Activities at Ouse View Care Home
We understand that the people we will be supporting will have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we won’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our activities team will be dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events will be organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Rachael Turner
We all know that keeping active is important. We have created a wonderful culture within the home and we work together to give residents the best possible experience. We are here to ensure that residents enjoy an environment that is both stimulating and socially active.
We ensure the team knows each residents' preferences, so that we can deliver a person-centered program of events and activities.
Essential to our homely feel is the strong relationships of trust we build with residents and their families and friends. The home also has its very own minibus for our numerous outings for coffee and shopping, which residents love. We also enjoy our regular clubs, virtual events and varied life enrichment programme.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Ouse View Care Home
Chinese New Year
Residents at Ouse View have enjoyed a full and fun-packed Chinese New Year today as they celebrated the 'Year of the Tiger'. We started the day taking in the sights of China with our armchair travels, with each traveller armed with a goody bag containing a selection of authentic Chinese sweets and snacks for the journey!
Our hospitality team then served a delicious Chinese lunch, that had the taste buds alight. On each table there were 'Year of the Tiger' fortune scratch cards which revealed our year ahead, followed by traditional fortune cookies. To end the day our arty-crafters pooled their talents to conjure up a beautiful Chinese Lantern Ball, which is now proudly displayed for all to admire.
A pudding fit for a Queen
Excitement is running high at Ouse View in Fulford where residents and staff have been cooking up a storm to enter the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee pudding competition. Details of the competition were announced on January 10th and the home immediately got busy to come up with, what they hope, will be a pudding fit for a Queen.
The competition is being run by Royal Warrant holders, Fortnum & Mason, to create a pudding that the whole nation can bake for themselves and that will be served not only at Jubilee parties up and down the country, but to the Queen herself to celebrate her 70 years on the throne. Competition is fierce and only the best recipes will make it through to a live bake off judged by the Queen of Puddings herself, Dame Mary Berry, and Masterchef’s Monica Galetti in March.
Staff and residents at the home put their heads together and donned their aprons to come up with a scrumptious pudding that they think encapsulates the Queen’s reign and what it has meant to the nation. Their fabulous pudding is called the Queen’s Tipple Trifle Cake and consists of delicious ingredients such as cream, strawberries, special Gin and lots of love.
Noughts & Crosses and Coffee
Residents at Ouse View enjoyed some old time favourites today, challenging each other to Dominoes and Noughts & Crosses. Great fun was had by all especially when the coffee and cake arrived!
Home links with charitable foundation
Ouse View care home in Fulford, York is launching three grants totalling £30,000 in the name of a former Barchester resident, Jeanette Gill, who generously donated part of her legacy to Barchester’s Charitable Foundation. The Foundation is calling for deserving local charities and community groups to apply for these special awards.
Named in her memory, the Jeanette Gill Special Awards are open to groups and individuals in need in our local community, and will be awarded to projects that enrich lives and encourage an active lifestyle through arts, music, sports and culture for older people
OUR TRIP TO ROME
This afternoon here at Ouse View, as promised, we again looked towards the Romans for our entertainment. We enjoyed a cultural and sensory armchair travel event to Rome itself. Beginning with a video of high definition drone footage set to relaxing classical music, we soared above some of the most iconic sights in Rome, marvelling at the Colosseum, St. Peter's Square and Basilica, the Forum and the Pantheon. Next we polished off those delicious Roman Helmet cupcakes we had created this morning, before settling in for a wonderful recorded concert by Placido Domingo. It was big smiles all round for the latest of our multisensory Armchair Travel activities which are proving increasingly popular with our Residents.
Roman Army Cupcake Design!
Residents at Ouse View rolled up their sleeves to decorate a Roman Army of cupcakes this morning. From conjuring up lovely homemade butter icing, getting to grips with the piping bag, carefully sprinkling gold and silver sugar sparkles, to adding the final Roman helmet cake toppers everyone pitched in and had great fun.
Our cakes are destined to be devoured during our armchair travel visit to Rome this afternoon!
Upcoming events
November
The leaves are falling, November is calling and we are looking forward to a fun filled month ahead - all welcome.
Christmas Fayre
Our Christmas Fayre has something for everyone. Come along and join us!
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead - all welcome. Merry Christmas!
Fancy a festive break?
Book a respite stay at Ouse View to take advantage of our Christmas festivities. A festive break in a place where your loved one matters.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
For more infromation why not pop in and see what Ouse View can offer you.
Calling all Emergency Services - take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel - police, ambulance and fire services, district nurses - come and take a break on us, there maybe a cake or two available....
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
We recognise the impact a Volunteer can make on the lives of our residents, do you have any spare time? For more information we'd love to hear from you.
Dementia Cafe - 1st Wednesday of the month
Come along and make new friends, share experiences and enjoy a cup of tea and slice of cake.
Coffee Morning - 3rd Wednesday of the month
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us as we host our monthly coffee morning, make new friends and take a tour of our home. All welcome.
Don't Dine Alone - Every Friday
We know mealtimes can be lonely for older members of our community and we extend a warm invitation for those to join us at our weekly - Don't Dine Alone, Fridays from 12.15pm.
