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
Dominoes League Gets Competitive
We kick started 2024 with an ever popular game of dominoes. Every month a cup is awarded to the player who has the lowest score over the games played. It is always great fun and just a little bit competitive! Residents play as individuals or if they need to and prefer with a partner. This way everyone gets a chance to join in . In this game, it was Moira, one of our Resident Ambassadors who came out on top, closely followed by Derek. There are, however, more games planned throughout the month so the tournament and the cup are still up for grabs.
Harpist Delights Residents
We were thrilled to welcome Morwenna and her father to come and play the harp, flute and guitar at our home. They are both such talented musicians and our residents loved listening to their beautiful music. What was so special about their visit was that some of our residents were able to have a turn at playing the harp. It was surprising how easy it was to make a beautiful sound! Also, rather than just playing in one spot at Moreton, Morwenna and her dad took their instruments around the home and played to residents in their bedrooms and in corridors. This meant it was a wonderful interactive event that everyone could enjoy. We can’t wait for them to return and play for us again.
Christmas Cheer and a Happy New Year
It was a fabulously festive period throughout December at Moreton with a huge variety of activities for our residents, families, friends and staff to enjoy. We were thrilled to welcome pupils from two local schools, Cashes Green and St Joseph’s to sing to us as well as having our own special Carol Service led by Lynn Harrison from Standish Church.
Tickled Pink gave an excellent panto-musical and got everyone singing along as did the local brass band and Stonehouse Community Choir. Our Communities enjoyed their Christmas party with Mike, one of our fantastic volunteers playing his accordion.
On Christmas Eve we read our favourite Christmas poem ‘ The Night Before Christmas’ and we had a visit from our Moreton Hill ponies Naya and Beauty to chomp on their Christmas carrots and apples. Ruby one of our gorgeous therapy dogs wasn’t going to miss out and certainly got noticed as she trotted around the home in her festive finery.
On Christmas Day a visit from Father Christmas in the morning was followed by a delicious Christmas lunch with lots of good cheer and fun.
Finally on New Year’s Day we kick started 2024 with a super smoothie healthy toast to all our friends wishing everyone a very happy 2024.
Monthly club with Cashes Green Primary School
We are thrilled to have set up a monthly club with the children from our local school – Cashes Green Primary. We have lots of ideas planned for 2024 but the last two months we have had a games session and carol singing. Both occasions were great fun and very much enjoyed by everyone.
Making Christmas Cakes
We love making our Christmas cakes and this year was no exception. The residents, many of whom are excellent cooks, made the cakes back in early October and have been feeding them with copious amounts of brandy ever since. The designs for decorating the cakes were chosen at our monthly Resident’s Meeting and as you can see from the photos there was some intricate work involved. Now we can’t wait for Christmas Day to actually do some tasting!
A Visit from Zoolab!
Our residents loved the visit from Zoolab and the interesting talk given by Emily. Everyone was very brave in handling the creatures and there was lots to learn about them – where they live, how long they live, what they eat and not to mention their quirky habits!
