Activities at Threshfield Court Care Home
Here at Threshfield Court, we aim to tailor the activities to meet the needs of individual residents, the communities within the home and the home as a whole. We have regular, structured activities such as visits from Music for Health, specialist armchair exercise facilitators, local musicians and a growing team of volunteers, including our local clergy. We also have time for arts and crafts, all sorts of games, music, poetry and lots more. We are pretty good at being spontaneous too!
Claire Boocock
Hi, my name is Claire Boocock. I come from a background of hospitality and working in the Care Home sector is very new for me but already immense job satisfaction in working with our residents alongside a great team.
I am very excited about this new venture in my career. I am an outgoing person with a big bubbly personality and looking forward to making a big difference to the social well-being of our residents with my flair of creativity and adventure.
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 Threshfield Court Care Home
Christmas decoration crafts
It is the season to be jolly, and it certainly is at Threshfield Court. At the end of November, we started designing our own baubles, lots of colour, glue and glitter. We have used the garlands made by our residents to decorate our monthly resident notice boards. Every month we take time to change the photographs as it is a great reminder of all the fun things we are done that month. Although, the glitter is everywhere
Cards from the community
At Threshfield Court we are very lucky to be supported by so many groups in the Community. These are strange times that we currently live in, many of our links with the Community have been actively in contact with us throughout the year. We were fortunate to have a correspondence table which has been enjoyed by a lot of our residents.
This Christmas, the 1st Mahamdale Brownies Pack have been incredibly supportive and creative with their Christmas Cards. Our residents have really enjoyed receiving the cards and reading them. A small selection are currently standing proudly on one of our bookcases
Christmas Cake competition
Throughout December, Residents have been busy counting down to Christmas with their busy life enrichment programme filled with fun-filled festive activities.
We have been busy making festive decorations to display around our home and making our Christmas cakes, starting them early so we could ‘feed’ them with brandy or sherry and leaving plenty of time for them to mature before decorating and entering into Barchester’s annual Christmas cake competition.
As we made our cakes, it was lovely to hear everyone sharing their memories of Christmases past, the traditions they enjoyed and what Christmas has meant to them.
The judging of the Christmas cakes will take place on 11th December and we can’t wait to sample the finished cake! Good luck to everyone and may the best cake win!
National Elf Day
To celebrate National Elf Day, members of staff at Threshfield Court dressed up as Elves to raise awareness of the good work of the Alzheimer's Society. The staff organized a number of activities throughout the day which included ‘Pin the pom-pom’ on the Elf and a colouring Elf Competition.
During these short days a little bit of sparkle, good cheer and bells goes a very long way on putting a smile on everyone's faces. The colouring competition was open to both staff and residents and Heather was declared winner by resident Alec, who judged all the entrants. Everyone had a fun-filled day!
Home donates to Skipton Food Bank
Residents, loved ones, friends and staff members at Threshfield Court Care Home have been very generous by donating festive food and essential items to be given to the Skipton Food Bank.
As we all know, during the pandemic and towards the end of 2020 many families are struggling to provide the basic food items let alone prepare for the Christmas period. It was a decision that the staff overwhelming agreed upon, to help those less fortunate. It really has helped everyone at our home get into the spirit of the festival.
Stacey Nicholson, Senior General Manager at Threshfield Court Care Home, said: “Staff, residents and friends of the home all donated very generously to the Skipton Food Bank and it really is heart-warming to see how much people care about helping others who are less fortunate. Thanks to everyone who contributed. It will all be distributed to where it is needed most within our community."
Community gift delivered
Residents at Threshfield Court care home, in Threshfield recently enjoyed receiving a parcel from their local Community Champions, Sarah and Eileen. The parcel contained a lovely hand written card along with puzzles, word searches and beautifully knitted squares. Residents at the home enjoyed their morning coffee and a delicious slice of home-made cake whilst opening the parcel. It has meant such a lot to the residents as visitors are currently not able to visit in the home at this time.
