented Head Chef, with prawn crackers and fortune cookies.

The Chinese New Year is China’s most important festival that celebrated the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar calendar.

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.