Activities at Ouse View Care Home

Residents and guests enjoyed An afternoon of grins with a live Northumbrian pipes concert performance that took place at the home. Local two piece band performed a selection of summertime sounds including Danny Boy, Loch Lomond and Ilkley more by at in the beautiful lounge area of the home.

Residents joined in with the singing, and clapped along as the band performed their finale song Danny Boy and a song they wrote called Rainbow over Corsenside.

Activity Coordinator, Rachael Turner said, “Our residents and guests had a wonderful afternoon singing along with the wonderful performers. We do our best to provide a wide range of activities and entertainment at Ouse View as part of the lifestyle enrichment programme for residents, and this was one of our favourites!”

Ouse View Care Home in Fulford York marked the 80th anniversary of the D Day Landings by having a D-Day discussion where residents retold their stories of what they can remember about D-Day, an ultimate World War II quiz and then an afternoon to remember by having a indoor picnic with the local community and soldiers from the Queen's Own Yeomanry.

Staff and residents were interested to see memorabilia that the soldiers brought in for the residents to look at, Cpl Hawkins and LCP Dixon brought it two guns, WWII uniform including a jacket, helmet and gas mask, and a grenade. The residents were in awe after seeing these items again and holding guns. The two gentleman even brought in a bottle or port to share with the residents and staff.

Rebekka, General Manager at Ouse View said: “Many of our residents can remember the D Day Landings and we all know what it meant for our country so we wanted to mark the date, with an afternoon to remember, listening to the stories of our residents and enjoying the memorabilia with the local community.

Residents across our services enjoyed a fantastic virtual tour of The Deep, an award-winning aquarium in Hull.

Our residents dived into the underwater world of some fascinating creatures such as sharks, turtles and stingrays.

It was a truly immersive and educational experience that brought the wonders of the ocean right to our screens.

Residents and guests enjoyed a night of grins with a live music performance that took place at the home. Local singer John Kellow performed a selection of classic hits including Sweet Caroline, Evis Presley, Buddy Holly and lots lots more.

Residents joined in with the singing, and clapped along as the band performed their finale song Sweet Caroline. The hospitality team at the home also provided a spread of sweet and savoury treats for guests including a cheese board and brownies to enjoy during the show.

Residents and staff put the ‘fun’ into ‘fundraising’ with a charity bake sale and staff non-uniform / pyjamas day to raise money for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation. Staff and the head chef spent hours baking beautiful buns and cakes for the cake sale. The bake sale managed to raise £200.20 for our charity.

Rebekka, General Manager said: “We love to fundraise for charities throughout the year, we pick different causes to support that have been selected by staff, residents and friends of the home. Barchester’s Charitable Foundation is a great cause that helps many people in need and is also a cause very close to the hearts of all our staff and residents, so we feel really proud to have been able to raise this money. Thank you to everyone who donated!”  

Residents enjoyed an afternoon of grins with a live music performance that took place at the home. Local singer and musician Sam Bennet performed a selection of folk songs including Kum by ya, down by the river side and The Saints go marching in as well as She’ll be coming round the mountain. He also played the guitar, banjo and ukulele.

Residents joined in with the singing, and clapped along as the band performed their finale song Heartbeat by Buddy Holly. The hospitality team at the home also provided a spread of sweet and savoury treats for guests to enjoy during the show.