Activities at Park View Care Home

Our beautiful Doris celebrated her 100th birthday.

She had a big celebration party at Parkview were all her family and friends came to enjoy some food and drinks. Doris loved her caked and was spoilt with lots of gifts.

Doris also had a dance school that come and danced for her. Doris had a wonderful time and the best 100th birthday!

Parkview went live on enable, today we celebrated our hard work and great achievement in the home, I would like to say a massive thank you to our implementation Team at Park view for all the hard work in transcribing, along with celebrating enable we had pudding club so everyone could celebrate with a cuppa tea and cake. 

On Saturday our administrator Penny took William to the 02 to watch Abba- Mamma Mia, we had a sit down dinner and was up dancing the whole time, Bill had his Abba outfit on and his flashing hat and danced the night away.

On route to the 02 the road was closed so the only way over was the cable car across London, the cable car reach the height of 90metres.

Its just under 300ft, it’s the highest observation point over the river Thames,

Bill loved getting on this and seeing the sights of London, and was telling Penny what he could see the 02, HSBC and all building of London that he knew,

We of course had to get them back and bill was excited when Abba finished to go back on them!

At Park View we know that intergenerational activity is hugely beneficial to all involved as it encourages communication and social skills. Intergenerational contact also helps to develop language and reading confidence through shared activities, as well as increasing confidence and self-esteem. Lastly it helps children to develop empathy, care, and kindness, helping them to understand and talk more positively about ageing and older people.

This sort of activity is made possible through our close links with local schools, colleges and nurseries. Intergenerational activities are a cornerstone of our life enrichment program. 

As Park View has many cultures through our residents, relatives and staff we thought it would be great to hold a culture party. 

We had 4 themed tents:

British
African/Caribbean
Asian
Eastern European 

All the staff cooked and all relatives and residents came to enjoy the food. We had a DJ and singer to provide entertainment and a candy floss machine and table top games. 

We came together to celebrate, experience and embrace different cultures with cultural dress, discussions about history, incredible food, wonderful music, traditional dance, beautiful arts and beliefs. 

Our cultural traditions, language and experiences are the foundations upon which we build our identity. Through promoting this in our home we'll have a positive impact on our own health and well-being as well as the people we care for. 

Renata the general manager in the relatives meeting thought it would be a brilliant idea to have a evening dinner with professionals and families so Last night that's what we did.  we had a relatives and professional dinner cooked by our new chef Rajesh. This was the families opportunity to speak with the chef to help plan the new menu around what the residents love to eat. There was some great idea but our brilliant chef already had them planned on his new menu that was done to ensure he meet al the residents nutrition needs. 

We had the Dr from Tulasi medical center also joined us  to try out the new food and gave the families opportunity to speak with the Dr. We had a lovely meal and was served by the staff. 

This evening was very successful and the food was brilliant. Residents also joined and enjoyed a few glasses of wine. It was so nice to see families having dinner with there loved ones. We have arranged to do this every 6 weeks for more great menu ideas.