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.
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 Arbour Court Care Home
Chinese New Year
We celebrated Chinese New Year by having a themed lunch. Our dining rooms were filled with Chinese lanterns, decals and Chinese style wall decorations. Residents had a choice of Sweet and sour pork and Chinese style creamy beef and mushroom served alongside rice, duck and vegetable spring rolls and prawn crackers. Residents said they felt as if there were at a Chinese restaurant.
National Bird Watching Week
We celebrated National Bird Watching Week by making bird boxes, feeders and taking a trip to our gardens to scatter bird seed and take part in our bird quiz. Residents loved the peace and quiet and the fresh air - sitting in garden listening and looking for birds while drinking a lovely cup of tea.
Australia Day
We celebrated National Australia Day by doing our own bush tucker trails. Residents, families and staff were challenged to collect 6 golden stars from our mystery boxes. These mystery boxes were filled with cold baked beans, spaghetti and soggy cereal. Everyone had so much fun getting their hands dirty and willing the golden stars.
Cheese and wine
We all look forward to getting together at Arbour Courts Social events and Cheese and Wine afternoons are no exception. Our cheese and wine afternoon keep us smiling, connected and engaged with each other! A wonderful selection of delicious cheeses, meats and fruit were served only with different wines and sparkling drinks in the café.
Celebrating National Activity Professionals Week
On the 22nd January we celebrated National Activity Professionals Week, resident made our Activity Co-Ordinator Khadija a card. We use different craft materials much as tissue paper, feathers and textures stickers to create the card. This also provided sensory stimulation for our residents looking at the different textures and sounds some materials made. Our residents love creating cards and gifts for others.
Gardening Club
As we start to get ready for spring, we are holding our very own gardening club. We started this week with tidying the garden from fallen leaves and planted bulbs around our garden and patio area ready for the spring. Afterwards we enjoyed a cup of tea looking back on our achievement of the day.
