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.
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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
Care Awards 2021
Barchester Care Awards 2021 luncheon took place at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, where the National Winners in each of the 18 categories were announced.
These awards recognise the best of the best across many skills in Barchester and the Divisional Winners for each category came together to find out who was to be named National Winner 2021!
Over 2,900 nominations were made by residents, relatives, staff and friends of our homes and hospitals and Fountains Home Services Advisor, Lorraine Shannon was a Divisional winner for the Community Engagement Award.
Lorraine didn’t bring the National Award home for the Central Division but enjoyed a very special day amongst all the well deserved winners and finalists for their divisions.
There’s always next year!
Harvest Service
Fountains residents were delighted to come along for a morning of prayer and reflection at our Church Service from the Solihull Methodist Church.
The lovely Dianne guided us through a beautiful service all about Harvest time.
It gave our residents the opportunity to share what they love most about this season and to also reminisce and tell stories they had about this time of year.
It was a wonderful session and a lovely opportunity for our residents to join for prayer all together. We look forward to our next service in November.
Art Exhibition outing
Fountains residents were delighted to head out on a minibus outing to Saint Mary’s and Saint Bartholomew’s Church in Hampton in Arden for an Art Exhibition.
We all enjoyed admiring the beautiful paintings showcasing life in Hampton in Arden, some paintings even dating back to the 1800s.
Artists featured include David Cox, Ernest Chadwick, Ray Parker, Ossie Webb, Betty Marzano and Grahame Keates.
It was a wonderful outing for us all and a beautiful church too.
Autumn themed creations
To begin our harvest themed activities, Fountains residents thoroughly enjoyed getting involved in a Painting Workshop with the wonderful Sue Cox.
This time we made some beautiful Autumnal Tote Bags.
Our residents loved getting creative in this session and enjoyed discussing our favourite things about the new season. From colourful leaves to toffee apples and hot chocolate too. We are all excited for autumn here at Fountains.
The results were so beautiful and all of our residents were proud of their achievements.
We look forward to continuing with harvest themed activities throughout the month of October.
Reiki sessions
Fountains residents have been thoroughly enjoying their morning Reiki and Relaxation sessions with our wonderful Reiki therapist Emma.
Reiki is a Japanese form of energy healing. Our Residents find each session really empowering, relaxing and educational too.
We have all felt so many benefits from each session such as increased relaxation, better sleep, and feeling ready and energised for each new day.
Thank you to the wonderful Emma for such beautiful sessions.
Medicinal Cannabis benefits
Fountains hosted an informative and interesting talk by Solihull Health Check Clinic.
The talk was about the history and health benefits of medicinal cannabis and was held in Fountains grounds. We were extremely lucky once again with the weather and enjoyed a sunny afternoon
Solihull Health Clinic are one of a handful of private clinics with a license to prescribe medicinal cannabis in the UK.
With many conditions, ranging from Fibromyalgia through to those suffering from seizures, patients are seeing dramatic improvements to their health.
The talk was well attended with members of the community eager to know more.
Everyone enjoyed a complimentary afternoon tea whilst understanding how medicinal cannabis can help them and their loved ones.
Thank you to Eileen and Pat from Solihull Health Clinic for delivering a great session
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.
