Activities at Ouse View Care Home

Here at Ouse View, we had a wonderful Father Christmas visit and our residents absolutely loved it. Families joined us all, and we had a brilliant time with Santa. He handed out presents to the children and the residents sang Christmas songs. We had lots of food prepared and refreshments. 

Santa also did his rounds and visited residents from upstairs.       

Today, we had a brilliant exercise session with a surprise for our lovely residents. Our exercises included hula hoops, our residents filled the room with laughter and really adored doing something different. 

The hula hoops even had LED lights which caught everyone’s eye. During the exercise, the residents were curious and all attempted it to their very best ability. 

We enjoyed an Italian-themed day here at home and to celebrate we made our very own delicious pizzas from scratch. It was so much fun mixing the dough!

We also discussed Italian culture, music and shared some interesting Italian facts. It was a great day, and we are looking forward to our next virtual visit. Where shall we go next?
 

Ouse Views took a trip to York’s National Railway Museum with our friends from Rivermead Care Home, and what a lovely adventure it was!

Our residents joined them for a day filled with nostalgia, wonder, and history as we explored the incredible collection of trains — from vintage steam engines to modern marvels. We even made time for a relaxing spot for lunch, sharing stories and soaking up the atmosphere. 

A big thank you to everyone who made today so special — here’s to more days out like this! 

Today here at Ouse View we had a brilliant live performance; this was very special as we had one of our very own staff members perform. 

Their songs included Christmas carols and some of their own songs as well. The residents had a great time singing along to all the merry tunes and the feedback was very positive.    

What a wonderful afternoon with lovely guests, we had the amazing university students from York come and visit us. 

During this time, we got creative and explored various different chalks, sprinkles, tracing, drawing and much more. 

Our residents really found this fascinating and were very engaged throughout.  

Our residents enjoyed getting to grips with poker! We learnt the rules and had our best poker faces on as we played over coffee and cake, card games are a great way to stimulate the mind and we can't wait for next time.

We enjoyed a beautiful music concert at St Chad’s Church followed by some amazing cake and coffee. It was such a joyful way to spend the afternoon together – great music, great company, and lots of smiles all around!

We are already looking forward to our next visit!

The home was bubbling with joy at Ouse View as we celebrated National Prosecco Day in true style! Glasses were raised, smiles were wide, and the atmosphere was filled with music, laughter, and sparkle. 

The incredibly talented Paula Marie joined us for a fabulous vintage performance, taking us on a trip down memory lane with classics like “Roll Out the Barrel” and “Que Sera Sera.” Her beautiful voice and charming ukulele had everyone singing, clapping, and swaying along!

Our residents absolutely loved it — especially when Paula brought out her ukulele! It was a perfect mix of music, memories, and a few cheeky glasses of fizz. 

Here at Ouse View we had a brilliant Christmas party hosted by Nestle, residents were engaged throughout and learnt lots of interesting facts about the company, in addition to this, there was arts and crafts, delicious Christmas snacks and hot beverages, along with Christmas music and sensory objects for them to explore. 

The volunteers were very sociable with our residents and their smiles and laughter lit up the whole room.    

Our residents had a wonderful evening with Guy Fawkes to celebrate this historic event. We had a chilled baileys along with a hot chocolate. As well as this, we enjoyed hearing about the rich history of Guy Fawkes. We also had a quiz to test our resident’s knowledge of the event afterwards, which they found very interesting. 

To top it all off, we made toffee apples, held sparklers and listened to brilliant music.    

This afternoon, we were delighted to welcome back the lovely Griselda, who joined us for a special creative session. With a Harvest Festival theme, everyone enjoyed getting hands-on and expressing their creativity. 

It was a joyful afternoon filled with laughter, colour, and imagination – a wonderful way to celebrate National Arts in Care Homes Day together!

And our winner is… Sue Phillips crowned Deputy Manager of the Year for the NE & Scotland division.  Next stop…the nationals!
Over 5,250 incredibly high-standard nominations were received this year. 

Sue will join winners from across the UK at a special awards event in October to celebrate their outstanding achievements and see if they’ve won a national award.  

Huge congratulations!  #BarchesterCareAwards2025 #DivisionalWinner