Activities at Mulberry Court Care Home

Throughout December, Residents have been busy counting down to Christmas with their busy life enrichment programme filled with fun-filled festive activities.

We have been busy making festive decorations to display around our home and making our Christmas cakes, starting them early so we could ‘feed’ them with brandy or sherry and leaving plenty of time for them to mature before decorating and entering into Barchester’s annual Christmas cake competition.

As we made our cakes, it was lovely to hear everyone sharing their memories of Christmases past, the traditions they enjoyed and what Christmas has meant to them.

Residents are overjoyed at Mulberry Court care home in York, as Barchester Healthcare has implemented a visiting suite for residents to continue to spend time with their loved ones for the autumn and winter seasons in addition to the outdoor visiting that has been on offer for those able for many months.

Balancing resident wellbeing and safety is at the forefront of Barchester Healthcare’s thinking and they understand how important it is for residents and their family and friends to be able to spend time together in the safest way possible.

There has been much careful planning and preparation for this moment by Barchester Healthcare, who run Mulberry Court care home. It was welcome news for their residents and family and friends as we enter the colder season meaning catch-ups can continue to take place, instead of, or in addition to, outdoor visiting already offered for those able.

Staff and residents enjoy some time together making Christmas decorations and creating colourful hand-made Christmas cards to send to their loved ones.  With the soft sounds of Christmas music being played in the background to get everyone into the festive spirit, they used a variety of items from paper plates, coloured paper, felt and finished it off with some festive stickers and a sprinkling of glitter.  Everyone was delighted with their finished products.

Cheese and Wine Day at Mulberry Court was a roaring success when residents enjoyed a beautiful spread prepared by the talented kitchen team. Looks amazing!

Residents and Colleagues at the home enjoyed an afternoon of cheese and wine tasting. Residents always look forward to the themed tasting afternoons and this month was no different as residents tried all the different tastes and textures of the cheeses, along with unusual flavours of crisps which they all liked.

Barchester’s Mulberry Court was a den of ghoulish activity as the home’s spooky Halloween party got in to full swing.

Staff and residents got in to the spirit of things with a fun filled spooktacular activities calendar before sitting back to enjoy a cup of tea with a delicious slice of home-made cake and a selection of sweet treats.

The ‘Jolly Sweets Trolley’ goes around the home giving Mulberry Court residents the opportunity to enjoy some of their favourite sweet treats. Residents are given a choice of old fashioned sweets, sugar-free sweets, chocolates and crisps.

The residents love seeing it get rolled out with some of their choice treats, and sometimes they will request for it to go around the home more than once a week. While going around the home with the trolley, activities catch up to ensure that everyone’s firm favourites are available, and also what kind of different activities they would like to see, as well as to let them know what has been planned for the week ahead.

The mobile trolley is very popular at Mulberry Court and it's lovely to see the resident’s smiles as they see it rolling along.