Activities at Ouse View Care Home

Kev Field at Ouse View in Fulford has been crowned Health & Safety Champion for the North Division in the Barchester Care Awards 2023 and is through to the national round of judging.

The Barchester Care Awards celebrate the staff who go the extra mile for the benefit of the 13,000 residents living in Barchester’s 252 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’.

Excitement filled Ouse View as tennis fans gathered to witness the 136th Championships. The match between Diane Parry and Harriet Dart had everyone enthralled, strawberries and cream in hand. Though Perry's loss was a slight disappointment, anticipation grew for the upcoming garden tennis tournament. The weather favoured us on Tuesday, 4th of July, as we set up a net, and residents cheered each other on. Joan, Brenda, and Susan, avid tennis players of the past, eagerly embraced the chance to play once more with a few adaptations.

Resident Joan at Ouse View had always had a love for sport and rugby in particular. Joan had often attended games with her belated husband and still held a strong passion for the game. Staff at the home along with Carl and his colleague Emma from Vangarde in York, made her wish to attend a game a reality proving that it is never too late do the things you love.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Ouse View care home in Fulford have been celebrating World Oceans Day which took place on 8th June.

World Oceans Day is an annual global celebration and a platform for global outreach to encourage and inspire people to safeguard our oceans. This year the theme is Tides are changing. The UN is trying to generate a new wave of excitement towards cherishing and protecting our oceans and the entirety of our blue planet.

Local care home delighted as resident is awarded by St Andrews Society a prestigious presidential award in the home accompanied by family, friends and relatives.  Ronald Rob, the President of St Andrews Society, 1927 - 1988 was awarded a certificate of recognition from the new president Grant Young, after piper Jim Sharpe with 26-years’ experience played in guests on the pipes. 

The prestigious St Andrews Society Award is organised by the society and is very rare to come across. The awards aim to thank and show appreciation and respect for the previous President of the society. Family and friends gathered in the home to pay their respects to Ronald and celebrated with some light refreshments.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Ouse View care home in Fulford are beginning in a new Intergenerational music making partnership with Thea Jacob, founder of Song Box from York. Many families and their young ones are welcomed into the home to come together for music and singing. The project makes links with the local community through the power of music and song. The aim is to sustain this connection and forge new ones so that care home residents are supported with social stimulation and engagement.