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
Home remembers VJ Day
Adlington Manor care home in Poynton decided to celebrate VJ day on Saturday 15 August. Residents and staff all got involved with the spirit of the occasion and held a 2 minute silence to remember the fallen. The home’s remembrance was enhanced by their soldiers silhouette which had been made for them by their local ‘Men is Sheds’ group based in Poynton.
General Manager, Fiona Gough at Adlington Manor care home, said: “This is a solemn occasion but sparked a lot of memories for our residents to talk about”.
A resident at the home said: “It was sad to remember all those who served and are no longer with us but we were able to celebrate their efforts”.
New garden
At the beginning of the month, Neil, the homes Maintenance Assistant came up with the idea of creating a Garden for Lost Friends, which would be a tranquil place where everyone could remember those friends who are no longer with us. Neil planned out the design and along with the rest of the maintenance team, set about making it a reality.
The final result is a beautiful stoned garden, which will become even nicer when the plants are in bloom. To finish it off, the whole home has been painting rocks for those they would like to remember, with designs of things that remind us of them or simply a little message from one friend to another.
The Roaring 20s!
To celebrate the fact that we are now back in the 20s, Adlington Manor decided to host a 1920s themed day. Although most of the homes residents were born after this time, they were all very excited to travel back in time.
A few days before, everyone checked they had their costumes ready, and spent the afternoon making feathered headbands that any flapper would be proud to wear! On the eve of the party, decorations were put up transforming the lounge into a Speakeasy, as Prohibition was the thing they were most worried about.
As the day arrived Residents spent the morning learning the Charleston, accompanied by popular songs from the time. The afternoon got off to a messy start, with custard pie throwing, a la Bugsy Malone. Not even the homes General Manager, Fiona, could escape a pie to the face! To finish off the day, everyone had a cocktail making masterclass and tasting. The perfect way to end a party!
Vive La France
On 14th July, Residents at Adlington Manor celebrated Bastille Day with a day full of French themed activities. The staff looked ‘magnifique’ in their stripy tops and berets and even managed to accessorise our PPE with moustaches! Celebrations were kick started with a game of Boules in the lounge, which was only interrupted by some buttered croissants and a cup of tea from Louise and the tea trolley.
As always, the hospitality team had worked hard to prepare a delicious French cuisine for everyone, consisting of French Onion Soup, Boeuf bourguignon and Gâteau aux Fraises. The afternoon, a French lesson was hosted, where everyone learnt some basic vocabulary and played some games to practice the new words and phrases they had learnt.
Not forgetting about culture, they looked at and learnt about famous buildings and landmarks in Paris. The French are famous for their food, so everyone finished of the day with a wine and cheese tasting, all whilst listening to some classic accordion music. The whole day was enjoyed by all and can only be described as très bien!
The sun has got his hat on!
We made the most of the beautiful weather that we’ve had recently and have been spending as much time as possible outside in our beautiful gardens. Not only did we enjoy some nice cocktails and ice lollies to cool down, but we also had a water fight! Armed with water pistols and water balloons, the residents took great delight at throwing them and us and each other. You would be surprised what good aim they have…! We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and are just waiting for the good weather to come back so that we can do it again.
Cake fit for a queen
To celebrate The Queen’s birthday, Barchester organised an inter-home competition to design and decorate a cake fit for Her Majesty’s birthday. We started off by thinking about what we wanted our cake to look like. We decided to do a tiered cake (the bigger, the better) and would decorate each tier with something that represented The Queen or Britain in general. We then got to work baking the vanilla sponges and whilst they were in the over we started on our butter cream fondant decorations. We had a great time rolling out the fondant and using cutters to cut out the different shapes. We were really happy with the final result, and the only thing better than winning a prize for it, was getting to eat it in the afternoon with a nice cup of tea!
