Activities at North Park Care Home

Residents look forward to their monthly visit from Jerome, who hosts our monthly armchair exercise classes. 

And what a class this was!!! With residents and staff dressed for the occasion, everyone thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon with Jerome. 

Our gardening club has started back up! With the homes' refurbishment in the last 5 weeks, residents have been eager to start work on the gardens. 

Residents have been busy potting new planters, discussing ideas for sensory items and reminiscing. Residents are looking forward to trips to the garden centres over the coming weeks to help pick items for our beautiful gardens and seeing their visions come to life. 

We love coming together as a home to raise awareness and fund raise funds for charities close to our heart.   We added a splash of pink today at North Park as we hosted a ‘Breast Cancer Awareness’ coffee morning and cake sale to raise funds for such a worthy cause.

There were lots of delicious treats on offer, home-made goodies and a hot drink. It was a great way to spend the morning as we enjoyed each other’s company.
 

At North Park, our residents enjoy participating in creative activities like art and crafts to show their artistic flair.

Activities like art and music can significantly improve the well-being of our residents, especially those individuals living with dementia, by reducing anxiety, combating depression, fostering self-worth, and offering alternative means of communication and expression.

Watch this space as we are looking at hosting our very own art exhibition, where our residents' beautiful artwork will be on display for everyone to admire. 

Today at North Park we celebrated with our very own beach party and were treated to a special visit from the ice cream man!

Our residents were in fine tune for the rendition of 'oh i do like to be beside the seaside' as well as classic feel-good summer songs. 
Residents enjoyed an afternoon of games , dipping their toes in the paddling pools, and reminiscing about their summer beach holidays. 

Resident Neil wasn’t a fan of the cold water, but said it brought back so many memories of when he used to visit the beach and how he used to love dipping his feet in the sea.   Residents were overjoyed when Nevison’s ice cream van arrived at the home, and everyone said it really did feel like being at the beach. 

North Park colleagues put their best foot-forward and walking shoes on as they took on the challenge to walk Roseberry Topping to raise money for the Stroke Association.  Raising funds for this worthy cause was close to their heart following the stroke of a much loved colleague.

The weather was on their side too – and a refreshing cold drink and ice-cream was their reward at the end!
 

Resident, Peter Dawson and Head of Maintenance, Steven Hagan at North Park have been crowned Resident Ambassador and Health and Safety Champion for the North East & Scotland Division in the Barchester Care Awards 2025 and are through to the national round of judging.

The Barchester Care Awards celebrate the staff who go the extra mile for the benefit of the 13,500 residents living in Barchester’s 267 care homes and private hospitals across the country. Categories range from ‘Registered Nurse of the Year’ and ‘Carer of the Year’ to ‘Dementia Care Champion’ and ‘Activities Coordinator of the Year’. 

What a fabulous day everyone had yesterday for the Barchester care awards.  The home was beautifully decorated and everyone was so excited to be able to watch the event live via video link. 

Unfortunately, we didn’t have a National winner this year, but we are so proud of both Steven and Peter for placing as Divisional Winners. 

Both Steven and Peter bring a lot to North Park and from everyone at North Park we couldn’t be prouder of you both. 
Congratulations to all the National Winners this year.

What a fantastic afternoon we have all had today at our Family BBQ.  Fun, laughter and lots of singing could be heard throughout the afternoon, with fun activities for everyone, from a tombola, sandpit, paddling pools, stocks to karaoke. 

Resident Kath said it was so lovely to see all the children enjoying themselves.  Thank you to everyone who attended our family BBQ today. It was lovely to see you all there and a special thank you to everyone who took part and sang in the karaoke.

We were delighted to welcome back the Travelling Ukuleles.  The Travelling Ukuleles are a firm favourite at North Park, and they didn’t disappoint!

Residents enjoyed singing along and having a little boogie time with some of their favourite songs.  On behalf of everyone at North Park, we would like to thank them for their fantastic show this afternoon. 

This week the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) Chelsea Flower Show hosts a five-day-long annual spectacular of flowers, plants and show gardens, hosted in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

Yesterday residents, staff and visitors held their very own NorthPark Flower Show.  Throughout the morning everyone enjoyed arranging flowers and reminiscing about their favourite flowers, their beautiful gardens and their love for gardening.  It was then time for the General Manager and Deputy Manager to judge the competition.