Activities at Wilsmere House Care Home

Respite Resident returns to Wilsmere for his 95th Birthday celebration

What a joyous occasion, our Activities coordinator, Julie organized an afternoon visit back to Wilsmere and we celebrated our loved Maurices’ birthday together

Special thanks to our Chef, Jibin for the wonderful cake.

Continuing our Cultural day celebrations.

Yesterday we had Romanian day, our General Manager, Lili proudly told us a few facts about the country and its culture. We learned that Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast.

Lili told us about traditional Romanian cuisine which is a diverse blend of different dishes from several traditions with which it has come into contact, but it also maintains its own character. Most famous dish is Sarmale-stuffed sour cabbage or grape leaves with ground meat with rice, onions, herbs. It is boiled for a few hours traditionally in ceramic pots. We also enjoyed Traditional Romanian music and dances.

Our Flower arranging sessions as greatly enjoyed by our residents and they always look forward to the next session. It gives them the opportunity to show their creative side. Even though we had the same flowers all vases had different creations.

Their arrangements are now proudly displayed throughout the home and in their rooms.

We had a lovely time on Saturday for our Summer BBQ. We were so happy that the weather held up and we could enjoy the day to its fullest. Residents, family members and Staff enjoyed delicious food prepared by our Chef Jibin and entertainment from Lisa Lee. Activities team had an idea of adding photo props and the sunglasses were a hit! We loved seeing the smiles on our Residents and family members making memories together.

Thank you to all family members who were able to join us looking forward to our next event.

Our Resident Ambassador, John is a huge cricket fan and has always wanted to see a Test Match in real life, so staff at our home made his wish a reality.

Staff have been aware of John’s love for cricket since he became a resident and have been planning an event for a while. When we found out about England player James ‘Jimmy’ Anderson’s last ever test match we knew this would be the perfect occasion.

In response to this wonderful surprise, John said: Today was a very special experience. I haven’t been to Lord’s for probably 20 years, it didn’t seem to change very much quite frankly on the inside and Nirav was very very helpful, very considerate. Bought me two pints of beer that’s why I am saying nice things about him (laughs). We stayed for the bigger part of the game and thank you very much to all and everybody who made it possible. It really was a special day.

Our residents had an amazing time travelling in our minibus to the local shop, where they did their shopping. Having the minibus gives our residents the opportunity to go out in the community and enjoy. We have regular outings to the Local shops and Garden centres.

They were able to enjoy a day of some well-deserved retail therapy.

We had a fantastic time.