Activities at Challoner House Care Home

The residents at Challoner House really enjoy being active and competitive, one of their favourite games to play is Carpet Bowls Red vs Blues. We also play other competitive Hobbies like skittles, Scrabble and Floor Based Target Games. The Activity sessions at our home are always great fun as well as being good for your Mind, Body and Soul.

At Challoner House we love nothing more than getting our families and friends to join us for an afternoon of fun, This month we enjoyed a lovely sing along session with the singing sensation Gary Mathews, Gary had us all up singing and dancing to songs through the decades. We also enjoyed an assortment of refreshments. It was a lovely afternoon and we look forward to the next family get together.

The Residents, Staff and Relatives all really enjoyed an informative talk from Guest Speaker Helen Browne, Helen is a member of the Dementia Association. Helen came in for the afternoon and gave us a wonderful talk about the different types of dementia, how if effects the people living with dementia and how we can support those living with dementia, Helen also spoke to us all about how we can support the family’s that have loved ones living with dementia. Helen brought with her many leaflets and guides to share, The residents have said that these talks are so important so we can all learn how to live with and support those around us.

The residents always love a game of Scrabble, In the sunny days it is really lovely to sit in our garden room and enjoy the game with some nice refreshments, Scrabble is always a bit hit with the residents as they say it keeps their brain active as well as bringing out their competitive side. Scrabble and other board games are always available to our residents and families to enjoy at any time of day and can be found in the communal areas of the home.

The residents at Challoner house have been enjoying starting up a new art class, we are holding these classes every fortnight and try out new styles of art each class, so far the residents have enjoyed a still life drawing class, a flower arranging class and cue tip painting class, they have all gone down really well and thoroughly enjoyed by all, the favourite class so far has defiantly been the flower arranging class.  

Here at Challoner House the residents had so much fun doing their own version of a Easter egg hunt with lots of clues and lots of smiles they all got to enjoy some lovely hot cross buns on the tea trolley to eat and on Easter Sunday all the residents got their own Easter eggs , We were also lucky to receive a basket of mini eggs from our local church so a special thank you for that lovely surprise the residents really enjoyed their Easter here at Challoner house.