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.
Read our brochure
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
Make a wish
Colleagues at Adlington Manor are exploring new ways to entertain our residents and to keep them stimulated, they have created a ‘wishing well’ and Residents are being asked if they had one wish what would it be, it could be from the homes hospitality team to create their favourite dish to a destination of the choice. Each week the team are looking at ways to grant the wishes and make a residents day! What would you wish?
A tour on the wild-side
Here at Adlington Manor we were pleased to be able to dive into the wild safari life of Knowsley Safari and to enjoy an amazing live stream tour of the park’s grounds.
Our residents were smiling and laughing as they got up close and personal with some of the safari’s most popular animals, including giraffes and meerkats.
We had a wonderful time learning more about the animals and enjoying some live feeding demonstrations.
Dipping your toes!
On a lovely hot day the only way to cool off is to dip your feet in the water! Residents of Adlington Manor took advantage of the recent sunny weather to enjoy spending time outdoors in the homes extensive grounds to dip their toes in the paddling pool, whilst outdoors they also tasted refreshing ice-creams and cooling drinks. What better way to spend the day!
Italian National Day
We had a fun-filled day celebrating Italy’s National Day. The Festival of the Republic, also known as Italian National Day, marks the official formation of the country after World War II.
We spent some time learning interesting facts about Italy, its culture and traditions. The home’s chef prepared delicious Italian themed dishes, including pasta, pizza, tiramisu and gelato.
In the afternoon, we watched various videos and documentaries about Italy and enjoyed a glass of Italian wine.
It was a lovely day, enjoyed by all.
Home receive special gift from Men in Sheds
Residents and colleagues at Adlington Manor in Adlington were delighted to receive a very special gift from their friends at ‘Men in Sheds’ who have made wonderful wooden planters for the homes court yard and garden for lost friends, bird tables.
The ‘Garden for lost friends’ is a peaceful tranquil area where staff, residents and relative can sit on look over the wonderful cheshire country side, listen to the birds and watch the anima ls frolicking in the fields , where we can reflect on time gone by and those friend who are no longer with us who we miss
Blooming Haus at Adlington
Here at Adlington Manor in Adlington we were delighted to spend time creating a beautiful floral masterpiece to enter the #BloomingBarchester competition in partnership with Blooming Haus following their amazing virtual flower arranging masterclass.
We all had a wonderful time decorating and working on our arrangement and we are happy to say we were impressed with our skills in applying all the tips and ideas learnt during the class to make a colourful floral design.
