Activities at Elgar Court Care Home

Every mealtime is an event to look forward to for our residents as it's an opportunity catch up on the day, and enjoy eating together amongst friends. Eating well is a huge part of daily life both nutritionally and as an enjoyable experience. 

This week over lunch, and this week is no exception. Pictured here is our hostess Tracey, serving up delights of a Walnut, Stilton and Apple salad starter and a Genoise sponge, Chantilly cream and fruit for dessert - our residents thoroughly enjoy our daily dining experiences - and it's just like eating out at a Restaurant!

Residents enjoyed the wonderful warm weather for a leisurely stroll around the renowned Worcestershire award winning estate Gardens of Spetchley. The beautiful scenery created the perfect backdrop to enjoy a picnic for our residents and watch the wildlife. Trips out each week ensure our residents live well, enjoy life and continue live well!

Alice is living the life at Elgar Court and ensuring she makes use of all of the wonderful services we offer at Elgar Court. Alice, who is Queen of our home and 105 years young, enjoys all the perks of our hairdresser, and having a manicure in our salon. As you can see, she is inspecting and admiring her latest nail polish colour courtesy of Kerrie, our Activities lead. Living well and bringing daily joy to our residents is at the heart of everything we do.

Since we launched our monthly Classic Car Sunday, we have been delighted to welcome a wide range of cars. Residents have been amazed at the spectacular range of classic cars brought by their owners, and thoroughly enjoyed reminiscing about the cars on show. Car owners had a chance to swap stories and admire each of the cars on show; from a vintage Ferrari, a Westfield to a Hillman Imp and a Beetle. and of course, the classic British Mini! The next free Classic Car event is on Sunday 21st September from 10am until 12.30pm.

One of our chosen charities this year is Acorns Children's Hospice. Earlier this year we raised over £100 in our Easter cake competition, and this week we welcomed Jo from Acorns Children's Hospice to our home to talk about the work they do, and how the money raised is used to support a network of specialist palliative nursing care and support for local children and their families.

Residents were in awe of the fundraising efforts of this amazing charity, and the story of how this first started. And as you can imagine, from little acorns, this charity has grown into an enormous Acorn providing care when and where most needed to families. We will continue fundraising this year and do hope you will join one of our events.

Residents recently had a lovely trip out to the Hagley Falconry Centre as part of National Owl Awareness day. Everyone had a wonderful time seeing the birds all flying for a display and learning all about the different types of birds of prey, and each had their own favourite memory of the outing. Trent was fascinated at how big the vultures were, Rose loved seeing the Bold Eagle and Julie was besotted by the owls - and brought home a memento of the day out. Resident Susan really enjoyed seeing the birds fly in the display and said "we had the best spot in the place as the owls came right up in front of us".

Life at Elgar Court is never dull, from outings such as these to indoor entertainment and cultural talks, the range of life enrichment is something Residents look forward to each week!!

Our community garden is a gift that keeps giving! Not only are our residents enjoying pottering about the garden, but the fruits of their labour and staff, is proving a weekly bounty of treats at mealtimes.

However a lot of planning and thought by residents goes into this during their planning meetings (pictured here), and of course, Chef's home made cake and tea help things along very nicely!

We had the pleasure of hosting Malvern's Social Prescribers to our home this week. The team are based at the Malvern Citizen's Advice Bureau and provide, guidance, advice and support to the people of Malvern. Claire (pictured 2nd from left) and her team have launched their 'Stronger Together' local support group for people living with long term health conditions and to find out more, please visit the following link - www.facebook.com/share/p/15AGLKRnVoJ/ 

Elgar Court will be supporting their Women's Well-being event in September called 'Breathe', and it will be an opportunity for women to come together and have a relaxing evening of self care demonstrations.

What a lovely way to start the weekend as we received yet another appreciative accolade of the home we provide our residents.  Living well is truly at the heart of everything we do, and if we can create that special magic for our residents, then we will do!  Personalised care for each resident is the benchmark for each and everyone one, and the reviews we have received, prove to us and their families, that w are doing the right thing!