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
V&A Dundee - Ocean Liners
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Adlington Manor were treated to a photographic tour and talk about the era of ocean travel by V&A Dundee Curator, Charlotte Hale. The presentation forms part of a series of six talks and virtual tours that V&A Dundee is hosting for Barchester Healthcare’s care homes and private hospitals across the UK.
V&A Dundee is Scotland’s design museum, it showcases Scotland’s outstanding design achievements and features world-class exhibitions alongside the permanent Scottish Design Galleries, and a changing programme of commissions, events and activities.
Home join Green Goddess for exercise
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Adlington Manor care home in Adlington were treated to an armchair work out courtesy of the Green Goddess, Diana Moran, and Shackleton’s furniture company, followed by a mindfulness session led by Shackleton’s Emma Raybould.
Diana rose to fame as a glamorous fitness guru on BBC’s Breakfast Time in the 1980’s and has made an outstanding contribution to improving the health and wellbeing of people in the UK. She now brings that experience to Shackletons as their Health and Wellness Adviser.
Home join virtual cookery demo
To celebrate National Vegetarian Week, staff and residents at Barchester’s Adlington Manor care home in Adlington were treated to an interactive virtual cookery demo courtesy of chef, Alex Connell, from Vegetarian for Life.
Chef Alex whipped up some tasty, healthy vegetarian snacks in a live, interactive cookery demo. Much to residents’ delight, Adlington Manor’s chef Michael Bonner had prepared the same recipes so that residents could try all the dishes. Residents sampled delicious, light and summery veggie dishes including Borlotti bean and dill pate, Greek fritters with Tzatziki and Coronation 'chicken' pastries. All finished off with a sweet and simple but totally yummy banana bread.
May the fourth be with you!
Residents and staff went over to the Dark Side on May 4th as they embraced their inner sith and celebrated Star Wars Day. The date has become the day to honour one of the most successful movie franchises of all time, the global phenomenon that is George Lucas’ Star Wars.
Staff and residents at Adlington Manor celebrated all things Star Wars by hosting a back-to-back movie marathon, having a fancy dress competition, holding a Space themed quiz. Creating Star Wars themed menu and snacks washed down with Star Wars themed cocktails.
General Manager, Fiona said: “It’s really good fun to get into the spirit of Star Wars Day. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea but the fans amongst us really enjoyed our movie marathon and we have had some brilliant fancy dress outfits!
Magic table continues to bring fun!
Our Magic Table 360 continues to bring a lot of joy and fun to our Residents here at Adlington Manor. The table is portable so it can be used wherever residents feel most comfortable, it can be projected onto the floor, ceiling, walls, a whiteboard or even the bed.
The Happiness Programme allows for a range of games that change seasonally and have country-specific versions covering 14 different categories, so there will always be something new for residents to try.
Hairdressing is back on the agenda
There were happy scenes at Adlington Manor care home in Adlington as hairdressers were finally allowed back into the home.
Just like the rest of the country, residents had been waiting patiently for months to get their hair styled and so they were delighted to be able to book in for a long overdue cut and blow dry.
Fiona Gough, General Manager at Adlington Manor commented: “It really has felt like Christmas today, our residents are just so delighted to be able to get a good cut and to feel like themselves again. It is wonderful to see them all so happy, we have really missed our hairdressers – it is fantastic to be able to welcome them back again.”
