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.
Aimee Pickford
Hi, my name is Aimee and I'm the Activities Co-ordinator & Dementia Champion here at Arbour Court. In 2019 I received my Level 3 Health and Social Care and decided I wanted to help and enrich the lives of others.
I started working at Arbour Court in January 2021 as a Care Assistant and progressed to be a Senior Carer. In October 2023 I moved onto the activities team as an Activities Team Leader. I love my role as one of our homes Activities Co-ordinators and love to find new and exciting ways to engage our residents.
I am also a Dementia Champion and work closely with our General Manager, Lisa and other Dementia Champions to implement Barchester's Dementia Framework within the home.
Being part of Arbour Court's family is very rewarding and I feel lucky to work in a great environment.
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
Pen Pals
Residents from Arbour Court are pairing up with Hilderstone Hall, a Barchester Care Home based in Stone, Staffordshire to write to each other about their hobbies and day to day life. We hope this will give our residents a sense of belonging and common knowledge with others, to share experiences and interests.
Armchair Aerobics
Here at Arbour Court we have fortnightly sessions with Beth from Disco Fit. Disco Fit provides us with a fun class of armchair dance, music and movement. This keeps our residents active whilst having social interactions and being mentally stimulated. Residents have thoroughly enjoyed the session and there were a lot of laughter and smiles.
Flower Arranging
Residents at Arbour Court celebrated National Flower Day by creating beautiful flower arrangements. Residents had a choice of tulips, carnations, and roses to create beautiful floral creations to mark this national day. Flower Arranging engages residents senses and provides cognitive and sensory stimulation. It also give our residents independence and creative expression.
Pauline's Butterfly Tattoo
Our resident wished for a butterfly tattoo as part of our Wishing Tree. Pauline loves Butterflies and has them all over her bedroom. Our Activity co-ordinator bought Pauline some temporary Butterfly tattoos so Pauline can enjoy a new butterfly tattoo every week. Afterwards, Pauline’s face lit up!
Local Primary School Choir
Local Primary School came in over the festive period to perform for our residents. The residents loved seeing the children and sang along with them. Our Residents become very tearful as they hadn’t seen any school children since lockdown. Afterwards, residents handed out Christmas cards to the children.
Resident realises dream
George has lived here at Arbour Court since February 2022, George has played Golf throughout his life, he used to play at Reddish Vale as he recalls. He then lived in Spain and continued to play Golf. He talks about Golf and states that he will be going for a game with his friends.
We got in contact with Adlington Golf Centre, they invited George to go to their Driving Range, and they had a private booth.
So on the 18th October at 2pm George picked up his golf bag and stood in the private booth and hit the golf ball like he was a pro. He had 50 golf balls all together and hit every one of them straight down the green. George had the biggest smile. We have photographs and videos for George to look back at. He then sat and relaxed with a cold beer.
