Activities at Awel-Y-Mor 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.
Jo & Julie
Awel-Y-Mor's activities team consists of three Activities Coordinators, each having a specialist unique role within the group, including work in the multi-sensory concept, as well as organising days out, trips to sporting events and pop concerts, and arranging themed days. Jo has been with us for over ten years, beginning her Barchester career as a Carer, and Julie joined us in 2018.
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 Awel-Y-Mor Care Home
Bowling
Residents have enjoyed some recent trips out bowling to tenpin in Swansea Parc Tawe.
Residents have commented on what an enjoyable morning they've had. We have been visiting at around 10am in the morning when it’s been a bit quieter, and the residents have really loved a bit of fun competition.
One of our residents, at 80 years old, said she had never been bowling before, so this was her first time at a bowling alley, and she said she had a wonderful time. Another resident said he used to go bowling when he was younger, so it brought back some great memories for him.
It was wonderful to see residents have such a lovely fun time.
Freddie Mercury Tribute
Residents enjoyed a wonderful afternoon where we had Pauline Kaytanua Wood come in to do a tribute as Freddie Mercury.
The three favourite songs that everyone enjoyed were Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are The Champions and Don’t Stop Me Now.
A few residents knew all of the words so had a go at having a sing-a-long on the microphone, and one resident had fun waving the Welsh flag to one of the songs!
Pottery Afternoon
Residents enjoyed a lovely pottery afternoon where we had a lady who specialises in pottery come in to visit us. We enjoyed making Christmas decorations such as stars, angels and snowmen!
One resident enjoyed using fabrics to create patterns on the pottery and another resident enjoyed making a Christmas gonk to add to his collection of pottery gonks.
Residents also enjoyed adding Christmas messages on their pottery and using stamps to add Christmas messages to. It was a lovely afternoon and residents are already looking forward to painting everything they have made.
Special trips out!
Residents have enjoyed lots of trips out, one of our trips was to the Swansea waterfront museum which two of our residents really enjoyed. One resident said he found all of the miner’s facts fascinating and the vintage cars very interesting! Another resident particularly liked looking at the RNLI boats and trying on lots of the outfits and hats. We all enjoyed looking at lots of the old toys and seeing if the residents could remember any of them from when they were younger. Afterwards we enjoyed a lovely stroll along the waterfront looking at the boats and picking out our favourite.
Day out at Rhossili Beach
We had a wonderful trip out to Rhossili beach. The weather was lovely but was little windy. The trip there was fun listening to music along the way and having a sing along.
We had a delicious lunch out and enjoyed fish and chips by the sea, one of the residents had the three bean veggie chilli which he said was delicious. The residents were very intrigued to see the hand gliders and really enjoyed watching them float through the air. One of the residents described the view as spectacular and was very impressed with the disabled access for wheelchairs.
We enjoyed going to see the very friendly horses roaming wild.
Everyone enjoyed an ice cream from the ice cream parlour where the residents chose their favourite flavours and toppings.
It was a lovely day and we are already planning our next trip back which our residents are very excited for.
Hawaiian themed day
We had such a lovely day for our Hawaiian themed day. In the morning residents enjoyed having their hair and nails done, and enjoyed having there makeup done trying lots of different bright shades of eyeshadows.
They enjoyed a delicious Hawaiian themed lunch and some amazing cocktails for our cocktail afternoon, with Pina coladas being the favourite!
We listened to some Hawaiian music and tried out some hula dancing which was lots of fun.
