CARE HOME RESIDENTS CELEBRATE INDIAN CULTURE

Staff and residents at Newton House Care Home celebrated all things India on Friday the 31st of May in style by hosting a ‘culture day’ inspired by their Indian staff members.

To start the day off residents, families and members of the community enjoyed a ‘friendship group’ where they were joined by two staff members Poonam and Rajani who were on hand to talk about the Indian culture and finished off with a fun quiz to summarise their discussions on topics such as India’s history and famous landmarks. Residents then tested their artwork skills as they drew their own henna designs before taking part in a ‘Bollywood workout’. Residents were also treated to some Indian cuisine including Jalebi, Barfi and Papri-Gathia.

Staff members Poonam and Rajani both provided amazing entertainment throughout the day and even brought some of their own traditional Indian dress for residents to try on and treated them to some Bollywood dancing.

Sonia Fairhurst, General Manager at Newton House, said: “We absolutely loved our culture day inspired by India, we currently have a couple of staff members working in our home who are originally from India and for the rest of the staff, residents and families to experience their culture and background was amazing – I am proud to say that this event kicks off our monthly culture days where we will explore all of our staff members’ different cultures and backgrounds!”

Our varied life enrichment programme keeps residents active, and provides a daily choice of engaging physical, mental and spiritual activities tailored to residents’ interests and abilities. Newton House is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering high-quality care across its care homes and hospitals. Newton House provides nursing, residential and dementia care.

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