Brynhyfryd
Jill at Brynhyfryd celebrated her birthday with cards, cake, flowers, visit from family and a trip our to the local hotel for afternoon tea. Happy birthday Jill from all of us.
To mark Remembrance Sunday this weekend residents and staff made poppies to be put on the wall in our dining room. Rev Janet Day, Rev Mark Beaton and Daisy the dog visited Brynhyfryd to conduct a Church Service and sing some hymns.
Residents at Brynhyfryd enjoyed a sing a long with Mansel recently.
He got everyone joining in with all the old classics, the residents and staff had a lovely afternoon. Thanks Mansel!
Some local scouts came to Brynhyfryd during half term to help clear our sensory garden. Fortunately the weather was good and they made and excellent job of putting the garden to bed.
Margaret also celebrated her 96th birthday here at Brynhyfryd. She had lots of visitors, cards, flowers and a yummy cake. She thoroughly enjoyed her special day. Happy birthday Margaret!
Residents and the team at Brynhyfryd have enjoyed getting ready for Halloween tonight.
They decorated the home and carved some pumpkins in readiness for welcoming some local school children trick or treating. Happy Halloween all!
Residents at Brynhyfryd recently enjoyed a performance by Catherine Nardiello, a noted pianist. She is a regular performer at various venues throughout the continent. Her performance was commented to be energetic, talented, gifted.
We hope to welcome Catherine back next year!
Brynhyfryd have had a very musical week this week. We started off with an Autumn service with the Rev Mark Beaton. Our residents and staff then enjoyed a musical show by Jersey Pack and finally had a good old sing a long with Mansel. Lots of dancing, clapping and fun was had by all!
Residents, family members and staff all had a brilliant day at our Summer Blowout here at Brynhyfryd. Lots of fun and giggles along the way with a sing a long and games. The weather was great which added to this special day.
Residents and staff had great fun practising for our Summer Blow Out on Friday 30th August. Games that we are including on Friday are egg and spoon race, wheelchair relay, silly staff race and many more. We are putting on a BBQ during the day and hoping for some lovely weather.
Residents at Brynhyfryd enjoyed a music and singalong afternoon. The staff and residents alike had great fun and lots of laughs.
Residents from Brynhyfryd took advantage of the good weather to take a trip out. Our activities champion took them to the local park to enjoy the sunshine.
Residents at Brynhyfryd were entertained by Mr Blues recently. He had everyone joining in with his fantastic show. A fabulous time was had by all!
Yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of the D Day landings. Residents, staff and family members at Brynhyfryd celebrated by enjoying a good old English cup of tea and a fairy cake, some games and a right old knees up with Michal from Musicare belting out the war time hits. Residents also got involved in the preperation helping out withe the banners.
Residents are getting ready, making posters and banners, for the 80th anniversary of D-Day commemorations.
Last weekend saw some lovely weather here at Brynhyfryd. This meant that our residents and family members were able to take advantage and enjoy some time in our new sensory garden.
Residents and family members celebrated National Biscuit Day today with a lovely cup of tea with some biscuits and a quiz sent to us by McVities. This was a lot of fun that everyone enjoyed. Mansel followed this with a great sing a long.
Here at Brynhyfryd one of our residents Robbie, celebrated his 105th birthday this week! This incredible achievement was marked with a card from the King and Queen, cake, flowers, wine, a visit with some friends and a lovely buffet lunch. I think it’s safe to say Robbie enjoyed his special day.
Brynhyfryd residents recently enjoyed a good old fashioned sing a long curtsey of Donna from Musicare.
Staff at Brynhyfryd were very proud to wear green this week in support for Mental Health Awareness week.
Our Read Aloud Group. Anna who is part of the friends of the library, visits us fortnightly to read aloud to the residents.
Residents, staff and family members enjoyed the official opening of our Sensory Garden. Pentre Farm came along with their animals and the Mayor of Builth officially opened our new garden. Huge thanks must go to Leona and David for all their hard work.
Selwyn a resident of Brynhyfryd Care Home celebrated his 79th birthday with some yummy cake and a sing song!
Our wonderful resident Rose has been helping us get our sensory garden ready for all to enjoy. That’s why we at Brynhyfryd think Rose deserves Resident of the Month. Our service manager Paula presented her with her own Roses to plant out.
Here at Brynhyfryd, the team and residents have been working hard on getting our Sensory Garden ready of all to enjoy. On 6th May we will be inviting friends and family to enjoy a BBQ, the animals from Pentre Farm will also be visiting. The Mayor of Builth and other local dignitaries will be in attendance. We are looking forward to a fun day and for our residents to enjoy our new Sensory Garden.
Brynhyfryd residents and family recently enjoyed a Blues Tribute Act and buffet. A wonderful evening was had by all!
Brynhyfryd celebrated St David’s Day in style! With traditional food, daffs, bonnets and a sing song.
Here at Brynhyfryd we’ve had a very busy February. We celebrated Sally’s birthday with a yummy cake, presents and card. Our Activities Champion Leona organised some painting and flower arranging which the residents enjoyed immensely. A local Dancing Group entertained us with traditional Scottish Country Dancing.
We have had a very busy January here at Brynhyfryd!
It started with a visit and sing along with Mansell. and then we celebrated St Dwynwen's Day which is the Welsh Valentines Day. The residents have enjoyed some beautiful flower arranging and the weekly game of bingo.
Our residents requested a little music area for them to enjoy when families visit. With the purchase of a couple of items we were able to make this happen for them. This has become a much loved area of the home.
Our resident of the month was Tegwen. Seen here with our Manager Paula and her lovely artwork
January also saw Glan Irfon open their very own ADL kitchen. This means residents have support with their reablement needs and promotes their independence prior to their discharge home.
We must also thank our wonderful local volunteers who have supported us in January. Especially Mary Edwards who dropped by with a fantastic hand knitted blanket for our residents to enjoy. Thank you.
Iris recently celebrated her 86th birthday with a yummy cake, cards and presents. As you can see from the wonderful smile on her face she had a lovely day!
Here at Brynhyfryd our residents have been busy getting ready to celebrate Dydd Santes Dwynwen Day by producing some lovely artwork. This is the Welsh Valentine’s Day celebrated on the 25th January. We look forward to enjoying this special day with our very special residents ❤
Last weekend Rose celebrated her birthday here at Brynhyfryd. She enjoyed gifts and cake from her family and staff.
This month Elizabeth Tegwyn Davies was voted Brynhyfryd’s resident of the month. Teg has kindly allowed us to display pieces of her artwork on the walls of the home. This brightens up everybody’s day with wonderful comments received from residents, visitors and staff alike.
Happy New Year from all at Brynhyfryd. We have started the New Year with some painting and flower arranging to brighten up the dull days.
What a wonderful week everyone has had at Brynhyfryd leading up to the big day.
Here at Brynhyfryd our festive build up is in full swing. We celebrated National Christmas Jumper Day in style with carols sung by Mansel Davies.
Here at Brynhyfryd the Christmas preparations are in full swing. Some of our residents have been doing some Christmas crafting. One of our residents had a visit from her husband and enjoyed a festive sherry.
Here at Brynhyfryd we have been busy decorating our Christmas tree. Getting into the festive spirit enjoying Christmas music and mince pies!
Brynhyfryd residents enjoyed a service by Rev Mark Beaton this morning for Remembrance Sunday #leastweforget
What a wonderful day we had celebrating the Staff long service and Champion awards day at Brynhyfryd. We welcomed many friends, families and volunteers who work so hard year round to help support the service, and it was a great opportunity to pass on our gratitude to them too.
Thank you to all who came to support, and to celebrate these successes with us.
Some of our residents in Brynhyfryd making some yummy cup cakes to enjoy with a cuppa.
At Brynhyfryd we have been working hard on setting up our Sensory Garden for the residents to enjoy. Here you can see the progress we have made. Lots more to do but it is coming along a treat!
Brynhyfryd recently had a visit from Pentre Farm with Dobbin the goat, a Shetland pony and some guinea pigs. The residents and team enjoyed their visit very much.
Recently Brynhyfryd residents enjoyed coffee, cuddles and cake with members of the local mother and baby group. We are hoping that this will be a regular event!
Paula has been awarded employee of the month for her dedication and commitment to her role as Team Leader. Paula goes above and beyond for the good of the home and it’s residents, she is an asset to the home.
Our lovely resident Meg celebrating her 88th birthday here at Brynhyfryd with some yummy cake.
Art club picked up their brushes today to create some beautiful acrylic paintings!
Brynhyfryd was filled with laughter and cheers as we had a fun game of Table Ball!
We celebrated the 75th birthday of the NHS by holding a summer fete at Brynhyfryd. The day was made extra special by the attendance of family and friends of the residents, the Builth community alongside the residents themselves. It was a real opportunity for multiple generations to get together and celebrate this amazing occasion.
We were supported by Men’s Builth Choir, Megan Reece (runner up in 2016 on The Voice), Woolly Wednesdays of Builth, Smooth Jazz Dance Group and the local Scouts group. We ran a BBQ which was supported by the very generous donation of meat from the Burger Factory and were then able to burn off some of those calories on the bouncy castle, which was provided by Lumpers Jumpers.
The day started rainy and overcast but later we enjoyed sunshine when the residents were able to enjoy the delicacies of Gino’s Ice Creams.
On the day we raised £524.11 which is going towards the garden refurbishment, which is currently in the planning phase, and we are looking forward to having an opening party once the work has been done, which the residents will be able to enjoy and take part in planting flowers and try to grow our own vegetables!
Hopefully by the time we get to our next fete we will have a whole new garden to show off and share with the wider community. We will be sure to have an opening party when this happens.
We would like to say a special thank you to all staff, families and friends who helped either in the planning phase and who attended the fete to make it such an all-round enjoyable day, and also to the NHS who provided a grant via the Powys Teaching & Health Board Small Events Committee.
We will be back bigger & better next year, so watch this space!
Nicki has been awarded employee of the month for her dedication and commitment in her role as catering assistant.
Nicki has a great can do attitude at work and is always smiling, no matter the challenges shes faced with. Nicki is an asset to the team.
It's been a crafty day at Brynhyfryd, with needlework and painting.
Two of our ladies sewing some blue and white fabric brooches ready for the NHS 75th birthday celebrations!
Our budding artists using mix medium to bring colour to Brynhyfryd today.
One of Brynhyfryds residents enjoying this glorious weather, eating ice-cream in the park. Our residents also sang some hymns and enjoying a service with Reverend Mark Beaton.
Local wooley Wednesday group made our residents some twiddle toys.
Brynhyfryd Employee of the Month for April was domestic supervisor Stacey Oldham. Well done Stacey!
Our resident Elena celebrating her 95th birthday here at Brynhyfryd with a cake and some fizz!
Our resident Rose enjoying a nice sit in the park after a lovely morning shopping. It was also Mike's 90th birthday and we celebrated with a cake!
This is Selwyn Andrews who won the Six Nations Rugby Sweepstake at Brynhyfryd, with the most correct guesses of who was going to win!
Our residents here at Brynhyfryd enjoying a game of bingo this morning.
One of our residents has just become a great Grandmother. In celebration we are busy knitting squares to be made into a blanket for the new arrival.
Residents enjoying flower arranging in celebration of St David’s Day.
Our residents preparing for St David's Day, making daffodils and painting a Welsh sign. We also enjoyed a visit from Mansell who led them in a good old fashioned sing song. Here is a picture of our singer Mansell in front of the St David’s Day poster and flags that our residents have made.
Brynhyfryd residents have been keeping busy. We enjoyed a DIY table top game and a game of seated netball. Mavis also in front of our Valentine's collage made by our residents.
Our resident Sally celebrated her 91st birthday here at Bryhyfryd. Happy birthday Sally!
Pet Therapy Dog Beau visited our resident Eileen last week. Beau came with his handler Gerri from Cariad Pet Therapy. We are looking forward to a repeat visit.
Our resident Rose is 70 tomorrow, for her birthday employees bought her a rose.
Brynhyfryd residents enjoyed some arts and crafts and a visit from Mansel recently.
The decorations that the residents had made during their craft sessions, where used to decorate a Christmas tree in the local church. So wonderful to see.
Christmas Service held by Reverend Canon Mark Beaton (Vicar of Builth) and accompanied by Janet Day (Curate of Builth),
Our new resident Annie Jones played the piano for the carols.
Our resident Rose had a visit from her twin grandchildren. They are so cute!
Residents at Brynhyfryd had a fun time decorating some fairy cakes recently.
Residents helping to decorate the tree here at Brynhyfryd. We are all now feeling very festive!
Just a couple of pics taken of when Builth Ladies Voice Choir came to Brynhyfryd to sing to our residents.
Some of us at Brynhyfryd attended Remembrance Sunday service, our activities co-ordinator Leona Grimley laid the wreath for us. The wreath was supplied by the British Legion.
Brynhyfryd residents with the wall decoration that they made for this Sundays Remembrance Day.
Residents from Brynhyfryd had a fun time meeting some of the animals from Pentre farm.
Resident Rose Owen from Brynhyfryd with plants that her son donated, she planted them herself.
