Activities at North Park Care Home

North Park is proud of the family feeling the home has and our residents are always over the moon when staff members call in with their children to help with events or to simply visit them.

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.

We had a lovely time joining Angela Cobbin for a theatre-inspired virtual talk about her book ‘My Name is Not Wigs’.   ‘My Name Is Not Wigs’ is the ultimate read for fans of witty behind-the-curtains memoirs, especially those with a penchant for the bright lights of stage and screen: tears and accolades aplenty!   

Angela shared interesting facts with our residents about her book, her life and her experiences as a wig creator in London’s West End in celebration of World Theatre Day.  All in all the afternoon was an absolute triumph!

Resident, Mrs Kaur has given us a masterclass in our cookery club in making samosas.  Her cooking skills and delicious mouth-watering dishes are well known in our local community.  Head Chef, Karl was given a lesson in required ingredients, with detail instructions on how to prepare this popular dish.

Mrs Kaur soon set about mashing, chopping, mixing and adding her secret spices whilst explaining the process to make that perfect samosa and answering any questions put to her.  The samosas were then fried and the end result was truly delicious, with another resident remarking “these are simply perfection, the best I have ever tasted!”

Everyone was over the moon for Resident, Jessie when she not only sat in on the Senior Carers Document training but passed with flying colours.

Jessie impressed everyone with her contribution and answers throughout the session and was overjoyed when given her certificate. Jessie said she enjoyed herself so much she is looking forward to attending more!