Elgar CourtBarchester Healthcare

Activities at Elgar Court Care Home

Name: Elgar Court Care Home
Address: 35 St. Andrew's Road, Malvern, WR14 3PT, GB
Telephone: 01684880154

Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.

Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.

Read our brochure ‘Life-enriching activities’ for more information about life in our care homes.

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Kerrie Perks

Activities Leader

Hello, My name is Kerrie and I provide the unique life enrichment for residents at Elgar Court. I moved to Malvern 12 years ago to live with my fiance and we have two tortoises and a snake. I love to play Dungeons and Dragons with my friends. I am very 'outdoorsy' and used to ride horses and compete nationally in athletics, specialising in track and field for Redditch and Bromsgrove athletics club. In my spare time, I love being in the kitchen and making treats for my family.

Celebrating life at Elgar Court Care Home

❤️ Lest We Forget – A Special Remembrance at Elgar Court ❤️

Our wonderful residents have been busy preparing for this year's Remembrance commemorations, and we couldn't be prouder of their efforts.

Our very own knitting champion, Susan, has been working her magic, creating beautiful handmade poppies for the home. She even knitted an incredible 20 poppies to contribute to the community display at Leigh Sinton Community Hall!

We also welcomed members of our local community to join us for a special Remembrance service, which we watched together, taking time to reflect, remember and honour those who served.

To make the occasion even more memorable, we hosted our final classic car show of the year! Residents and visitors enjoyed admiring the wonderful vehicles, while Peter shared fascinating stories of his time serving in the RAF.

There was even a car featuring matching wheels, much to everyone's delight!

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make this such a meaningful occasion.

Remembering the past, sharing stories, and bringing generations together.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #ElgarCourt #BarchesterHealthcare #CommunityTogether #MakingMemories

🐚🌊 She Sells Seashells by the Seashore! 🌊🐚

Our residents at Elgar Court enjoyed a wonderful seaside-inspired activity, exploring a beautiful collection of seashells from around the world!

From the South Pacific to Australia, residents enjoyed discovering different shapes, colours and textures, sharing memories of trips to the seaside and listening to the soothing sounds of the ocean.

With seaside poetry and relaxing background sounds, it was a lovely sensory experience that brought a little bit of the coast right into our home!

Who says you need to visit the beach to enjoy a little seaside magic?

#ElgarCourt #BarchesterHealthcare #LifeAtElgarCourt #MeaningfulActivities #SensoryActivities #SeasideMemories #CareHomeLife

Bake Off Season has started!

Bake Off 2026 has started on television, and not to be out done, each week our residents will be baking their favourite recipes each week. On this week's home baking carousel was Cinnamon buns, and enjoyed by all the residents in our home. We are quite sure that the finished results would be worthy of a Paul Hollywood "handshake!!"

National Housekeeping Appreciation Week

We celebrated National Housekeepers Week with our wonderful housekeeping staff who clean our residents suites and home 7 days a week.

We wanted to give back to our smiley team and say thank you as they work so hard to make our lives comfortable. Our housekeepers are our heroes at Elgar Court and pictured here from left is Charlotte, Sarah, Katy holding their bag of goodies presented to them by Rosalyn, our General Manager.

A Quiz and a Glass of Wine in the Sunshine!

Activities don't have to be inside, we are all really enjoying the wonderful weather at the moment, and it's even better when the drinks trolley comes out in the sunshine! A glass of wine, a head scratching quiz and a gentle breeze on the terrace this afternoon was enjoyed by all!

💜 A Lovely Visit to Upton Dementia Café! ☕

Our lovely Beryl and Daisy recently enjoyed a visit to the Upton Dementia Café, held at Upton Rugby Club!

It's wonderful to have opportunities like this within our local community, bringing people together to enjoy friendly faces, lovely conversations and a sense of belonging.

The café provides a welcoming, supportive space for those living with dementia, their families and carers, and the best part is that it's completely free to attend!

At Elgar Court, we believe that staying connected with our local community is so important, and it's lovely to see our residents continuing to enjoy these meaningful experiences.

A big thank you to everyone involved in making this wonderful community initiative possible! 🥰

#ElgarCourt #BarchesterHealthcare #UptonDementiaCafe #DementiaAwareness #CommunityConnections #MakingMemories

🍂🍁 Autumn Creativity at Elgar Court! 🍁🍂

Autumn has certainly brought a splash of colour to Elgar Court!

Our lovely residents have been getting creative, making beautiful autumn collages using colourful leaves and acorns gathered locally.

It was a wonderful opportunity to embrace the changing seasons, explore different textures and colours, and enjoy a little creativity together.

Activities like these are not only great fun but also encourage conversation, creativity and a sense of achievement.

We think their autumn creations look fantastic!

What's your favourite thing about autumn? We'd love to hear in the comments!

#ElgarCourt #BarchesterHealthcare #AutumnActivities #LifeAtElgarCourt #CreativeActivities #CareHomeLife #MalvernCommunity

Our Fabulous Macmillan Coffee Morning!

What a wonderful coffee morning we had in our home this week to celebrate the work Macmillan Cancer does, and raise valuable funds towards this charity. Preparations started the day before with residents baking some of the goodies for the coffee morning, balloons were blown up by Jenny and bunting being hung up. Residents welcomed our local community to enjoy the delicious cakes on offer and our local district nurses went away with cakes to eat!

ABBA-TASTIC!

Thank you for the music...! Residents clapped, danced and sang along to the talented 'Miniconcerts' girls who entertained us with everyone's favourite tunes from ABBA.

We always look forward to your visits and we will see you again at your next concert in November. If you would like to come along, please call us to reserve your free place! Tel: 01684 211720

Shiver me Timbers, it's Pirate Nick!

With a yo, ho, ho and without a bottle of rum, Pirate Nick entertained our residents singing a selection of songs, sea shanties ! Residents had a 'whale' of a time singing along and we can't wait until next month for more seaside maritime songs from the 'Fisherman friends'!

🎶❤️ An Evening of Music, Memories & Wonderful Voices at Elgar Court!

What a truly special evening we had at Elgar Court as we welcomed the fantastic Worcester Male Voice Choir into our home!

Our residents were treated to a beautiful performance featuring songs from Les Misérables, Men of Harlech, Calon Lân and many more.

The powerful harmonies and heartfelt performances made for an incredibly moving evening, bringing smiles, wonderful memories and a few emotional moments along the way.

What made the occasion even more special was that one of our very own residents was once a member of the choir! A lovely personal connection that made the evening all the more meaningful.

Following the performance, everyone enjoyed refreshments and the opportunity to chat with choir members.

A huge thank you to Worcester Male Voice Choir for sharing your time and incredible talent with us. You certainly made it an evening to remember!

#ElgarCourt #BarchesterHealthcare #WorcesterMaleVoiceChoir #MusicBringsUsTogether #CommunityConnections #LifeAtElgarCourt #MalvernCommunity

Happy Birthday Pam!

Resident's Birthdays are treasured events for them and our team are always delighted to make each occasion special. This week is Pam's birthday, and all of her friends in the home and staff enjoyed the cake and celebrations with her!

Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo

FUN is always on our calendar, and this week residents walked amongst some of the world’s most beautiful butterflies at the Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo. Based indoors, the carefully controlled tropical climate nurtured exotic butterflies that were free to fly around us. Residents discovered their fascinating lives in close-up, at every stage of their life-cycle: Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and it certainly was a fun and informative day out! Nigel said, "I really enjoyed this trip as I used to spend time looking at these beautiful creatures".

We always encourage families to join us and share daily life and trip experiences, and Denise was joined by her daughter Catherine on the trip out!

Come Dine with Us this Winter!

We have launched our Come Dine With Us campaign this season, and are inviting our local older community to take advantage of our great hospitality, and enjoy lunch with us at Elgar Court Care Home on Wednesdays. We are looking forward to boosting everyone's wellbeing over the chilly winter months and making new friends. To start this initiative, we welcomed Joan and Mary today, who enjoyed a splendid three course lunch.

Places are limited each week, so please book your place in advance by each Friday before. Please call: 01684 211720 / email: elgarcourt@barchester.com

Falls Awareness and Prevention Talk

We welcomed members of our Malvern and Worcester community this week to hear our advice led by RoSPA on preventing Falls - in and out of the home and why they wanted to come along to our talk. Lyn Webb one of the attendees said, "The whole event was constructed to help people who were either in danger of falling or who had already experienced falls. We would highly recommend anyone from 65 or even earlier, with health issues to attend, as learning about others in similar circumstances was very helpful".

We will be holding Falls Prevention Talks from September onwards, please call us to reserve your free place. Tel: 01684 211720 / Email: elgarcourt@barchester.com