Activities at Milford House Care Home
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.
Kylie Colman
Kylie has three years experience as an Activities Co-Ordinator and has loved every moment! Having recently joined the Milford team she is looking forward to getting to know all our residents and to delivering, alongside the rest of the team, an interesting and diverse programme of activities. She loves being outside and in particular organising trips out of the home and activities and events that take place in our gorgeous gardens.
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 Milford House Care Home
Almost All the Fun of the Farm
Residents had been due to pay a visit to Bourne Community Farm just up the road from the home for a talk and guided tour to meet the animals, all followed by a lovely cream tea. However, the British weather had other ideas and the day turned out cold, wet and windy and not at all suitable for a farm outing. But all was not lost – in liaison with Ben at the farm, we decided that he would come to us and give his talk – which was really interesting – all about how the farm got started and has been growing ever since. He even brought scones, jam and, of course, clotted cream for us to enjoy here – which we did with enthusiasm! It was disappointing not to be able to go, but we will pop along to visit the animals on a sunny day, so nothing has been lost.
Outdoor Inspiration
Residents have been working on projects that bring the outside in, which reflect our own gardens that surround the home. Pictured here are two residents showing off some of the lovely work that has been produced: potato prints featuring acorns and oak leaves – the Barchester logo – and sun catchers using petals and leaves gathered from the garden. They are all on display in our conservatory and provide a lovely, colourful display and are a real talking point.
A Life on the Ocean Wave
Residents at Milford House enjoyed a really special afternoon on board the M/V Alison MacGregor, sailing out from Hythe Marina around Southampton Docks.
On a warm and sunny afternoon, we cruised around some of the new marinas, deciding which expensive boat took our fancy, saw a tall ship from Oman, had the workings of the docks and all the surroundings explained to us and sailed alongside the dock where the Titanic was moored prior to her fateful journey. We saw the red painted bollards that she was moored to still in situ, which gave us an idea of just how large she was, unlike our much smaller craft.
With the help of our excellent crew, we made it safely back to our berth and journeyed home to Milford.
Pretty Posies
Continuing our theme of changing seasons, residents decided to redecorate and update the notice board in the conservatory with a flower/seasons style. With this in mind, we have created some really lovely and colourful flower posies that are really bright and cheerful and can be seen really clearly. Good job, everyone!
Seasonal Changes
Here at Milford House, many residents have a close connection to the countryside and many have been keen gardeners, so reflecting the changes in season is important. With this in mind, we have been changing all the displays in our activities and communal areas to chime with the harvest activity that we see all around us. Residents have chosen quotes to reflect these changes and then decorated plates, which we have put around our mirror so that we can share our thoughts and feelings with everyone – and we are all rather pleased with the results!
Banishing the August Blues
Residents at Milford House enjoyed live entertainment by Chico, who sang for us. With his guitar and anecdotes of the music industry, Chico soon had us all singing along to old favourites and listening to some new songs that will surely become favourites, just like Chico himself! Let’s hope that for Chico’s next visit in September, the weather will be a little nicer.
Upcoming events
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We have a room that is available to hire for free to members of the local community.
