Residents at Surrey Care Home get into festive spirit with live ukulele performance
Residents, relatives and community guests at Worplesdon View Care Home in Worplesdon, Guildford, enjoyed an afternoon of Chrismas music to kick off the festive season.
Local Ukulele group “Uke an Sing” performed a selection of Christmas classics including “Deck the Halls”, “Let it Snow” and “Away in a Manger”.
Residents joined in with the singing, and clapped along as the band performed their finale song “We Wish you a Merry Christmas”.
General Manager, Nicola Orwin said, “Our residents and guests had a wonderful afternoon singing along with the wonderful performers. We do our best to provide a wide range of activities and entertainment at Worplesdon View as part of the lifestyle enrichment programme for residents, and this was one of our favourites!”.
“Uke an’ Sing” Organiser and Lead singer Margaret said “We absolutely love coming to Worplesdon View! This home has been so good to us throughout the years – we always have such a great turnout and a fantastic time. The staff and activities team welcome us with so much joy. We always leave already looking forward to coming back!”.
One resident said “It was amazing to see the community spirit, all joining in and singing together. The atmosphere was so festive, a fantastic afternoon”.
Worplesdon View care home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering personalised care across its care homes and hospitals. Worplesdon View provides residential care, nursing care and dementia care for up to 78 residents from respite care to long term stays.