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
Tickled Pink - Broadway at The Cedars
A big thank you to Tickled Pink Productions for entertaining us with a Broadway show on Friday evening. A wonderful evening was had by all. Our residents enjoyed the top hats and tails and all the vibrant costumes. Everyone loved the singing and dancing. The lovely entertainers spent time chatting to all our residents at the end of the show.
National Hydration Week
This week we have been focusing on hydration as part of the National Hydration week. Did you know that you need 6-8 drinks per day to stay well hydrated?
Keeping an eye on you or loved one’s weight as they get older can prevent any unplanned weight loss which can be the first sign of malnutrition. If you don’t have scales, you can watch for visual signs, such as loose clothing.
Did you know that fruits are an excellent source of vitamins, minerals, fibre and water? On Friday we had fun combining a few of our favourite things: fruit, creativity, competition and a lot of chat! Our residents made some wonderful pictures with delicious fruit.
Celebrating Mother's Day
We had a wonderful day celebrating Mothering Sunday for all the Mums, Step Mums, stand-in Mums, Mother in laws, Aunts, Nans, Nannies, Grandmas, Grannies and all the other Mother figures in our lives.
We had tea and cake in the morning, to celebrate with a few of our Mums, followed by a visit from the ice cream van. So everyone could celebrate a wonderful day together.
Chocolate Making
During the week Cedars residents learnt all about the art of chocolate! Rosa particularly enjoyed this activity as she used to make chocolates to give as gifts.
Carol, one of our “Pink Ladies” taught some of our resident’s the origin and history of cocoa, and discussions were had about the secret to a chocolatier!
Did you know that the cocoa bean (technically cocoa seed) or simply cocoa (also called cacao) is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao?
Cocoa trees are native to the Amazon rainforest.
They are the basis of chocolate and Mesoamerican foods including tejate, an indigenous Mexican drink.
Derek’s birthday surprise
"WHAT A HOOT!" - David
"I stayed up all night with excitement having seen Derek's face" - Joy
We had a wonderful surprise for Derek, our resident's, birthday. He has always had a love of our feathery friends. We were very lucky to welcome The Creature Teachers in for the afternoon to show us the gorgeous Echo.
Echo was absolutely adored by all. She is a barn owl and only weighs 375grams.
Here are some more facts we learnt about Barn Owls:
Barn owls are silent predators of the night world. They are ghostly pale and normally strictly nocturnal. They roost in hidden, quiet places during the day. They hunt on buoyant wingbeats in open fields and meadows. Nearly all of their food consists of small mammals, which they locate by sound. Their hearing is very acute. They primarily eat voles, shrews, mice, and sometimes rats. They often swallow their food whole and regurgitate fur and bones as pellets. Barn Owls screech instead of hooting like other owl species, such as Tawny Owls. The scientific name for Barn Owl is Tyto alba alba.
Cedars throws its first Panto!
OHHH NOOO WE DIDNT!
OHHH, YES WE DID!
THE GREAT PANTO PUZZLE
Celebrating Age Wiltshire approached us to host an afternoon Pantomime. Age Wiltshire set about inviting our older community, whilst the team at Cedars decided to run a morning panto for our younger friends! We invited the reception classes from Whiteparish All Saints' CE Primary School, The New Forest Primary School and some of our local Home Educated children.
We had an amazing time, our residents loved watching the children’s reactions and everyone got in to the spirit of a panto. Marion said “Oh how perfect for us all.”
They performed songs and provided so much excitement, in what was a hilarious show. "There's something up in Pantoland. Nothing is working as it should and things feel very strange!"
The children, residents, families and friends all enjoyed Tea & cake after the show.
Thank you to Age Wiltshire and everyone who came along to make it a fabulous day.
