We’ve had another busy week in Activities. Here is some of what we’ve been up to alongside our regular activities. We’ve had Jigsaws, Dominoes and a Beetle Drive as well as a quiz based on the TV quiz show Blockbusters (see photo) with a mixed bag of questions, some being rather tricky! We are always on the hunt for new activities.

On Sunday there was a very successful Cross Stich session when we were also joined by Matilda, who is volunteering with us.

We love our music and Andrea Bocelli entertained us on Saturday afternoon with a concert. In ‘Music Club’ we had Last Night of the Proms (see photo) where we joined the festivities’ with some flag waving and joined in the singing.

From Liz, Michele and Carron

September 19^th 2023

Welcome to our website news page.

This page will be updated regularly with Broomgrove news. We hope everyone will enjoy looking at the photos and reading news about recent activities and events happening at the nursing home.

Activities take lots of photographs each week but many cannot be posted on this website due to consent forms not being completed. If you would like a photography consent form please email a request to admin@broomgrove-trust.co.uk  Please also note that Broomgrove no longer has a Facebook page so photographs would only be posted on this official website.

September has been a VERY busy month for birthdays, with seven so far including one of our oldest residents Joyce who was celebrating her 104^th! She has written the anthology of poems ‘The Shepherd’s Wife’ and has more poems in the pipeline. Residents enjoy our monthly ‘Poetry Club’ which always features some of Joyce’s poems.

On September the 8^th we made some lemon, blueberry muffins for a coffee morning to mark the anniversary of the Queen’s death. Activity staff and residents are enjoying baking together and producing some very tasty treats.

Kit’s choice of Gilbert & Sullivan for ‘Music Morning’ was greatly received. The Activity ladies would appreciate help from friends and relatives of our residents to compile their own playlists of favourite songs to share with everyone at Broomgrove.

This week the young children and their childminders, who visit the home every month, enjoyed doing jigsaw puzzles and singing.  It is always lovely to see the residents joining in with them.

It was wonderful to have Sharon, the hairdresser, back at Broomgrove on Wednesday after her well-deserved holiday. Everybody had missed their weekly pamper.

Art and Crafts was ‘paint pouring’ this week which produced some lovely individual designs and the residents have had plenty of opportunity to exercise, with Exercise Morning, Yoga and Active Games.

We had another constructive residents’ meeting, these are held approximately every 6 weeks and give residents and their families chance to chat openly with Broomgrove management and staff.

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Broomgrove has always done its utmost to spread a little happiness amongst the lives of its residents but a recent event took some beating.

The care home played host to its first wedding!

There wasn’t a dry eye in the house as resident Erica married long-term partner Neville Vickery in a moving ceremony conducted by Father John – the priest at St Williams Church where the couple are parishioners.

Broomgrove care home staff went above and beyond the call of duty to decorate the home; bake and decorate the wedding cake; prepare a buffet and make the bride look stunning.

Broomgrove spokesperson Judy Warburton said: “It was without a doubt one of the most special and moving events we’ve ever had. We truly could not have  been prouder to host this special day for two wonderful people.”