Activities at Lawton Rise Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Activities are the cornerstone of a wholesome home experience and our Activities Coordinators are always putting their creative minds to the test by organising new and exciting social events for residents to partake in. Of course, we take into account the likes and dislikes of those we support, so if someone doesn’t feel like trying something new, there will always be something on offer to reflect their personal interests. For the people who may just prefer some peace and quiet instead, we also offer one-to-one time that can be enjoyed with a nice cup of coffee or just a simple chat – whatever they desire.
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 Lawton Rise Care Home
Christmas Wreath Making
We had a lovely visit from the very creative Jo, art therapist for our home.
Jo has joined us this month, for festive wreath making. Every session with Jo is different and is filled with different techniques in art, and is all about promoting your creative side.
We have some really talented residents here at Lawton Rise. Some of our residents have worked in the royal Doulton’s and pottery for a long time, so they are very familiar with techniques in art, whereas some of the other residents don’t have any background or experience in art but would like to learn/ participate, and have developed real skills through art therapy, for example one of our residents Ken, had very low self-esteem in his first few sessions of art therapy, but now after having the reassurance that his art is actually unique, ken has found confidence in art therapy and now regularly attends sessions.
In this session Jo had bought along with her, some crafting materials and then guided the residents, step by step, how to make a wreath from scratch. We had some wonderful wreaths to hang up on our doors to proudly show off!
Our Cosy Corner at Lawton Rise
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Here at Lawton Rise Care Home our Christmas festivities have been in full swing! Our residents and staff members have been working hard to decorate the home and what a fabulous job they have done.
Our cosy corner is perfect for photo opportunities with loved ones. As you can see from the look on Barry’s face, it’s a lovely place to sit and read, or to enjoy a hot beverage. Our residents have had some lovely photos taken and printed here, which are to be used as postcards to give to family and friends!
Visit to Trentham Gardens and Toby Carvery
We wrapped up warm for a festive trip to Trentham Gardens, to see all the wonderful decorations and ornaments.
Our residents, Mick and Sheila, had a wonderful time and were both amazed at how real some of the decorations looked.
The afternoon was finished off with a tasty carvery and a nice glass of cool beer. Resident Sheila was impressed with the mini-village at Trentham and mentioned that it looked magical.
DIY with John
John has always worked in a engineering environment and has always been a very hands on man.
He enjoys keeping busy and fixing things around his home. In his previous career, John worked as an electrical designer which he says was his favourite job yet. When arriving at Lawton Rise, John noticed the maintenance staff fixing doors and painting around the home, John found himself wanting to get involved.
Following this, John has helped with painting and decorating rooms which he says is a very messy job, but rewarding when you see the finished result.
John has also been helping staff to repair old furniture including an old coffee table and was very helpful and shared tips with staff members. He was very satisfied with the table and asked if we could test it out with a coffee and a chat to end our busy day.
Overall, John had a great time doing tasks which incorporate DIY within the home, that John himself would have done at his house. John has mentioned that if there’s any further assistance needed In the care home he is happy to lend a hand!
Sue, Swings, and Sunshine!
Sue has always loved taking care of her children and taking them to the park when they were younger.
On this day Susan was on her way to the shops with carer Jenny to get some ice pops (Sues favourite snack), when Jenny had the idea to nip to the park with Sue and asked if she would enjoy that.
Sue was over the moon that Jenny mentioned the park and said that she was more than happy to go.
On arrival Sue saw the swings and said “Jenny can I go on the swings”? Jenny said “yes”!
Jenny then phoned our other carer Ruth to give her a helping hand getting Sue on the swings.
Sue was laughing as she was being pushed on the swings...“weeeee” said Sue!
She had a wonderful time and even mentioned that it “took her back some years.”
The next day Sue's son Anthony came to visit, Sue was telling Anthony all about her day at the park in the sun with her ice lollies, then proceeded to ask Anthony if he can take her out in his van to the park so she can spend time with him on the swings.
Anthony gladly took his mother to the park and they had lots of fun.
Going to the park is now one of Sues favourite thing to do and she can't wait until her next visit!
Fun at Freeport
Our resident Barbara’s used to really enjoy visiting the Freeport shopping centre in Talke Pits to visit some new shops and some that Barbara can recall from when she used to visit there, but unfortunately Barbara hadn’t been able to make it there for a while.
Two of our lovely carers Poppy and Jade, came in on their day off to spend some time with resident Barbara, so Barbara could have a day of shopping at Freeport, where she had been wanting to visit for a while.
While shopping Barbara mentioned how long it had been since she had been to a coffee shop, so Poppy and Jade took Barbara to the Costa coffee for a nice coffee and ham toastie, which Barbara had commented that it was really nice.
After visiting Costa coffee, Barbara Poppy and Jade had a nice browse around Barbara’s favourite shops.