Activities at Elm Bank Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Tina Prosho
Hello. I am Tina, I have been a team member at Elm Bank since 2023 and began my career as a Team Leader and was upskilled to Head of Care before moving my role to become Activities Coordinator.
I am passionate individual with vibrant character and my goal is all about life enriching activities that enhance the lives of our residents. I ensure that the entertainment is stimulating and is inclusive of all our residents no matter their challenges. It is important to me that our weekly calendar offers rich experiences with music from live entertainers, visits to various locations outside the home of interest, as well as arts and crafts tailored to individual abilities. We are a pet friendly home and fully support the benefits animal therapy can bring to the lives of our residents and welcome animals of all kinds to the home on a regular basis.
Getting to know our residents better is so important to me, and through regular family and friends’ meetings we can gain a greater understanding of their loved ones' interests and life prior to joining Elm Bank that will make for a richer activities program to be developed. I look forward to getting to know you, and your loved ones.
We are always open to new ideas. If you would like to get involved in any of our Life Enrichment activities or have a skill, or project you'd like to share with our residents, please click here to contact me direct. New entertainers and community links are always welcome.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Elm Bank Care Home
Celebrating 10 Years Long Service
Please join us in congratulating Care Assistant; Stacey Rogers on receiving her prestigious Long Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 10 years!
Stacey has worked with residents and their relatives at Elm Bank to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.
Adele Keenan, Employee Services Director at Barchester said: “I’m always pleased to hear stories about the long service of Barchester staff and am delighted Stacey has achieved this milestone. It is dedication like this that ensures our residents are provided with a happy place to live.”
Katie Hudson, General Manager of Elm Bank said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 10 years of loyal service with Stacey. She has demonstrated her dedication and loyalty to this home and its residents year after year. Stacey is a real asset to the team on our Daisy Lane community; extremely passionate and understanding. We hope she enjoys the flowers and voucher, I speak for all of us here at Elm Bank when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Stacey.”
Gardening Club
The Elm Bank Gardening Club is back up and running! We're looking forward to getting outside once the weather improves, but for now our seeds will be nurtured indoors until ready for planting.
Faraway Children Easter Treats
This week we had the enormous pleasure of delivering a bumper donation of Easter eggs and soft toys to Claudia and Operations Manager, Emma at Service Six who will ensure the distribution of gifts to Faraway Children's Charity
We'd like to send a heart-warming thank you to everyone who helped the Elm Bank team collect so many wonderful gifts. From visitors of the home, to resident friends and family members, Elm Bank staff and Julia, the Community Champion at Morrisons Kettering Community.
THANK YOU - We hope these gifts of kindness put a smile on the faces of the Faraway children.
Easy Easter Bakes
Easter Baking Club - our residents had a yummy time mixing cornflakes with chocolate to make some super crispy chocolate egg nests we all enjoyed with afternoon tea.
Easter Day Spring-time Fun
Our Easter Celebrations were full of the wonderful Spring sunshine which filled our hearts with joy now we can get back out into our garden.
We decorated Easter Bonnets, and had our own egg hunt in the garden. We all enjoyed an afternoon of Easter treats and a buffet whilst reminiscing and having a good laugh with our friends.
Easter Intergenerational Activities
The delightful young students from Abeona Warkton Nursery Kettering Northamptonshire joined us to take part in an Easter themed creative session. They helped make hand print bunnies and decorative bags for our Easter egg hunt before taking time to watch our ducklings Lucky and Nugget take their first swim.
Upcoming events
Christmas Tombola
We kindly ask for Tombola donations, these can be brought into the Care Home and left at reception or passed to any staff member.
Closing Date 9th December
Support Your Local Foodbank
Elm Bank continually strives to support the local community, we are collecting food donations for the local Food Bank. You can help by dropping of your donations at the Care Home.
Exercise Class every Fortnight
There are many health benefits to gentle exercising, strength, balance and energy. Why not come and try out at our free exercise class, every other Wednesday. All welcome.
Dementia Cafe at Elm Bank
The Dementia café is open to all, providing support, fun and friendship to those living with dementia and to their carers in a safe and relaxed entertaining environment.
