Activities at Meadowbeck Care Home

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

The residents had a wonderful day, filled with pancake-inspired activities. We enjoyed homemade pancakes made by our Chef, Tom, and decorated them with fresh fruit, berries, syrup and chocolate. The favourite is the traditional squeeze of lemon and sprinkle of sugar.

We got together in the afternoon for various themed quizzes, crosswords, word searches and sudoku puzzles.      

Michael & Diana celebrated 60 wonderful years together surrounded by family, close friends and friends in the home at their afternoon tea party with a beautiful cake specially made for them, along with sweet treats and party foods.

Beautiful music with their daughter and granddaughter playing wedding songs on the guitar, piano and flute and everyone singing along to their wedding song “Love divine."

It was a really special day and a real honour to be able to celebrate with them as they were showered with cards, flowers and gifts.
They both had a wonderful day.    

Overseen by head chef, 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!

We were delighted to welcome David Hardcastle and his Mobile Police Museum.

Residents and sixth form students enjoyed an interactive talk and a hands-on look at policing memorabilia spanning over 120 years of history. Items were passed around the room, sparking great conversations, and the session ended with plenty of fun dressing up.   

Residents were delighted to welcome back Northeast producers Ltd, who returned to perform their spectacular Christmas pantomime Puss in Boots.

The afternoon was full of fun, laughter and festive cheer — oh yes it was! — the show had everyone joining in, with fantastic audience participation for family and friends. We laughed from beginning to end and finished the afternoon singing classic Christmas carols together, enjoying mince pies to round off a truly magical Christmas celebration.     

We hosted our Cheese & Prosecco afternoon, which was a great success, bringing together residents, families and friends in the local community.

Everyone enjoyed delicious local cheeses, prosecco, and wonderful live saxophone music from Clare. The afternoon was full of smiles, laughter and great music bringing a wonderful atmosphere.   

One of our nurses has received a prestigious 25 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 25 years.

Hilary, now Unit Manager, started at Barchester in February 2001 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years. 

Congratulations!

These ladies had the best day with a shopping trip to the designer outlet, after stopping for delicious fish n chips for lunch, the ladies enjoyed a little well deserved retail therapy and sweet treats.

We finished the day with a touch of pampering having a luxurious Molten Brown hand treatment, a perfect way to end the day.
The ladies had a great time visiting somewhere new to them, and shared how it could be one of their favourite shopping centres to visit in the future.  

In order to support ex-servicemen and women in the local community, Meadowbeck launched a new, monthly veterans’ café which The Lord Mayor – Martin Rowley attended for its grand opening on Tuesday 27 January, it was lovely to see some SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity members, as well as representatives from the York Army Museum, who brought along a selection of artefacts for everyone to view. 

Our residents were treated to a special Christmas performance with St Aelred's Catholic Primary School & Nursery Choir singing songs and carols.

It was a magical afternoon, full of smiles and laughter as the children interacted with our residents, playing fun themed games with snowballs and balloons.

There’s nothing quite like the sound of children singing, a wonderful afternoon had by all.    

We love a cheese scone! 

There were smiles all around in our baking session when we got out the mixing bowls and ingredients. Carol, who loves to bake, couldn’t wait to get her hands into the mixing bowls to make her speciality cheese scones and loved every minute.

While a few of the other ladies preferred to sit back and watch, waiting for the best bit – tasting them still warm out of the oven smothered in butter with a cup of tea, they smelt absolutely delicious but tasted even better.

A lovely afternoon enjoyed by all. 

Staff and residents celebrated the day of love by decorating with heart-shaped decorations to decorate the home, and we hosted a special Valentines tea dance with sweet cakes, treats and prosecco, fabulous entertainment with the wonderful Nikki Humberstone singing classic love songs for everyone to sing and dance along to. 

This afternoon residents enjoyed a delightful cream tea afternoon chatting with friends over delicious homemade scones, A big thank you to our Chef Tom for the wonderful treats.

Lots of friendly chatter and laughter were shared as plenty of tea and coffee were served, with soft music from the piano playing in the background creating a welcoming atmosphere. A lovely afternoon was had by all.   

Residents, families and team members enjoyed a special visit with Santa in his grotto, where they each received presents.

It was a magical day with smiles, festive cheer, and photographs with Santa himself, and our residents loved seeing the children’s faces light up. A joyful experience enjoyed by all.      

Meadowbeck was transformed into Graceland to mark what would have been Elvis Presley’s 91^st birthday on 8 January.

General Manager, Annaliza, 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.  In the afternoon our residents and families were delighted to have entertainment with Glenn Booth, who performed all his greatest hits for everyone to sing and dance along to, it is amazing how many songs he recorded.  We all surprised ourselves by how many we remembered!”