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
Celebrating our Volunteers
To celebrate Volunteers Week, Milford House residents and team members invited all our volunteers into the home for lunch so that we could thank them for all that they do for us. Co-incidentally it was also National Fish & Chip Day and so with tables all around the home dressed in suitably fishy colours and our volunteer's table reflecting a wonderful marine team everyone enjoyed a traditional 'fish and chip' lunch prepared by Chef Becky and the team, where the fish was served with the traditional side of mushy peas, grilled tomato and chips in a cone - delicious!
Each volunteer was presented with a certificate by our General Manager Aga Musial to mark the day and also a small gift to take home - we can't thank them enough for the time and effort and commitment they put into supporting our residents in various ways that range from running Sunday services, playing the piano at events, doing the rounds with a gorgeous PAT dog, helping at events and outings and the list goes on!
Milford Residents Welcome PCSO’s for a Talk About On-Life Safety
As we increasingly rely on technology in our day to day lives we were delighted to welcome our local PCSO's John Taylor and Charlotte King for a session about the rise of on-line scams and the in person dangers we should be know about and how to report them. However 'tech savvy' we may think we are it is only too easy to fall into the clever traps the scammers set for us and be fooled into giving away sensitive personal data. We heard information on how to protect our phones and credit/debit cards from being read while we are out and about and more! Thank you to the PCSO’s for coming in a giving us such a lot to think about and hopefully we will all now be on high alert whenever we are online or out in the community.
Milford Residents Join in Salisbury Art Trail
Residents at Milford House are participating in the Salisbury Art Trail which runs for three weeks and have finished off their stunning exhibits. Residents have drawn their inspiration from our gardens and the finished pieces are now up in our gallery ready to be seen and we think that they look amazing. All the works are the result of a collaboration between different groups of residents and are so vibrant and joyful and are truly brightening up our home. Everyone is rightly proud of the project that has taken shape over the last two months.
Residents Enjoy a Cruise on Southampton Water
It was a perfect day out on the water as a group of residents set out from Hythe Marina aboard the MV Alison McGregor and cruised the Western Docks and Ocean Village marinas. There were two large cruise ships in port and everyone had great fun choosing their preferred cabin aboard and their ultimate destination. The cruise through the marina with its variety of motor cruisers and yachts also fired the discussions around which would be chosen should that lottery win materialise! Thank you to the captain and crew from the Solent Dolphin team who looked after us so well for the afternoon - we were so incredibly lucky to have such a balmy afternoon given all the cold weather we have had recently.
Captivating Cuddly Cavies Visit
Thank you to Hannah and her troupe of cuddly guinea pigs Fudge, Jessica, Eve, Brownie and Vera who came and visited. The cuddly quintet did the rounds and were fussed over by everyone who met them. Hannah told us a bit about them and what they like to eat and nibble on and they duly obliged as they went around and residents loved feeding them. They are such perfect visitors as, sitting snuggled into their little red cushions, they are perfectly lap sized! We were sorry to have to wave goodbye to the super cute five-some but we are already planning their return.
National Tea Day Celebrations
What a great afternoon we had celebrating National Tea Day! The day featured a delicious tea prepared by our chefs with a variety of speciality teas available. The tables were looking as colourful and gorgeous as ever as we had a 'Best Dressed Tea Cup' competition which residents and the community had been busy entering during the course of the week.
At the end of the afternoon following voting by residents, staff and visitors, a winner of our tea cup competition was declared. The lovely entry, which featured a miniature shoe and flower toning with the tea cup, swept the board and the winner went away with a fabulous selection box of speciality teas to enjoy. There were a great range of entries with various themes including dinosaurs! There was conversation and laughter all round - what better way to celebrate Britain's favourite drink!
