Archive for the Glenkeen House Category

Glenkeen celebrated their annual Christmas party in style with a day packed to the brim with Christmas fun and cheer! To start the day off, we had carol singers from a local school and after lunch, we had booked an entertainer to sing and dance for our

Twas the week before Christmas and some of our residents had a gift early by being brought out to the O’Neill Arms Country House Hotel in Toomebridge for a  fabulous 4 Course Christmas Lunch along with our activity therapist, Francine! From a mouth watering Melon Duo to

This morning we were greeted by Santa’s Little Elves from Dunenane Primary School to carol sing for our residents. The children began to sing a lot of Christmas carols for the residents who then joined in along with them! It was a brilliant morning and all the

Something really spooky was going on at Glenkeen House in Randalstown recently as our residents were the audience at a staff bake off where staff made some cakes and buns and added a terrifying twist to them! For example, one member of staff made ‘Malteaser Buns’ but

Maud Nicholl who celebrated her 110th Birthday in July this year and was Ireland’s oldest living person sadly passed away on Thursay 19th September in her home at Glenkeen House. Maud was an inspiration to many and only moved into the care home setting prior to Christmas

Glenkeen hosted their annual open day which was created in a 70’s theme. The goal for the theme day was to show how  important Arts can be for our residents. The ‘proof of the pudding’ was shown by us doing our Crafts in the morning where some

Tea is the cure for everything! ‘I’ll have a creamed coffee please, with no sugar,  for I am sweet enough!’ Glenkeen has introduced a new activity called ‘The Monday Club’ which consists of a group of fine ladies from the home, who are invited up to a

Maud Nicholl was born in 1909, in Ballymena. She was a daughter to John and Jane Nicholl and a loving sister to Joe. Maud grew up in a beautiful Victorian house which was situated on the Dans Road. The house was surrounded by beautiful gardens and orchards

Glenkeen hosted their annual St Patrick’s Day party which was a very busy day. From starting the morning off with Irish dancers, we had a beautiful lunch, then in the afternoon we said some poetry to celebrate the day. We also had a couple of guest musicians

Love was clearly in the air on Valentine’s day at Glenkeen Private Nursing Home  with all the residents involved in a fun filled Valentines related day. Residents and staff spent the morning playing Valentines Bingo and a game of ‘Mr and Mrs’. Then in the afternoon we