Activities at Rivermead Care Home
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 programme 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.
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 Rivermead Care Home
Beat the Clock
We continue to celebrate a varied life enrichment programme and across our services we linked up with other Barchester care homes and hospitals up and down the country for some interactive Beat the Clock games.
Our residents truly enjoyed solving word puzzles, conundrums and mathematical problems as part of Barchester’s very own game show series.
Everyone who joined had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.
Easter Cake Champions!
Excitement is running high at Rivermead where the talented residents have been named the winners of the annual Barchester Easter Cake competition for the North East & Scotland Division.
Each year residents from Barchester’s care homes and hospitals up and down the country compete for the coveted Easter Cake of the Year title. The competition is run by the central hospitality team and the bar is set very high. Many of Barchester’s residents are very skilled bakers and the Easter cake designs can be very elaborate. Competition is fierce and only the very best recipes and designs will prevail.
Mother's Day
Rivermead celebrated Mother’s Day by doing something really fun and enjoyable. We did some flower bouquet arranging involving all our lovely ladies.
We set the tables out, had some snacks and a tipple of sherry and got to work on our lovely bouquets which turned out better than we could’ve imagine
It’s amazing that something so small can bring so many smiles and enjoyment to our residents faces especially on a day as important as Mother’s Day.
Place your bets!
This month we gathered the resident together in the lounge to enjoy watching the Cheltenham gold cup. We encouraged the residents to get cheering on the jockeys along with some drinks and nibbles whilst guessing who was going to come out on top! After the race, we also organised a horse quiz full of interesting facts. This was a lovely social stimulating activity where the residents can come together and have some fun!
London Ladies
As part of our International Women’s Day celebrations, Residents from across our services were thrilled to join tour guide, Mandy Morrow, for an exciting talk about some Legendary London Ladies.
Mandy shared the fascinating stories of eight ladies with us, from the one of the richest heiresses in the world to the original 'Roaring Girl'.
Everyone who participated truly enjoyed the experience and were delighted to take a walk down memory lane.
Bingo Bonanza
Across the country our homes and hospitals came together to find out which care home or hospital had the best Bingo players as they teamed up for Barchester’s Bingo Bonanza.
Residents were treated to some exciting virtual games of Bingo as part of Barchester’ very own game show series.
Everyone who participated had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.
Upcoming events
May
May is the gateway to summer and we have lots of fun filled activities planned - all welcome.
Could you be a Volunteer?
Do you have any spare time? Could you help make a difference to someones day to day life? For more information on volunteering, we'd love to hear from you.
Community Cafe - Every Tuesday from 10.30 am
We extend a warm invitation to community friends to join us at our popular Community Cafe - all welcome.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency personnel, come and take a break with us! There may be a cake or two.....
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
Looking for a place to host a meeting? Look no further! For more information contact Rivermead or pop in and see what we have to offer.
