Activities at Ouse View Care Home

Spring is in the air, and our Residents couldn't resist a walk out to catch a breath of fresh air and stretch their legs this morning. It was lovely to see new green leaves and some pretty cherry blossom. Along the way we even seem to have made a new four-legged friend!

Residents and staff at Ouse View in Fulford, York celebrated all things Irish for St Patrick’s Day this week. The home was decorated with shamrocks and everyone dressed in green to mark the day.  Held on March 17th, Saint Patrick's Day actually observes the death of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, but the day has come to be a huge celebration of Irish heritage and culture.

Staff and residents at the home marked the day by making shamrock decorations, and listening to Irish music. The wonderful catering team prepared a fantastic Irish spread with Beef and Guinness Pie followed by Irish Apple Cake finished off with a Baileys Chocolate treat.

We were treated to an amazing live virtual talk and a tour of Cliveden, hosted by the house and chapel guides from the National Trust Talks Service.

The volunteers kindly gave us a tour around the famous house taking an in-depth look at Cliveden’s many stories from its 350 year history, from devilish dukes to scandalous headlines and boundary-breaking garden designs to political notoriety.

Starting with the Duke of Buckingham who built the first house in 1666, our residents met the key owners who helped shape the house and its gardens including the Orkney, Sutherland and Astor families.

The talk was accompanied by an illustrated presentation which brought to life these individuals and showed how their influence at Cliveden still continues today.

Residents at Ouse View have been celebrating in style today to mark the great occasion of Peggy's 100th birthday.

Such a remarkable lady thoroughly deserved all our congratulations, and Residents and Staff ensured her party had plenty of fizz and sparkle! Friends and other Residents enjoyed a smorgasbord of canapes and sweet-treats, a spectacular birthday cake made by our Head Chef, Eve, a glass of bubbly and live music.

When asked what it is like to have reached this amazing milestone Peggy replied, "When I feel 100 years old I'll be able to tell you!".

We wish you many more Happy Returns Peggy!

This afternoon, Residents at Ouse View successfully completed stage 1 of a creative project to design and make pretty floral photograph frames.

Today we selected our preferred mounts and the spring flowers to adorn them. Then we arranged them carefully in our flower press where they will be kept safe to process for a week or so until they are ready for us to complete our works of natural art.

Our workspace was filled with beautiful floral fragrances, and we hope our finished frames will be equally beautiful!

Celebrations were under way at Barchester’s Ouse View care home, in Fulford, York, as residents and staff marked St. David’s Day.   

The home was in high spirits as they celebrated the national day of Wales with a Sir Tom Jones sing-along session followed by a festive lunch, and topping off the afternoon baking traditional Welsh Cakes. In honour of the traditional feast day and the country’s patron saint, residents and staff were treated to traditional Welsh food and drink.  Everyone tucked in to leek soup or fruit juice, Welsh lamb casserole or cheesy leek and potato pancake lasagne, and our homemade Welsh cakes.