Activities at Fountains Care Home

Filled with love & laughter, our Bistro is the perfect meeting place for our residents to catch up, share memories and enjoy all the comforts Fountains has to offer.

Today, conversation flowed whilst our ladies tucked into the delicious homemade chocolate cake, reminiscing about past occupations and how to make the perfect Sunday roast.

Whilst some of our ladies enjoyed the warmth of our cosy Bistro, Anne joined our Activity Coordinator Michelle in our beautiful gardens, hanging up the bird feeders we made earlier in the week.

Opportunity awaits you here at Fountains, whether that be joining in with lifelong interests, discovering new ones or just catching up with friends – there’s something for everybody to enjoy.

As the seasons change and the autumnal weather begins to appear, there’s nothing better than sticking on your woolly hat and cosy coat for a trip out to the local garden centre.

Activities coordinator, Michelle and Memory Lane carer Louise escorted our ladies through a tour of all the beautifully eye catching plants at Notcutts Garden Centres

The group of explorers didn’t come home empty handed, picking up some scrumptious sticky marmalade and stem ginger cake for all to enjoy.

Here at Fountains we are committed to ensuring that our home is a vibrant, loving & forward-thinking place that truly makes a difference to those that live here, allowing new friendships to be built, creating lasting memories for all.

We’ve had a truly wag-tastic day here at Fountains Care Home as we held our virtual dog show in support of University Hospitals Birmingham Charity and their Pets In Hospitals campaign this year.

Pets In Hospitals is a scheme that is being offered to patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Good Hope Hospital and is supported by the hospital charity. This scheme means that our four legged volunteers can put a smile on staff and patients faces whilst they are working or staying in hospitals.

Residents, loved ones, staff and members of the local community came together to enjoy some doggy themed nibbles as the winners of the Prettiest Pooch, Handsomest Hound, Best Trick and Waggiest Tail were chosen chosen.

So, without further a do - Drum roll please…

The winners are:

PRETTIEST POOCH

1st place Fudge

2nd place Barley

3rd place Bobbie

HANDSOMEST HOUND

1st place - Smithy

2nd place - Reggie

3rd place - Rosie

BEST TRICK

1st place - Flynn

2nd place - Scruff

3rd place - Beau

WAGGIEST TAIL

1st place - Charlie

2nd place - Milo

3rd place - Esme

THANK YOU to everyone who joined us today to show support of this amazing charity. We will continue to collect donations on behalf of Pets In Hospitals over the next week, so if you would like to donate towards these incredible pooches, please do speak to a member of our team.

Keeping the people living with us connected to our community is a promise we make here at Fountains, ensuring an individual’s personhood remains strong and upheld.

General Manager Arvinder & Home Services Advisor Paul, have been out & about within the local community delivering ‘Random Acts Of Kindness’ to say thank you to the people of Solihull for all of their hard work.

First stop was to say hello to the team at Solihull Fire Station to drop off some goody bags and yummy doughnuts.

We’re looking forward to welcoming the brigade into Fountains in October for a Fire Safety talk for our residents, their loved ones and members of the community.

Then it was off to see our local Police team where we discussed exciting partnership working and how we can support those within our community.

Thank you to all of the amazing teams we met today for the warm welcome and for EVERYTHING you do to ensure our community continues to be a forward thinking place to live & work.

In honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we took the time yesterday to commemorate her and pay our tributes to the Royal Family.

The whole home came together to honour the Queen, her extraordinary life and service to the nation and the commonwealth over 70 years of reign, making her the longest-reigning monarch in British history.

In loving memory, we have created our own memorial area with candles and photos of the Queen along with a book of condolences, which continue to be signed by residents, staff and families alike.

We also watched the televised service of the sate funeral that took place in Westminster Abbey, followed by the committal service in St George’s Chapel, on the grounds of Windsor Castle.

After the official ceremony, we had a discussion about our much loved and respected Queen, her early life and numerous milestones. We all shared our memories of her and reminisced about her extraordinary reign and contribution to our country.

For many of our residents, the Queen represented comfort, hope and peace over the past seven decades of her sovereignty, and she will be sorely missed.

What better way to spend a Wednesday morning than enjoying the ‘fruits of our labor’ and picking the juiciest of our home grown apples to enjoy.

A life at Fountains is an empowered one, encouraging those living with us to live life exactly how they choose to and where they can continue being the people they are and have always been, including continuing with hobbies and interests that really matter.

Anne has always been a keen gardener and enjoys nothing more than being outside keeping a watchful eye over our home grown produce, ensuring only the very best make their way to our kitchen.

As well as taking great pride in her gardens, keeping fit and active is massively important to Anne’s wellbeing and Anne certainly put our caring team through their paces this morning leading an impromptu exercise class in our bistro.

Keeping the people living with us connected to their passions is a promise we make here at Fountains, ensuring an individual's personhood remains strong and upheld.