Activities at Elgar Court Care Home

As part of our Barchester Foundation Charity Cook Off competition, Residents at Elgar Court wanted to experience a taste of the menu produced by our Regional Directors. Today they chose the afternoon tea “Savoury Cheese scone with a home-made apple slice crisp and home-made chutney”, which was tested by Peter, our resident ambassador to ensure the quality came up to scratch. Peters said, “It’s not too big or too small and actually I’ve never tried a savoury scone before but this is really good”. If you would like to donate to the Barchester Charity Foundation this year, you can add to the 'Just Giving' page and be in with a change to win an Elgar Court Raffle prize (call us after giving and register your entry 01684 211720): https://www.justgiving.com/page/claireisabelacookoff...

Cream Team Friday!What a Wonderful Cream Team Friday we had today with family and friends enjoying a special time with loved ones. We had a spectacular time with mothers and friends getting together all over our home and enjoy a fabulous cream tea prepared by our chefs and served with pots of tea and of course, Prossecco! Hosting loved ones in our dining room, lounges and even in their suite, a special time was had by all! Thank you for joining us and we wish mothers everywhere are celebrated this Mothering Sunday.

Nothing quite like it, but glorious mud! ........or Soil to be precise, and generously gifted by Malvern Town Council after the Mayor of Malvern Councillor Marilyn Birks spotted that our Community Garden needs local support to start us off. Residents, staff and wonderful volunteers, eagerly started to fill our raised beds with this nutritious goodness and we can't wait to see how our garden grows!

Glorious sunshine and warm weather, made sitting on our sky balcony the order of the day! Residents enjoyed fun and chatter all afternoon over board games and a view of the Malvern Hills to admire!

National Food & Hydration Week is an annual event to highlight, promote and celebrate improvements in the provision of nutrition and hydration locally, nationally and globally. At Elgar Court we understand how important nutritious meals and keeping hydrated is to keeping our residents' mind, body and souls active. These are essential to improve and maintain our residents’ health and wellbeing so they can all enjoy life at Elgar Court.And as well as looking after our residents, we also like to look out for our community nursing teams – pictured here with Liz our deputy manager (on the left) and hospital staff gifted with water bottles and treats to keep them well during their busy day!

We had the tremendous pleasure of welcoming the Mayor of Malvern, Councillor Marilyn Birks to our home and meeting our residents and staff - with a wonderful Ukulele music from the Malarkeys!Cllr Marilyn Birks enjoyed looking around our home and finding out how we support our residents, as well as the local community and new community allotment (and gave us some very useful tips too!).