Activities at Mount Vale Care Home
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from PAT dogs, entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Louise Chapman
Hi my name is Louise I have been working at Mount Vale since 2010. I am the activities co-ordinator, I am here to promote the wellbeing of our residents and ensure they have a variety of activities to get involved in. I love finding new creative ways to engage our residents and involve our local community.
I am a dementia champion for the home and enjoy continuing to learn and find more things I can do to help promote the wellbeing of our residents.
I love spending time with each individual getting to know them so I can add individual needs into our plans. I love building strong relationships with our residents and families.
I am a crafty person and can be found doing diamond arts and lots of other creative things when I am not at work. I love spending time with my family and going for walks with my dog Dottie and cuddling my cat Loki.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Mount Vale Care Home
Historic Royal Palaces
Our residents were treated to a special virtual sensory storytelling session. Together with Art Historian Jon Sleigh and the Historic Royal Palaces community team, we explored several royal palaces through the theme of food, dining and celebration!
We enjoyed a fantastic taste-a-long experience from the comfort of our home, from Tudor treats to Stuart sweets. A lovely time was had by all.
Book Club Corner
Across our services, our residents had a lovely time joining Mark Piesing for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘N-4 Down: The Hunt for The Arctic Airship Italia’.
Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fascinating story of the world-famous exploring airship Italia, returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928. The airship was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history.
The virtual book club experience was truly enjoyed by all.
Pancake Day
Residents and staff had a ‘Flipping’ good time tossing pancakes. Elsie was a natural and enjoyed helping other Residents and Staff. Everyone really enjoyed getting into the ‘Shrove Tuesday’ tradition and worked up an appetite ready for the fruit, chocolate, syrup and original and best sugar and lemon pancakes our Chef cooked freshly for dessert.
Dancing at Mount Vale
We have lots of singers come into Mount Vale, running alongside our activities schedule and our Residents really look forward to it. Looking at these photograph it’s hard to believe we are a Care Home as we have so many Residents who love getting up to dance and, as usual, one of our Chefs, Dana, always comes out for a little boogie when she can and our Residents love it!
Cheese and Wine Afternoon
Residents here at Mount Vale enjoyed a Cheese and Wine afternoon and although some Residents prefer to stay in their room, they all still enjoyed a tipple! Residents enjoyed chatting about the various cheeses and wines on offer, while Bambi enjoyed the treats!
A great visit from Aquatic Finatic
We had a great visit from Aquatic Finatic as usual, our furry, feathered and scaly friends delighted our Residents who couldn’t wait to have a hold.
We have pet therapy on a regular basis here at Mount Vale alongside our usual daily activities. We like to keep things interesting!
Another lovely afternoon.
Upcoming events
Professionals Lunch
Join us for a light lunch and network with other local professionals.
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead and we extend a warm invitation for you to join us - all welcome.
Merry Christmas!
Could you be a Volunteer?
Do you have any spare time and could make a difference? If you are interested in Volunteering we'd love to hear from you.
Community Cafe
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our popular community cafe -
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency personnel - come and take a break with us! There may be a cake or two available .....
