Activities at Mulberry Court Care Home

Our lounge in full Easter bloom!  Residents created some gorgeous Easter arrangements to take back and brighten their rooms.

Celebrations have been in full swing at Mulberry Court, as one of its residents reaches her centenary in style.  Joyce Bullock was joined by staff, relatives, friends and other residents as she received a telegram from the Queen in recognition of her landmark birthday. A champagne reception was held at the home and guests enjoyed a special birthday cake made by the home’s chef Lee Starkey.

Joyce lived in Burton-on-Trent where she lived all her life.  Joyce had two children, a son and a daughter and was a happy and content stay at home Mum and wife throughout her life before coming to Mulberry Court, where she is enjoying a new chapter of her life.

Residents voted to start a herb garden and we planted seeds with the A – Z of herbs from Basil to Thyme!  We had great fun sowing the seeds which are being watered daily by residents and staff.  Once we have a good crop the herbs will be used in our kitchen to enhance the already lovely food with home grown herbs.

Our residents came together to enjoy an exciting virtual talk courtesy of the team at National Trust Talks Service.  The illustrated talk took us closer to one of Cliveden’s most famous families, the Astors. Our residents were able to discover what motivated William Waldorf Astor, America’s richest man, to purchase Cliveden in 1893 and how the estate became the centre of high society in the 1920 s and 30 s thanks to his son Waldorf and daughter in law Nancy Astor.

We had a lovely time joining Holly and Marie-Therese from the Wallace Collection, for a virtual introduction to the Collection, followed by a sensory exploratory walk through one of the museum’s most famous landscape paintings.   The Collection ranges from Old Master paintings to 18th century French furniture, arms and armour.  We all had a wonderful time and cannot wait to put our creative skills to a test and paint some landscapes in the upcoming days.

Residents enjoyed a thoroughly Irish menu with a Guinness infused stew and some lovely Irish sweets with Baileys rice pudding and Black Velvet Baby cakes to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.  We had quizzes and fact sheets and had great fun making Irish cocktails for everyone to try.  A showing of Riverdance performed by Michael Flatley from 1995 finished off the afternoon and although no one attempted the Irish jig there was plenty of foot tapping all round!