Activities at Arbour Court Care Home
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a variety of activities and events for all residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus, visits from entertainers and musicians and small group and individual activities in quiet yet stimulating environments. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect resident individual interests as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Arbour Court Care Home
Digital Rainbow Table
We had an exciting new delivery, our new Digital Rainbow Table has arrived. Some of the amazing benefits of the digital table are: Music, dance and exercise using YouTube or apps like Spotify for music therapy sessions and incorporating dance and exercise videos to our resident moving. Reminiscence by Utilise Google Earth for virtual tours of resident’s favourite places or homes where they grew up, stimulating memories and conversations. The table can also be used to keep in touch with loved ones and stay connected using video calling apps like Zoom and Skype. Cognitive challenges such as Cognitive games to stimulate the mind, brain training apps, quizzes and trivia and Sensory fun using apps like magic fluids, sensory fish and fireworks, offer colourful, interactive experience that stimulate the senses.
Easter at Arbour Court
Our residents had a jam packed Easter. Our residents started off the day by receiving their Easter eggs and a card, afterwards they made gingerbread Easter egg biscuits and decorated them for our Easter Party. We had Burnie our male vocalist preform hits from the 50’s and 60’s which all of our residents enjoyed singing and dancing along.
Incredible Eggs
Incredible eggs are an ethical company who provides care settings with hatching chicken eggs. We successfully hatched 5 out of 7 eggs. Our residents loved watching the eggs hatch from their shells and once the chicks got stronger, we enjoyed stroking and feeding them. The chicks lived in our hairdressing station and residents, families and friends were able to visit them on a 1-1 basis whenever they wished. This was a unforgettable experience.
St Patricks Day Celebration
In honour of St Patricks Day we made Lucky 4 leaf clover leprechaun hats and enjoyed listening to Irish singers and themed songs like “it’s a long way to Tipperary”. Some enjoyed a nice cold glass of Guinness. This event brought many key developmental skills for our dementia patients such as reminisce and use of fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
Residents wish to Spain
Anthony placed a wish on our wishing tree. Anthony’s wish was to go to Spain. Anthony and his wife used to have a villa in Spain and used to go there for families holidays and for breaks away once they retired. Although we were unable to take Anthony to Spain we decided that we could bring Spain to Anthony. We invited Anthony family for a Spanish themed event. We decorated Anthony’s room with Spanish themed decorations, old holiday family photos and a pinata. We also provided Anthony and his family with sangria and light snacks. We all had such a lovely time reminiscing about holiday memories.
Mother’s Day
To celebrate Mother’s Day we hosting a Mother’s Day afternoon tea. We had Burnie our male vocalist preforms hit songs from the 50 and 60’s. We all dance and sang away while enjoying light snacks and drinks such as prosecco and scones. This event brought so much laughter and joy to our residents and enabled them to stay active and keep their mind alive by reminiscing about the songs they were hearing.
