Activities at Elgar Court Care Home

Lest We Forget. We won’t forget.Last Remembrance Sunday, our residents spent time reflecting about those we lost in the war and the gratitude they feel for the lives they now lead, and how they look forward to the future. Hosting an event for the Poppy Appeal Coffee morning and Mini concert for friends, family members and the community to join us, is an essential part of our daily life. Our earlier posts saw residents putting together their own poppies as a sign of their respect to the armed forces, and they are still proudly standing today.

Thank you to everyone who came to our home to help us raise money for the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal. Our residents and their families welcomed many visitors today, from guests who had stayed with us before for a mini holiday break, to well known community leaders in Malvern including International Scouting lead Sue Page to Reverend Dave Bruce, Team Rector to one of our Barchester homes - south Chowdene! Thank you for coming to our event and helping us to raise valuable funds for the Poppy Appeal.

What a day for our lovely Martha to celebrate her 100th Birthday! Martha joins our Alice (who was 104 this year) in the special 100 club!A very kind lady called Kerry and her friend, brought three horses to see Martha and our residents this morning. Martha’s love of horses is well known across our home and we were delighted to welcome, Princess Patch the little Shetland, Summer and Lucca to meet Martha.Later that day, we had an elegant lunch, then a wonderful speech dedicated to Martha from local deputy Mayor, Cllr David Meads. This was followed by an amazing birthday cake by Chef Chris, and everyone looking at the very many fabulous birthday cards to Martha from our local community well wishers – and of course, a birthday card from his royal highness, King Charles!!Residents and guests then enjoyed another banquet at tea time and live music from Mini concerts for everyone to enjoy! What a day and thank you to everyone who made this day so special for Martha.At Elgar Court, we celebrate birthdays not just as a mark of ageing another year but as a celebration of life, achievements, and personal growth. It's a time for reflection, gratitude, and looking forward to future possibilities. Birthdays provide a special opportunity for us to help residents to gather with loved ones and create lasting memories.

Age UK has recently rebranded as Age UK Wyvern, to bring together all of the partnership services this charity leads. Elgar Court is now the official partner of this charity, with their Music Connect service. This service is open to all members of the community who may be experiencing symptoms of living with and without diagnosed memory loss.Mark Tandy, is the Dementia Wellbeing Support Advisor at Age UK Wyvern supporting this partnership said, “We are delighted to be an official partner with Elgar Court in Malvern, and want to encourage everyone living with memory loss to come together and make new friends at this supportive and above all, fun group!”Our next Music Connect event is 8 November, and will be dedicated to Remembrance Day. Elgar Court will be bringing in entertainers called the, ‘D-Day Dollies’ who will sing music favourites from this era. This event is Free.

Congratulations to all the Barchester Care Award winners!

Today at the the highly anticipated Barchester Care Awards 2024, Elgar Court cheered along to the live showing of this event watching nominated staff being recognised as the best of the best across many skills in Barchester – all voted for by residents, relatives, staff and friends of our homes and hospitals.We were so delighted that Paul Patchet our Head of Maintenance, was nominated for his charity fund raising efforts for the Barchester Foundation Charity this year, where he and his colleagues cycled over 200 miles from Wales to Oxfordshire. WELL DONE PAUL!!!