Activities at Claremont Parkway Care Home
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.
Elain Carey
Hi. My name is Elain and I help to deliver the daily programme of activities and entertainment and celebrations - there is always a birthday to celebrate! I like to see residents making friends and chatting with each other. I have a background in dance, music and acting, and I am also a qualified Zumba instructor, so I love it when we have entertainers in the home. We also have regular visits by therapy pets which residents find very relaxing.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Claremont Parkway Care Home
Local Students Christmas Cards
The students over at Tresham College dropped off some Christmas cards for the residents yesterday, our activities team went round this morning and gave them all out
Here are some of their happy faces, thank you to all of those that made these wonderful cards they certainly filled our residents with joy!
Local Morrisons Christmas Gift
The team at Claremont Parkway wish to send a big THANK YOU to Community Champion, Julia Wilson and the Morrisons Kettering Community for the wonderful Christmas raffle donation.
The draw takes place at our Christmas Party on 20th December, please drop into the home's reception to pick up your raffle tickets, we have so many hampers and super prizes up for grabs!
Santa and his Reindeers Visit Claremont Parkway
Yesterday our residents were delighted to meet some extra special visitors at Claremont Parkway care home. Organisers at the home invited Father Christmas and his reindeer to bring some festive cheer to Kettering in the run up to Christmas Day.
Angel, Activity Coordinator wrote to Santa on behalf of the residents and local nursery children to request a flying visit to the home.
Santa's Elves set up a pen in the homes gardens so the reindeers 'Boris and Misch' could rest and be fed before they came into the home to meet many residents in their rooms as Santa sat in his grotto to meet the children from Busy Bees and confirm each are on his 'good' list. Santa and his elves handed out presents and reindeer dust to guide the sleigh on Christmas Eve.
Natalie Maxwell, General Manager at Claremont Parkway said: “We had a fabulous afternoon! Father Christmas gave out presents as his elves read a story to our residents and the visiting children. It was an extra special birthday surprise for resident; Michael who turned 83 and was visited in his room by both reindeer!"
The magic of Christmas is very much alive at Claremont Parkway, for more images and to view the press coverage please visit our Facebook page @BarchesterClaremontParkway
Christmas Crooner!
Lovely Laura from the home's housekeeping team had a Christmas surprise up her sleeve by introducing the residents to her crooner dad; Ian who delighted us all with a medley of Christmas songs, and swinging tunes from the 50's and 60s.
Ian was such good fun chatting away between songs with jokes and stories. We look forward to having you entertain us again very soon. Thank you from all at Claremont Parkway.
Christmas Wreath Making
On the 6th day of Christmas we enjoyed making festive wreaths with spruce foliage, red poinsettia, cinnamon sticks, bells and bows our little crafting group felt very Christmassy!
Christmas Garden Centre
Our wonderful maintenance team took the opportunity to take some of our lovely residents out on a trip to the local Bosworths Garden Centre in Burton Latimer earlier this week.
Residents Elizabeth, Colin and Bronwen enjoyed a good brew and and spot of lunch before checking out the Christmas displays and picking up a few festive goodies. Kyle and Steve had enormous fun trying out the amazing child-friendly mini world viewing galleries!
Upcoming events
November Open Day - All Welcome!
We warmly welcome you to join us for our homes open day event on Saturday 30th November. Come and meet our manager, staff and wonderful residents.
Claremont Christmas Fete
Join us on Saturday 7th December for festive fun at our Christmas Fete from 10.30 - 4pm, live entertainment from 2pm. All Welcome!
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
Countdown to Christmas Calendar
Our Christmas Countdown starts on the 1st December, come along and join us in the lead up to the big day!
Don't Dine Alone
There's a warm welcome awaiting you, join us for friendly conversation and laughter over lunch, together we can help combat loneliness.
