Activities at Moreton Hill Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Jackie Chillingworth
Hello. I am Jackie, the Lead Activity Co-Ordinator at Moreton Hill. I have worked for Barchester for over 10 years. Now, together with my team and the staff at our beautiful home, our aim is to help all residents live life to the best they can by bringing meaningful and enriching activities into their lives.
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 Moreton Hill Care Home
Exciting Six Nations Matches
Over the weekend a group of our gentleman residents and a few ladies enjoyed watching the Six Nations rugby. Beer was on offer but all opted for a nice cup of tea! The England Ireland game was particularly exciting with some great rugby and saw everyone fixed to the screen.
National Pie Week!
It is National Pie Week so we marked this British traditional dish with a group of residents by making an apple and cinnamon pie. We added pastry detailing and we are sure you will agree the end result looks so tasty; the residents were very much looking forward to enjoying this for supper.
Delicious Fruit Salad
Moreton Hill residents made the most beautiful fruit salad and we are sure you will now want to go and make one yourself! Nutrition and hydration is really important to for us all, but in older people this is critical to avoid infection and deliver nutrients. Fruit is perfect, not only is it delicious, there is a high water content and everyone enjoyed not only making it, but also eating it.
Milkshakes from Local Farm
Moreton Hill residents enjoyed a real treat this week and we didn't have to go far. Stonehouse Milk has opened at Horsemarling Farm at the bottom of the lane as you drive up to Moreton Hill. We cannot rave enough about the delicilous milk and milkshakes and we love that this is so local. If you haven't visited next time you are heading up to us do and you will be as amazed as we all were at the milk vending machine and sustainability of the farm offering reusable bottles and no food miles. Who knew you could get blue milk! A very delicious blueberry flavour.
Celebrating St David's Day and Shrove Tuesday
1st March is always a positive day, it's St David's Day and for many it is seen as the first day of spring and then this year it was Shrove Tuesday as well! Thank you so much to Stuart, Damian and Clair our wonderful team in the kitchen yesterday. The traditional Welsh menu was delicious and to top it off they made Welsh cakes and pancakes. We then had great fun pancake tossing with a few interesting pancake destinations!
Vinnie the Chatterbox!
Vinnie the Moreton Hill cat is such a character and he joins in lots of conversations. A real chatter box, affectionate and with the most wonderful purr the residents love having him around as do the team.
