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
WaterAid
Residents at Milford House were delighted to welcome back Hazel Taylor of WaterAid to receive a cheque for £210 on behalf of the charity. A year ago, residents began talking about a potential cause that they would like to raise money for, when Hazel came in to give us a presentation about how any money raised for WaterAid might be used. Everyone was totally inspired by Hazel and her explanation of the charity’s work in bringing clean water and sanitation to people around the world, where everyday 900 children die due to water-related diseases. Hazel was delighted to receive the cheque and highlighted to the group that this money would give the gift of life and a safe future to 15 children.
Don't Dine Alone
Milford House has been taking part in Barchester’s ‘Don’t Dine Alone’ initiative, which is seeking to reduce social isolation by inviting members of the community into homes to share a meal with residents and visitors. Milford has been running this initiative throughout February and March and, due to its success, we will be extending the programme into April and May.
Pictured here with our Hostess, Louise Cooper, is Jenny Eldrett and Adele Spokes, who enjoyed lunch together here at Milford. We are delighted that they will be visiting us again next week as they enjoyed the experience so much.
Having a Hoot!
Residents, visitors and staff were entranced by the visit of Geordie and his birds of prey. Along with a falcon, Geordie brought along his owls as well. Norman, who has the most beautiful orange eyes, is over 60 years old, which amazed us all. All the birds were so calm that residents were able to touch and hold them and we could see the strong bond between Geordie and his feathered friends. Residents who were unable to leave their rooms were also visited and everyone had a hoot.
Brownie Blooms
Residents at Milford House have been enjoying the delights of these pots of mini daffodils, courtesy of the 1st Bishopsdown Brownies, who gave each resident a pot of bulbs for Christmas. They have really been something to look forward to and, on days when the weather has not been so kind, they have reminded us that spring is just around the corner, and have lighted up areas of the home with their cheerfulness. Thank you Brownies!
A Valentine with Elvis
Residents enjoyed a fabulous Valentine's tea at Milford House in the company of Elvis, who sang a host of suitably romantic songs while handing out red roses to everyone. It was a lovely afternoon and Elvis had us all tapping our toes, clapping our hands and singing along to all his greatest hits. This was all in addition to having our lovely red roses to bring home with us!
A Hearty Valentine's
Residents at Milford got into the mood for Valentine's Day by making some lovely hearts to decorate some of our notice boards. Each had their own interpretation and the results were both colourful and lovely to look at.
