Activities at Raleigh Manor Care Home

Brunch Club anyone?! Our fabulous Head Chef, Karen, has just started a Brunch Club for our residents here at Raleigh Manor!! The first one this week went down extremely well, with a starter of Bucks Fizz, Crumpets and Smoked Salmon, baskets of homemade pastries, then a selection of hot cooked breakfast, with a choice of sausages, bacon, grilled tomato, pan fried mushrooms and more. To finish off this amazing brunch Karen made the most amazing Banoffee Pie!!!!! Our residents can't wait for Brunch Club again next week!!

Bringing a bit of magic to our residents!! Here at Raleigh Manor, we're always looking at ways to improve our residents' quality of life. This is why we have introduced a Magic Table into our care home, offering opportunities for those living with dementia to increase physical and social interactions and most of all fun!! Some of the benefits for our residents include: Positive effect upon well-being by improving mood, reducing apathy and restlessness, as well as increasing engagement levels. Improving engagement during family visits. Improved relationships between staff and residents by facilitating playful activities, increased positive emotions and more.

Residents and staff at Raleigh Manor enjoyed birthday celebrations with our fabulous twins this afternoon!!! Our amazing chef made the most beautiful and tasty birthday cake which the pair shared with us all!!!

We are so pleased here at Raleigh Manor to be able to offer our residents a new fitness class of Chair Pilates & Yoga by Hazel Davies who is a fitness professional. Hazel runs these classes twice weekly for our residents, these sessions are based around yoga and Pilates movements as well as functional fitness. The aim is to maintain strength and keep supple while also focusing on gentle breathing techniques. Hazel is the founder of ‘Rechargeable Wellbeing’ and has been a fitness professional since 2005 and runs regular weekly exercise classes at local health clubs, she also runs courses in exercise nutrition, provides sports massage to her clients and coaches them on goal setting and weight management. Through Hazel’s role as a Pilates teacher she often supports clients with rehabilitation following injuries. She has also written fitness articles for national magazines as well as having a background as a Personal Trainer at David Lloyd Leisure Clubs. Hazel’s areas of expertise are: • Personal Training • Exercise Nutrition • Coaching & Goal Setting • Yoga and Pilates • Sports Massage • Fitness Journalism We feel so very lucky to have found Hazel and for her to dedicate her time to our residents health & wellbeing, the feedback we have received so far from residents is fantastic, thank you Hazel!!

Our residents here at Raleigh Manor spent the afternoon creating a beautiful mural yesterday ready for Remembrance Day today. They had a lovely time making this wonderful creation, I'm sure you'll agree they've done an amazing job!!!

Our residents here at Raleigh Manor really do enjoy topping up on their Vitamin D and as soon as the sun shines they make their way to our beautiful gardens, which over looks the Estuary!! What better way is there to top up on your vitamins?!