Activities at Milford House 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.
The Activities Team at Milford House are dedicated to providing a range of stimulating activities for both groups and individuals, that promote both physical and mental wellbeing based upon resident's interests both past and present. As a member of the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) the team are always striving to incorporate best practice into the array of activities on offer and to enhance their own skills through qualification with NAPA to NVQ Level 3 in Activities Provision. The team combine weekly activity favourites such as sherry mornings with special events, musical entertainments, slide shows, outings in our own mini-bus as well as interacting with local community groups such as Plain Arts Salisbury to showcase resident art and creativity and others who come into the home to interact with our residents. Milford House also benefits from a strong network of volunteers who support the Activity Team as they deliver their programme and who, along with friends and relatives, are always welcome to come and join in our sessions and outings.
Gale Louw
Gale joined the Milford team in 2019, initially as a carer but has gradually transferred over to the Activities Team where she is now the full time Coordinator. Gale has a passion to create a comprehensive and inclusive programme of vibrant events for residents, family
members and friends to enjoy and, along with the rest of team, ensure that each resident is able to participate in meaningful activities tailored to their likes and dislikes.
Originally from South Africa, when not at work Gale loves nothing more than exploring the UK, catching up with family and friends, being creative across a variety of disciplines and keeping her eyes out for great activities and events she can bring back to the home for
residents to enjoy.
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 Milford House Care Home
Spring Inspiration for Residents
Inspired by the warmer weather and the flowers popping up in the garden residents had a session flower arranging and creating lovely butterflies to go with them. Over the weekend we had seen a few butterflies about in the garden and hopefully this means that summer is truly on the way - but rather than leave it to chance we created our own indoor spring! The colours are gorgeous and lift the spirits. We had some visitors joining in as well to see what was going on which was lovely.
Easter Celebrations at Milford House
Residents really got into the fun of Easter as eggs and treats did the rounds on Easter Day (including non-chocolate alternatives!). Our dining tables looked suitably festive for the delicious traditional Easter lunch cooked by our chefs, which included the most yummy looking mini egg cheesecake for pudding. There was an Easter visit from Father David for blessings as well as lots of visitors to the home and gardens all of whom enjoyed the most gorgeous sunny day.
