Activities at Fountains Care Home

At Fountains care home, our residents, family members, staff, and guests  have come together to help create a cracking festive atmosphere within the home. Everyone has had the opportunity to contribute in their own way creating a unique Christmassy vibe to their home. Each part of the home has had a revamp increasing its festive look, the comments from our residents and visitors has been very positive.

Susan, a residents daughter, shared her thoughts on how the home was looking “Wow, you have all done it again! This place looks amazing and really has created that Christmas at home feeling.”

Fergus a resident at fountains commented “This is lovely, I do like to see traditional colours upon the tree.”

Fountains isn’t just a care home, it is a place where we celebrate memories, encourage creativity and support our residents to have a personal cherished place to live.

We had the perfect opportunity to visit our local armed forces gardens, and it truly was a rewarding experience for our residents.

Our residents, took in the beautiful gardens which are nestled in a quiet area within our local park. This is an area which is open to everyone, and is a living tribute to service members, offering a peaceful escape and a chance for reflection. This did open up into our residents being able to share their own personal stories of the times they can remember. 

“I’m so glad we had this chance. I always want to remember those who served especially my brother” expressed one of our female residents.

Creating laughter and bringing light into everyone’s lives. Our residents and their loved ones who came to join us had a sparkling evening of joy.

With everyone gathered in our bistro area, and outside patio, we lit up the evening with sparkling sparklers.

“You forget sometimes, it’s the simple things like a sparkler which can make you feel so young and free” laughed Peter a resident.

Our exciting evening didn’t stop there, we then had homemade tomato and basil soup with freshly homemade cobs. This was just what was needed to help keep everyone nice and warm after the fun they had had. Of course we also had to try out the marshmallows with wafers again this was something new for our residents and were happy to report it was amazing!

“I am so grateful to see my mum enjoying herself, being out with others and her face so full of joy.” Praised residents daughter.

This activity attracted many of our artistic enthusiasts to come along and explore their creative skills whilst enjoying the autumn spirit. We had gathered plenty of different materials including medium sized pumpkins, fresh flowers, and crafting supplies for everyone to join in. Our residents and family members chose to work together in mini groups, sharing their ideas and giving top tips whilst arranging their masterpieces. The experience on a whole was an amazing way for everyone to celebrate the autumn season in an enjoyable and artistic way.

At fountains, we just adore welcoming others into our home. It is always a pleasure when we have service leader Diane and other community volunteers from Solihull Methodist Church come along and hold a spiritual service for our residents. This month, we had the joy of celebrating harvest festival.

The service was uplifting and explained more about what the harvest festival means to others. We sang hymns related to our topic and finished off with the lords prayer.

To mark the International Day of Sign Language on September 23rd, and to also learn some new skills, staff and residents here at Fountains care home, enjoyed a Sign Language session with the local Brownies. 

The activity team and residents learnt some basic sign language using British Sign Language (BSL). We had invited our local Monkspath Brownies to come along and join us with learning how to sign.

All the residents and staff were up for the challenge, and began to work together, which we love!

We had used the BSL virtual videos and print outs to use as demonstrations for early learners. Our residents and Brownies found it challenging but fun!

Learning new skills is important, and fantastic for our mental well-being. Learning BSL and other languages has a positive effect on interpersonal, communication and memory skills, as well as making it easier to learn other languages. 

Stuart Green, a resident at Fountains care home said, “This is fantastic to see the younger generation being taught different ways of communication. I’ve had a lovely evening and learnt new things, all  whilst having fun.