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.
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.
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
Battle of the Bowls
We regularly welcome a fitness instructor from Salisbury District Council into the home who gets us all moving and playing active games to help with the retention of mobility. He also brings out the competitiveness in everyone, as the competition for the highest bowls score is fierce. It’s all good fun though, and in our eyes, everyone’s a winner!
An Afternoon with Riminy
Residents at Milford House were delighted to welcome back Riminy to play the piano for us. Riminy has been a volunteer at the home and has offered to come in over the holidays to play for us, which is a real treat. She played a range of classical music and familiar songs and tunes from some well-known musicals. Afterwards, residents reminisced about their own piano-playing days. We all agreed that being able to play a musical instrument is a lovely talent and that we are very lucky to have Riminy coming in to play for us.
No Alarms
We were delighted to have an unexpected visit from members of Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service. They were dealing with a small incident near to the home, so we decided to invite the team in for a well-earned cup of tea. This, of course, meant a chat with residents, who thoroughly enjoyed the company of their unannounced visitors, as well as the ever-present tea and a slice of chocolate and marmalade cake, which did the rounds.
Partying with Dave
Residents at Milford House, with their guests from our sister home in Andover, Rothsay Grange, enjoyed a great afternoon of entertainment with Dave Dawson, who sang a range of favourite songs and, together with his ‘guest’ singers, kept us all well and truly entertained for the entire afternoon. It was lovely to have our Rothsay friends with us, as they too have Dave along to sing and it was great to share the experience.
Rosie Scores a Perfect 10
We are so lucky here at Milford House to have a large proportion of staff members who have been with us for a number of years, which offers residents a sense of stability. With this in mind, Phil Chapman, our General Manager, was delighted to present Rosie Hoque with her 10 year Long Service Award. During her time here with us, Rosie has had experience working with the activities, domestic and kitchen teams and has made a valuable contribution to the day-to-day running of the home.
Long Service Award
Here at Milford, we have been delighted to celebrate with Louise Cooper her 10 Years of Service. Seen here with General Manager, Phil Chapman, receiving her award, Louise, who is an experienced carer, is currently our Hostess and plays an important role in ensuring that residents enjoy their dining experience as much as possible. We look forward to celebrating Louise’s next 10 years at Milford!
