Activities at Crabwall Hall Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Jacqui Cameron
We all know that keeping active is important. We have created a wonderful culture within the home and we work together to give residents the best possible experience. We are here to ensure that residents enjoy an environment that is both stimulating and socially active. We ensure the team knows each residents' preferences, so that we can deliver a person-centered program of events and activities. Essential to our homely feel is the strong relationships of trust we build with residents and their families and friends. The home also has its very own minibus for our numerous outings for coffee and shopping, which residents love.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Crabwall Hall Care Home
Home shares heartful messages for Mother's Day
Residents at Barchester Healthcare’s Crabwall Hall Care Home, in Mollington, Chester, will be celebrating Mother’s Day with a daily initiative asking residents and the team what ‘Mother’s Day means to them’.
Staff at Crabwall Hall have arranged a pop-up photo booth in the home’s main reception area and are asking each person the question and taking a photo. Each day these posts will be shared to the homes social media page and sending to relatives by way of a personalised Mother’s Day message from their loved one.
Kirsty Jones, General Manager said: “We had such fun last month, with our “28 Days of Love and Happiness” for February, we decided to do a shorter version leading up to Mother’s Day. Our ladies will also be spoilt with a Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea put on by our activities and hospitality teams on the day itself”.
Home keeps residents connected
Residents are overjoyed at Crabwall Hall care home in Mollington, as Barchester Healthcare has implemented a visiting suite for residents to continue to spend time with their loved ones for the autumn and winter seasons in addition to the outdoor visiting that has been on offer for those able for many months.
Balancing resident wellbeing and safety is at the forefront of Barchester Healthcare’s thinking and they understand how important it is for residents and their family and friends to be able to spend time together in the safest way possible.
There has been much careful planning and preparation for this moment by Barchester Healthcare, who run Crabwall Hall care home. It was welcome news for their residents and family and friends as we enter the colder season meaning catch-ups can continue to take place, instead of, or in addition to, outdoor visiting already offered for those able.
Month of 'Love and Happiness'
At the beginning of February, we launched our month of ‘Love and Happiness’. We set up another photo booth in our reception area and asked residents and members of the team to tell us what ‘Love and Happiness’ means to them.
Pancakes and Proscecco
This week our residents have enjoyed two annual celebrations at Crabwall Hall - Valentine’s Day and Shrove Tuesday.
Valentine’s Day was celebrated with chocolates, prosecco, poems and love stories. The following day residents had a go at pancake tossing then tasting a variety of pancakes and fillings including chocolate and hazelnut and the traditional lemon and sugar.
Vaccine brings joy to residents and staff
All staff and residents at Barchester’s Crabwall Hall Care Home, in Mollington, are all delighted to have received the first dose of their Covid-19 vaccinations at the home and The Countess of Chester Hospital, after what has been a very challenging year for everyone. Many of the staff have also received their second dose. The home is now 95% vaccinated.
General Manager, Kirsty Jones said: “We’ve all been through such a difficult time and this feels like such a big step on the way to getting back to some normality. I am so proud of the team and how they have worked together and continue to do so and we are all so grateful to be prioritised to receive the vaccine first. Now that everyone in the home has had their first dose, we feel like we’ve started on the long road to recovery”.
A little pamper and chat
Residents at Crabwall Hall love to have their nails done and enjoy a little pampering from time to time. The home would normally have a manicurist and chiropodist visit fortnightly but due to the pandemic this is not possible, and to brighten up our ladies days the activities team have been stepping into add a little colour and paint their nails along with soothing, relaxing hand massages. Everyone enjoys these little moments to chat too!
