Activities at The Cedars Bourne Care Home

The Cedars Care Home in Bourne commemorated Remembrance Day on Sunday 12 November.  They joined the rest of the United Kingdom in holding a two-minute silence at 11am.

As well as marking Remembrance Day by wearing poppies and laying a wreath at the Bourne Town memorial Service, residents took part in therapeutic activities over a four day celebration.

We all really enjoy using our creative skills; so here at The Cedars we incorporate lots of different arts and crafts throughout the month. From streamed drawing classes from our creative partners at Oomph on Demand through to flower arranging, abstract painting, knitting and sewing groups; we are always busy creating something beautiful.

We are very lucky to have such talented residents living with us, who are willing to share their skills. This month, our resident Ellen McLoughlin, taught us some Irish dancing this month. She told us that performed as a young girl before continuing the tradition by teaching her pupils to dance for school assemblies. We were very happy that we were able to sit down for this as the footwork was very quick!

We all love a sing- a- long! Today we sang, danced and clapped along to our favourite songs with Oomph on Demand's Sing with Wim. Residents were entertained with songs from 'Come Fly with Me' and 'Country Roads' to 'You are my Sunshine' and 'We'll meet Again'. Our highlight was Rob singing along to 'Bring Me Sunshine'. He has a great singing voice!

We are lucky to have access to a full program of activities and entertainment for our residents, both those in their rooms and those in the lounge, through our online partner Oomph on Demand. The exercise programmes, documentaries and art classes are really fun; but we all love the sing-a-long the best!

We had so much fun travelling in our minibus to visit Peterborough Cathedral and city centre. Sheila, Margery and Anne truly admired the stunning architecture and shared lovely stories and memories with each other. The day was completed with a delicious cream tea in the Cathedral Beckett Cafe.

We would like to say a huge thank you to volunteer Sandra for helping us with this trip, and for the wonderful welcome we received at the Cathedral (including a mini tour of some of the more unusual parts of the building).

Residents and guests at The Cedars Care Home in Bourne enjoyed an afternoon live music that took place at the home. Local singer Nick Glover performed a selection of classic hits including ‘Sweet Caroline’, ‘Love is in the Air’ and ‘Delilah’.  

Residents joined in with the singing, and clapped and danced along as he performed. The hospitality team at the home also provided a spread of sweet treats for guests to enjoy during the show.

Staff and residents at The Cedars Care Home in Bourne held a charity coffee morning and bake sale on 29th September to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.  Having a coffee morning is the perfect chance to catch up over a cuppa and a slice of something delicious for a great cause. The money raised helps everyone with cancer to live life as fully as they can.

Residents enjoyed spending time with friends and relatives, and members of the local community.  Head chef, Richard Parrott, had baked lots of lovely cakes, biscuits and pastries for everyone to sample, as well as a delicious cake for ‘Guess the Weight of the Cake’.  Staff dressed up as characters from Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice‘s Adventures in Wonderland and decorated for a day of fun and whimsy.