Activities at The Cedars Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Activities are the cornerstone of a wholesome home experience, and our Activities Coordinators are always putting their creative minds to the test by organising new and exciting social events for residents to partake in. Of course, we take into account the likes and dislikes of those we support, so if someone doesn’t feel like trying something new, there will always be something on offer to reflect their personal interests. For the people who may just prefer some peace and quiet instead, we also offer one-to-one time that can be enjoyed with a nice cup of coffee or just a simple chat – whatever they desire.
Lorraine Mounter
Hello. My name is Lorraine and I love working with the residents at Cedars. I started as a carer and then joined the activities team. I love crafting and so this job is ideal as I can look after the residents, whilst we have fun, laughter and create new things together. I find it very rewarding to see the residents happy, smiling and enjoying their day.
In my spare time I enjoy reading, gardening and crafting. I also have a horse and I look after my granddaughter.
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 The Cedars Care Home
TODAY ROCKED!
Local rock band, Dark Matter, visited The Cedars and delighted residents, staff and families with a live music show. Our wonderful kitchen staff made delicious “rock” cakes, and amazing cocktails.
A special thank you also to our Head of Maintenance, Lee Webb for discovering the band and inviting them in for us. We are so lucky to have such a variety of different entertainment available!
We partied to songs from Queen, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Billy Idol and other 80’s rock hits!
WELCOMING PARTY
On Monday we welcomed two new residents to The Cedars! A new resident, and a returning resident who came back after he enjoyed a two respite stay not so long ago!
How better to welcome them than with a party! A singalong was accompanied by glasses of wine, mocktails, and a few gin and tonics.
Carol was ‘chuffed’ and said, “thank you to everyone who turned up.” Everyone had a thoroughly enjoyable time.
A sense of home is important as it can create feelings of comfort, safety, and well-being. It can also help people feel a sense of stability and satisfaction in their lives.
Summer ball
Our residents enjoyed a wonderful evening of music, dancing and delicious refreshments at our Summer Ball. We had so much fun dancing to Bee Chumley Vocalist, then afterwards having a little let up and relax whilst listening to Phil Harris the Piano player in the Lounge. Cocktails and canapes were served. The Mayor and Mayoress of Salisbury joined us to make the evening really special. We raised a whopping £259 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance, to support the Mayor’s chosen charity, with our raffle! Thank you to everyone who brought tickets - it goes to such a great cause!
Making dreams come true
One of the best things about being at Cedars, is getting to know all our wonderful residents and their journeys through life. When our activities team heard the family story of Derek’s daughter being born in his Austin A30 and all their wonderful memories of life in their own, a plan was hatched to bring those memories back to life! Derek’s family were over the moon when we told them we had found some vintage cars, and Derek was overjoyed to see cars that brought back such wonderful memories of being a parent to his children! The A30, and it’s almost identical successor the A35, was dubbed the Steel Teddy Bear thanks to its rounded, cuddly appearance. Many thanks to Ray and Jeremy for bringing their cars along to the Cedars for our residents to enjoy; quite a few popped out and really enjoyed having a good look around. The visit evoked lots of reminiscing.
Life Model Drawings
During one of our monthly residents’ meetings, when asked about the activities, a number of residents mentioned they would like a life model to draw!
After much hilarity as to who that should be we put a request out to our community. One of our 100-year-old resident’s daughter-in-law, Lynn, stepped up to the plate and volunteered.
Our residents really enjoyed the opportunity to try something new and were very pleased with their drawings.
Lynn was gifted with one of the portraits as a thank you for sitting for us - she did a super job of sitting still and looking beautiful.
What a Magnifique Day!
When Janet, one of our residents, found out a good friend was in one of our sister homes she wanted to go and visit so, of course, a plan was hatched to go to Milford House Care Home - Barchester Healthcare to help them celebrate the Olympics at their French cafe!!
Bonjour Cafe Olympique! After much anticipation the Cafe Olympique opened in the Conservatory and was packed as it did a brisk trade in delicious coffees and warm French pastries straight from the kitchen. Janet and her friends enjoyed the delicious sweet treats whilst listening to French music playing. There were even berets available and they got the Olympic celebrations off to a flying start!
Janet met her friend over forty years ago when they both worked at Reeves The Bakers Salisbury.
They both have daughters with the same name and share a birthday (not the year) so have an awful lot in common! Of course, the conversation flowed as Janet introduced her Cedars buddies to her long-term pal!
I think you’ll agree with me, they look like they had a wonderful time!
