Activities at Fountains 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.
Louise Crooks
Hello I am Louise, my first role with Barchester was caring for our residents. Previously I worked in an early years environment for 17 years where I organised activities and events. I am thrilled to now be Activities Lead and being able to continue enriching the life’s of our lovely residents here at Fountains.
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 Fountains Care Home
Bowls & Muffins on a Sunny Sunday
Sunny Sunday, some of our ladies have been getting into the swing of things. Starting off with numerous games of crazy bowls followed by a hot cup of tea & delicious homemade raspberry muffins.
Valentines Day Treats
We celebrated Valentines day with a lovely afternoon tea and received entertainment provided by the fabulous Victoria from Dementia Choir. Our team though out the day have been handing out roses & chocolates to all our residents, creating lots of smiles.
A huge achievement for Avril
We would like to introduce you to Avril and Eleonore, these two lovely ladies are permanent residents here at fountains care home. When Avril joined our family at fountains, she was quite unsteady, even with using her walking frame and needed lots of support when trying to get from A to B, she had the insecurity feeling of falling and her knees causing her discomfort.
The carers have been giving Avril a boost of encouragement to engage with others, and take part in activities. Avril has formed healthy friendships with other residents, especially Eleonore, who also uses a walking aid to support herself when being mobile.
During this time Avril has been working on her mobility and gaining more confidence as time goes on. Avril and Eleonore are planned to go on a sunny walk around our lovely gardens. Eleonore and a carer supported Avril with this milestone, taking mini breaks, talking about the view and what they could hear.
Avril was successful!! Avril was extremely satisfied that she was able to make the walk around our gardens and could not thank her friend and carers enough, Avril told staff “I feel so refreshed and happy with myself, thank you”.
Avril and other residents are planning to take more walks and explore more.
Leo's Visit Brings Joy
Harvey brought in his beautiful dog Leo to meet us, some residents remembered Leo from when he was a puppy. We all enjoyed fussing Leo & asking Harvey questions about his likes & dislikes. Pet therapy bring so much joy to all of our residents, to see the smiles on faces as they meet the dogs is absolutely amazing!
Creative Crafts
Arvinder, Sumia & Jane sat with our residents & enjoyed a creative & relaxing flower pressing session together. This then turned into card making, we all enjoyed making our art along with a nice cup of tea & delicious homemade cake baked by our head chef Maria
Burns celebrations
Here at Fountains we prepared a traditional Burns Night feast to the tune of bagpipes. To honour the famous Scottish poet, we hosted a poetry and music session to learn more about the Scottish Country Dancing and the Ceilidh and to mark the Scottish institution, including giving the time-honoured address to the ‘Great chieftain O’ the pudding’ race’ – the haggis.
Upcoming events
Reminiscence Cafe
Please join us for our monthly Reminiscence Cafe where we will pick a topic and talk about our memories, whilst making new friends and enjoying some refreshments.
July
Hello July! - we have another month filled with activities for our Residents and community to enjoy. Please come along.
Don't Dine Alone
We know meal times can be a lonely time for some people, that's why we're inviting local older people to join us for lunch every Friday from 12.30pm.
Room for Hire
Looking for somewhere to hold your meeting or event? We have a meeting room that is available for free to members of the local community and professionals.
