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
Visiting the Local Pub
This Friday we went to our local pub with a couple of the residents, as was suggested by one or two of them. We took that time to reminisce and enjoy each other’s company. This was a lovely trip out and the residents had a wonderful time full of memories, good company, and smiles.
A Visit from Fudge
The residents had a special visitor to the home, it was a small dog named Fudge. Fudge was so excited to go round and meet everyone and the smiles she brought to everyone’s faces was worth more than money itself. One of the residents spent time giving Fudge a cuddle and then asked to give her some treats.
Pumpkin Picking
We recently went along to Woods Farm to take part in some pumpkin picking and to enjoy an autumnal outing!
It was a splendid trip full of smiles and fascination as we found many different coloured and strangely shaped pumpkins.
Along the way we met families who had taken their children to choose a pumpkin and we marvelled at the creativity of those carving them.
We even had time to pop into the Christmas shop to have a look at the festive displays, because its never to early to get in the festive spirit.
When we arrived back we had a chat about what we had seen and of course took time to enjoy a cup of tea and freshly baked Halloween cupcake.
Lucent Financial Planners
Fountains were delighted to welcome Kelly from Lucent Financial Planning yesterday for our monthly financial support clinics.
General Manager Arvinder said ‘’Here at Fountains we recognise that as a country we are facing a very difficult time within our economy at present, affecting all aspects of life including our finances. With that in mind, we are delighted to have teamed up Kelly, a SOLLA accredited chartered financial planner, who will be ready to help answer any burning questions you may have about financing later life care for you or a loved one.‘’
Home Services Advisor Darren said: ‘’As well as the opportunity to meet with Kelly, we’d be delighted to give you a guided tour of our beautiful home and the chance to meet with our General Manager Arvinder over a slice of our delicious home made treats and a hot drink.’’
Music Is Good For The Soul
Here at Fountains we know how important music is and how it can bring back so many happy memories.
Today we welcomed in Victoria who is part of the Dementia choir and she lifted our souls with song.
The residents all had song sheets and joined in with the many songs being sang. One resident commented “this has been absolutely marvellous”
We all enjoyed freshly baked cookies and drinks while we joined in singing many familiar songs and tunes.
Pumpkin Carving
One of today’s activities was to reminisce about our childhood and the pumpkin carving we did with our families.
We discussed where we used to get the pumpkins from, if we created any recipes with the pumpkins, and we laughed as we created the pumpkins faces.
One of the residents was fascinated by the texture and scent of the pumpkin as she scooped out the middle.
How amazing it was to be joined by one of the residents families and how this brought so much joy to our other residents.
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.
