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.
Nicola Bedford
Hi, My name is Nicola and I am the activity coordinator for Rivermead. I plan and deliver a range of interactive and stimulating activities throughout the week for all the residents.
We focus our planning through person centred care, meaning the activities we deliver are tailored to each of the residents individual choice and interests.
It’s a very rewarding job role to be in, seeing the residents enjoy their lives to the best of their abilities and enhancing their experiences, building and maintaining friendships and supporting their wellbeing.
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
International Flower Day
The residents of Rivermead have celebrated international Flower Day.
Our residents embraced the joy of flowers by painting beautiful pieces of art on canvas, including Daffodils, our residents planted new bulbs in and around the garden area ready for spring and others enjoyed interacting with flowers as they come into bloom, courtesy of our magic table.
Chocolate treats
Is there anything better than hot chocolates with whipped cream, chocolate dusting and chocolate buttons on top when it’s snowing outside? Our Memory Lane residents think not. We had a lovely time this morning drinking hot chocolates, watching the snow and remembering what snow days were like back in the day!
Scrabble Club
Every week some of the residents from the Westow community gather around a well-worn table for another session of The Scrabble Club, the game for wordsmiths and readers of the dictionary, and this week’s has gone down in the annals of history by winner Vivien making the remarkable final score of 266, a worthy total anywhere on planet Earth! It was certainly a tense game and as the clock ticked by Viven suddenly mustered all her grey cells and came up with a word that sent a shudder through the crowd because it was worth… 69 points! There were shouts of ‘hurrah’, gasps and then applause when we realised that a small word for a type of Oriental cymbal had effectively won the game!
Vivien’s master-stroke was ‘zels’, which she had not only placed on a triple-word-score but also woven into other words! The broadside of brilliance decisively ended the match and as Vivien, gave an emotional thumbs-up and announced she was off to phone her two brothers – also keen Scrabblers – to tell them of her highest-ever personal score. Well done Vivien!
Outdoor beauty
Here at Rivermead, we are so lucky to be surrounded by outstanding beauty. To the back of our home we have a horse field, train tracks and spectacular views. Today Brenda and Andy took advantage of this, and took a walk around the outside of the building with Vixx, topping up the bird feeders, checking the grounds are in tip top condition and enjoying the sunshine in January
Christmas Jumper Day
Last week we celebrated Christmas jumper day. As here at Rivermead we are inclusive, we extended the Christmas Jumpers and made it so you could wear anything Christmassy. The home is feeling extra Christmassy and everybody is in high spirits in the build up to Christmas this year.
Truffle making
Truffle-making was the work enjoyed by Rivermead residents yesterday after they had watched an online workshop. These were the chocolate truffles, however, not the kind sniffed and dug up by specially trained pigs, but the chocolate variety first created by bon viveur Louis Dufour on Christmas Day in 1895 in Chambray, Normandy, and much appreciated around the world ever since.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead and we extend a warm invitation for you to join us.
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.....