Activities at Mulberry Court Care Home

Mulberry Court care home, in York, was filled with flowers, cards and sweets in celebration of St Valentine’s Day.  

Staff and residents celebrated the day of love by making their own Valentines card with fresh flowers and every resident received a single red rose and heart shaped chocolates.

General Manager, Fiona Christie, 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 had a lovely time joining Chef Alex Connell from Vegetarian for Life for a Valentine’s-inspired virtual cookery demonstration.  Chef Alex created some delicious Valentine’s Day-inspired vegetarian desserts, which our residents had the opportunity to try too.

First, our residents sampled a wonderful sticky toffee pudding, which was absolutely heavenly. Then they tried hazelnut truffles which were a huge hit and finally they were treated to a chocolate orange cake which everyone adored.

Residents enjoyed an afternoon of Chinese lantern making to celebrate The Year of the Tiger.  Notes of love, laughter friendship and health to name but a few were written in Chinese letters and exchanged between our residents in a lovely show of love and care between residents at Mulberry Court.

Residents showed their superior knowledge of birds to the staff at Mulberry Court during our Big Bird Watch afternoon inspired by the RSPB.  We had a pretty tricky bird quiz but it proved no problem to some of our bird experts in the group!  We filled up our new bird feeders with an array of different bird treats in the hope of encouraging some new feathered friends in our beautiful gardens.

Residents enjoyed a traditional Burns lunch with Haggies, tatties and neeps brought in with the sound of bagpipes and the ‘Address to a Haggis’ recited by our Scottish carer Linda.  A great afternoon of history of the late Robbie Burns and a showing of The Edinburgh Tattoo finished off a lovely afternoon all washed down with a tot of whiskey and shortbread.

Residents enjoyed an afternoon drawing and painting.  With a very wet drizzly day outside it was a lovely way to brighten up a cold grey January afternoon with some lovely results.