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.
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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
Puppies visit Threshfield
Threshfield was full of animal mischief when Senior Care home Manager, Stacey Nicholson, brought her two 12 week old Dachshund Puppies, Ivy and Willow, to the home.
General Manager Stacey Nicholson said: “Our residents have really enjoyed their unusual visitors today. We are always looking for new activities for the residents and today we have seen the enjoyment and the therapeutic influence animals can have on people.”
Claire our activity coordinator and Millie, Care Assistant went to see all the residents around the home with the two puppies.
It is safe to say everyone thoroughly enjoyed seeing willow and Ivy.
Historic Royal Palaces
Across our services, our residents were treated to a special virtual sensory storytelling session. Together with Art Historian Jon Sleigh and the Historic Royal Palaces community team, we explored several royal palaces through the theme of food, dining and celebration!
We enjoyed a fantastic taste-a-long experience from the comfort of our home, from Tudor treats to Stuart sweets. A lovely time was had by all.
Virtual Book Club
We had a lovely time joining Mark Piesing for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘N-4 Down: The Hunt for The Arctic Airship Italia’.
Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fascinating story of the world-famous exploring airship Italia, returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928. The airship was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history.
A trip to Crosshills
Residents of Threshfield Court Care Centre had the fantastic opportunity to go to Crosshills, to the Trawler man Fish Restaurant for Lunch.
Our Resident’s hopped aboard the Minibus and their adventure began. On arrival at the Trawler man, we had a lovely warm welcome from all the team. Our menu choices were fabulous, some of us even managed to finish off with a milkshake.
Such a fabulous day engaging with community.
Chinese celebrations for year of the Rabbit
Threshfield Court joined forces with their local Chinese Takeaway in Skipton – HK Chinese. Cindy kindly visited the home and gave the residents a demonstration of writing our names in Chinese. We also spoke about the culture and beliefs and how they celebrate. Later that evening the residents enjoyed a Chinese takeaway of their choice. This was truly amazing, our very own Chinese takeaway..
International Flower Day
We celebrated International Flower Day in style, a great way in mid-winter to bring joy and happiness into the home. Our residents took part in flower-based activities throughout the day including a flower arranging session and a flower themed quiz which everyone really enjoyed. The collective knowledge about flowers gained from years of gardening experience was very impressive. It was a lovely day, enjoyed by all.
