Activities at Collingtree Park Care Home

Thank you to Gaye and Eva for coming to visit us for a monthly Pet Therapy session this morning! The residents love Eva's golden ears and wagging tail! ean said "I wish my hair would grow like that!"

Chair yoga with a twist this morning, as we battled it out with a variety of competitions with Anya G-Fitness, with Roy and Nanette being our top scorers! Nannette said, "We've all had a little break over Christmas, so it has been great getting back into the swing of things again!". 

A lovely afternoon for Jean and Barbara, who enjoyed a trip to Wootton Community Centre for coffee and a cake. The pair had a walk around the park, before settling in for a sweet treat, where they reminisced about visiting the park with their children when they were younger. Jean said "it's lovely to get out and speak to people, it's so nice when they want to hear your stories too".

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Collingtree Park care home in Northampton were treated to a visit from some beautiful therapy ponies. Animals have a wonderful calming effect and the residents love to stroke them, talk to them and play with them. The home was visited by Lollipop and Moomin, from Lollipop Pony Parties, who caused a great deal of excitement. All of the residents enjoyed the visit, they petted and fed the animals who seemed to appreciate meeting their new friends.

Jamie, one of the handlers said: “Lollipop and Moomin have had a wonderful afternoon! I don’t think they have ever had so much attention! It was lovely to see the residents getting so much pleasure from the visit, I think it is fair to say Lollipop Ponies have a new fan club!”

Activities Coordinator, Skye said: “All our residents are fascinated by animals so we were delighted that they were able to visit. It was brilliant for our residents living with dementia to be able to ask questions about working with the animals and what it is like to look after them. We loved hearing all about their different personalities.”

Pam and Jean enjoyed a wonderful afternoon choosing books for our care home as well as learning all about the history of Northamptonshire. Jean shared stories of Sunday visits to St. Mary's Church with her mum, while Pam told us all about her love of gardening. We then selected books to bring home to share with other residents. Pam said "Thank you so much for teaching me more about the place I now live in. It's been a really fun afternoon - with lots of learning too. "

Happy birthday Elvis, what a wonderful morning we have had celebrating the 'wonder of you! Our Daisy Lane residents have enjoyed an array of fitness activities, as well as music and movement to celebrate 'The King' Elvis's birthday by keeping fit and having fun.

We began our day with floor games and fitness, including chair yoga and parachute games, followed by singing along to our favourites by Elvis himself. The music had us 'all shook up' as we danced and sang along. Thank you, thank you very much!