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
Christmas Arrives
This year we had to host our own in-house service on Christmas Eve. Our residents chose a selection of carols, prayers, poems and bible readings for the service, which was followed by a special supper before everyone retired to their rooms to hang out their stockings and have a good night’s sleep before the big day.
Lunch on Christmas day started with drinks in the dining room before the main meal of smoked salmon and roast turkey and, of course, all the trimmings.
Merry Christmas to all!
Christmas Decorations
It’s a tradition at Moreton Hill that everyone makes a decoration for one of our Christmas trees. This year, we also asked everyone to wear their Christmas jumper for National Christmas Jumper Day.
Thank you to all the families who sent in tops for people to wear. Everyone looked very festive and it was a great way to start the Christmas celebrations!
Bagpipes & Father Christmas
Although it has not been possible to have any indoor performances, our residents were delighted to see Will and Theo play in the garden one lunchtime. Then, on Christmas Eve, Father Christmas turned up to play his accordion for everyone. What a talented chap! A few Christmas tunes soon got everyone in the festive spirit and ready to hang out the stockings.
Big Balloons
We often play ball games like skittles and boules. The big balloons are also popular and great for gentle exercise. Seeing how long we can keep the balloon up in the air is the challenge we set ourselves.
Christmas is Coming
Our Christmas cake is made and being fed regularly with copious amounts of sherry. It smells wonderful!
In our activity sessions, we have started making Christmas cards and crackers, and soon every resident will be making a decoration to go on one of our four Christmas trees.
There is still the Christmas pudding to make and the wreaths and flower arrangements, the Christingles, the peppermint creams and mince pies. It’s going to be a busy month ahead!
Poppies, Pumpkins & Children in Need
In November, we had our own Halloween, Remembrance Day and Children in Need celebration. Whilst the occasions were different this year, we didn’t want to let these dates pass unmarked.
The poppies were made pre-lockdown in our pottery class, and every resident was given one to have in their rooms. The pumpkins were displayed in reception and in our courtyard.
