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.
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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 Arbour Court Care Home
Long Service celebrated
A Senior Care Assistant at Arbour Court in Marple has received a prestigious 2022 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 10 years.
Rose, now Senior Care Assistant started at Barchester in March 2012 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.
Farai Hanyane, General Manager of Arbour Court said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 10 years of loyal service with Anna, she has demonstrated her dedication and loyalty to this home and its residents year after year. I speak for all of us here at Arbour Court when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Rose!”
Walk through a landscape
We had a lovely time joining Holly and Marie-Therese from the Wallace Collection, for a virtual introduction to the Collection, followed by a sensory exploratory walk through one of the museum’s most famous landscape paintings. The Collection ranges from Old Master paintings to 18th century French furniture, arms and armour. We all had a wonderful time and cannot wait to put our creative skills to a test and paint some landscapes in the upcoming days.
Home celebrate 10-years long service
A Chef at Arbour Court in Marple has received a prestigious 10 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 10 years.
Anna, now chef started at Barchester in March 2012 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.
Theatre inspired virtual talk
We had a lovely time joining Angela Cobbin for a theatre-inspired virtual talk about her book ‘My Name is Not Wigs’. ‘My Name Is Not Wigs’ is the ultimate read for fans of witty behind-the-curtains memoirs, especially those with a penchant for the bright lights of stage and screen: tears and accolades aplenty!
Angela shared interesting facts with our residents about her book, her life and her experiences as a wig creator in London’s West End in celebration of World Theatre Day. All in all the afternoon was an absolute triumph!
Crufts
Rocky the rescue chiwawa came to visit and give his gentle cuddles. It’s so lovely to see our residents interacting and engaging with animals. We even got out for walks with him and it was lovely to hear our residents talk about their own pets from their younger days.
Spring planning
Our residents love nothing more than a walk around our beautiful garden. They love to check on the flowers and make plans for the spring through to the summer. They find it very therapeutic and relaxing and a time to think and talk the hours away.
