Activities at Adlington Manor Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Lynne Bowler
I joined the activities team at Adlington Manor in May 2017. Previously, I have worked as a tree surgeon and have had heavy involvement with the Guides and Brownies. I love participating in activities with residents, whether that's by driving the minibus on trips outside the home, or by engaging in themed days.
I am passionate about my role and especially the challenge of coming up with new ways to engage as many residents as possible in our activities here.
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 Adlington Manor Care Home
Pet therapy
Residents at Adlington Manor enjoyed some pet therapy with Tess the puppy. Pet therapy is a technique that uses animals to interact with seniors for numerous reasons to help improve the quality of their life and provide amazing health benefits.
Here at Adlington Manor we provide a range of engaging physical, mental and spiritual activities as part of our varied life enrichment programme. Our residents really enjoyed Tess’s visit to the home and look forward to seeing her again.
Crufts
Here at Adlington Manor we enjoyed watching Crufts, the international dog show held annually in the UK. The dog show was initially set up in Victoria times by the late Charles Cruft, which has become an essential date in the calendar of any dog lover.
Throughout the days, our residents took part in a number of interesting activities from watching the show and participating in a quiz. We had an amazing time.
Inside Cliveden
We were treated to an amazing live virtual talk and a tour of Cliveden, hosted by the house and chapel guides from the National Trust Talks Service.
The volunteers kindly gave us a tour around the famous house taking an in-depth look at Cliveden’s many stories from its 350 year history, from devilish dukes to scandalous headlines and boundary-breaking garden designs to political notoriety.
Starting with the Duke of Buckingham who built the first house in 1666, our residents met the key owners who helped shape the house and its gardens including the Orkney, Sutherland and Astor families.
The talk was accompanied by an illustrated presentation which brought to life these individuals and showed how their influence at Cliveden still continues today.
Songbird performs medley of hits
Residents at Adlington Manor enjoyed an afternoon of singing with popular local vocalist, Debbie. Debbie performed a medley of show-stopping classics. Residents enjoyed singing along to their favourite songs and dancing the afternoon away. It was great to see everyone getting involved! A great time was had by all, Residents said that Debbie’s voice was beautiful and her performance was a delight to see.
Virtual coffee experience
We had a fabulous time joining NESCAFÉ’s virtual coffee experience.
We were able to look into how they sustainably farm their coffee beans, as well as, to have a virtual tour of one of their factories all from the comfort of our home.
To make things even more interesting, our residents had the chance to test their knowledge with an interactive quiz, and to the delight of all to taste the signature Sweet Cinnamon Shaken Iced Coffee cocktail.
Random acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness Day is a day to celebrate and encourage random acts of kindness. Colleagues at Adlington Manor were delighted to receive such a gift from one of their nurses as a way of thanks and they were delicious!
