Activities at Moors Manor Care Home

Residents Kathy, Marianne, June and Liz went to Barrington Theatre to watch the show Annie which was performed by Ferndown Phoenix Musical Theatre and what a wonderful performance it was. Residents were singing along to the well-known songs and thoroughly enjoyed the evening.

We look forward to going to the theatre to watch more shows and concerts over the next few months.

We had a lovely visit from Helpful Hounds Assistance Dogs who came in to see the residents in the home. Residents really do love to see animals and especially dogs as many used to have their own when living at home. To have Helpful Hounds come in the home is great and as you can see in the photos this really does mean so much to the residents.

So who doesn't love to play a game which isn't just fun but also a bit of gentle exercise, coordination and concentration skills!! This games did just that and residents were doing rather well and getting each ball in the bucket so we had a couple of carers join us to make it that bit harder by moving the bucket below. Lots of laughter and fun was had, we need to see how we can challenge the residents that bit more for next time!

We had All Saints St Leonard's and St Ives Church come in to the home to hold a church service especially for our residents. Religion is very important to our residents so to be able to have Rev Ruth come in and offer this means so much to them. After the service Rev Ruth had time to speak with the residents and we look forward to her coming in again very soon.

Residents enjoyed art club this week with doing something a little bit different. We did paper mache and autumn scratch art. The ladies enjoyed getting their hands a bit messy to create the paper mache, many said they hadn't done this for many years so was nice to be able to do it again. The autumn scratch designs the ladies said was very therapeutic and it was nice to see the final design. Residents enjoy being creative so we always like to try new things to do with them.

Next month it is Remembrance Day and residents spent the afternoon making poppies for us to do a very large display to mark our respect. Whilst making the poppies it then started to trigger memories for the residents of their families and parents who went to war and what it was like to live in the war as a young child. 

Residents in the home will be attending local events around Remembrance Day which they have asked to be a part of which we are here to make sure they do.