Owl Adventures at The Cedars Care Home

Residents at The Cedars Care Home - Barchester Healthcare were thrilled to see the beautiful birds both in the Garden Lounge and in individual bedrooms. Every resident was given the opportunity to hold one of these beautiful and majestic birds; as well as being treated to a display of flight that wowed them all.

Five owls- including a Tawney owl, two barn owls and a long-eared owl visited us with Falconer Ryan, along with a falcon called Maverick. Residents were interested to learn about the birds- did you know that the reason owls stand out from other birds is that they are the only bird with eyes on the front of their heads, and that an owl (if he could read) could read a newspaper headline from up to one mile away?

Tony had been looking forward to the event all week, and he wasn’t disappointed. He said ‘I thought it was brilliant. I’ve never been that close to a barn owl before- it was amazing to see. I have seen the fly past before but they look so much smaller in the air!’ and; and Lydia commented that the animal week at the Cedars has ‘got better and better’- starting with a visit from Darwin the therapy Horse, meeting Alpacas via our virtual event team and ending on a crescendo with the Owl Adventures.

Senior General Manager Rebecca Aldred said: “Our residents have really enjoyed their unusual visitors today. We knew that having the owls here would be a bit of fun for all our residents, especially as some find it difficult to go on many outings in our minibus. We are always looking for new activities for the residents and today we have seen the enjoyment and the therapeutic influence animals can have on people.”

The Cedars 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. The Cedars Care Home provides residential, nursing and dementia care for 56 residents from respite care to long term stays.