Activities at Moors Manor 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.
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
Jo Henderson
Hi, my name is Jo Henderson and I am the Activities Coordinator here at Moors Manor.
I am looking forward to bringing my creative side to the home as I was previously a florist and baker and look forward to us making lots of lovely treats for us all to enjoy.
When at home Jo is a mother to two wonderful daughters and also a pet mum to labrador Marley.
I cannot wait to welcome our residents into their wonderful new home and help to bring smiles, joy and laughter to each day.
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 Moors Manor Care Home
Scrabble with Steve
Who doesn't love a game of scrabble especially when you get to play it on a giant board. We always enjoy our visit from Steve with his giant scrabble board, we get into teams and see what words we come up with. A fun morning had by all and everyone had- their thinking caps on as well.
August Open Day
On Saturday we had our open day and thought we would have some wonderful entertainment and amazing food for everyone to enjoy. We started with singer Mike Sidaway in the morning and he had everyone singing along to the many songs he performed.
We then served a wonderful afternoon tea which the catering team put together and the cakes were to die for.
We then finished the day with The Band of The Royal British Legion Christchurch and you may notice that one of our members of staff Laura who is Home Services Advisor in the home also plays in the band and plays the saxophone. They finished their set with the song we all know Sweet Caroline which had residents and visitors singing and dancing along.
All residents, family members and visitors had a wonderful time and we look forward to welcoming you along to our next event.
Afternoon social in the garden
When the sun is shining which doesn't happen very often at the moment! What better place to be than in the garden enjoying tea and cake and having a sing-a-long with our activities coordinator Bibesh. We have such beautiful gardens here that look out onto Avon Heath Country Park, a very lovely place to be.
Sunflower planting
We have been growing our sunflowers from seeds to these rather large plants in our gardening group. We have now transferred these plants into the garden to see how tall they really get.
Marjorie even helped to give them a good water once they were planted into the ground. Gardening is so therapeutic and our residents enjoy it too.
Cooking up a storm
This weeks baking club had residents making cupcakes. You can see in the photos there was lot's of fun and concentrating to make sure the mixture was mixed well to produce good cupcakes for everyone to enjoy.
Love to Move class with Katie
What a great way to start the morning by joining Katie for her Love to Move class which she does here every Monday morning.
Residents enjoyed some gentle exercise which is good for everyone to keep active but also were singing along to the songs as well. A fun morning had by all and we look forward to Katie's next class.
Upcoming events
Falls Prevention Workshop
Please join us for our Falls Prevention Workshop where we will be joined by Fast Falls Response team who will be on hand to give advice on this subject.
Parkinson's Awareness Day
Join us for our Parkinson's Awareness Day where we will be joined by Parkinson's UK who will giving a talk and afterwards we will be holding a cake sale and raffle to raise money.
Carer's Cafe
You are invited to join us for our monthly Carer's Cafe with Pramalife. Come in and enjoy a cup of tea/coffee and cake and talk with others going through a similar situation.
Don't Dine Alone
Every weekday we are inviting you to come and enjoy a meal with other residents here in the home. Call the home to book your place.
Gin Tasting evening
You are invited to come along to our Gin Tasting evening where we will have a selection of gins, delicious snacks and entertainment for you to enjoy.
