Activities at Melbourn Springs Care Home

Big thanks to Dave for coming out to Melbourn Springs again this week! The residents thoroughly enjoyed their sing along and surprise 'pop quiz' from Dave.

We had such a laugh, a dance and a sing song, perfect way to spend an afternoon escaping the heatwave in our cool reception cafe.

Residents were taken by surprise when they looked up and saw Charlie the Shetland pony coming through the entrance to Melbourn Springs Care Home! They are used to seeing families bringing pet dogs for a visit but not a pony! 

His calm and patient nature ensured everyone got to spend time with him as they stroked his nose and were surprised by the coarseness of his mane. Respite resident, Avriel said, 'I've never touched a horse before and now I have a pony resting his head on my bed! How lovely!' 

We were also visited by a new trainee Shetland pony, Barney who is 2 years old. He is still getting used to the automatic doors, carpet under his hooves and using a lift! With the help of a packet of Polos, he did really well and everyone was delighted with his progress! 

Everyone agreed it was a special morning having spent time chatting to a pony! It was certainly a calming and therapeutic experience! Thank you Charlie!

Yesterday 19th January was international flower day so we spent the afternoon making beautiful flower posies for our amazing team here at Melbourn Springs these were made by and presented by our residents who really enjoyed both the scent and beauty of the flowers and the lovely hugs and praise received from the team.

It is amazing how flowers can brighten a cold January day.

We love being part of our lovely local community and wanted to give something back, so today we went along to our local Tesco store. They have a community book stall where shoppers can make use of second hand books, we donated our own used books it is so good to be able to help in any way we can.

Two of our residents helped fill the shelves and put them in a tidy order and whilst we were there had a coffee and cake treat.

Melbourn Springs  was full of animal adoration on Wednesday the 2nd November when a Shetland pony called Charlie came to visit the home. Shetland ponies are generally gentle, good tempered and intelligent by nature and Charlie certainly lived up to that reputation.

Our residents were pleasantly surprised to see lovely their new furry friend roaming around their home as Pixie and Pickles Therapy Ponies paid a visit.

We really enjoyed their unusual visitor. We knew that having the Pony here would be a bit of fun and we are always looking for new activities  and today we saw the enjoyment and the therapeutic influence animals can have on people.

All of the residents were very excited by the visit one commenting: “As a younger man I used to own and ride horses a lot therefore today was very enjoyable and it was wonderful that he came to visit us.”

We took our lovely residents on an outing to see a pantomime put on by Melbourn Amateur Dramatics Society. The home's residents were accompanied by relatives and staff to see the panto of Dick Whittington, which was performed in Meldreth.

One resident commented: "It was the best pantomime production I have seen in years - the actors really made me laugh!"

General Manager Maria Anghelide added: "Our residents and staff had a wonderful time at the show - truly brilliant!"