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
Homes join 100th virtual event
Barchester care homes and hospitals nationwide linked together for a fantastic quiz in celebration of Barchester’s 100th live virtual event.
Residents engaged in a variety of questions ranging from historical trivia to visual puzzles and brainteasers.
Everyone who joined had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.
Foundation Cook Off
Staff and residents are celebrating because their wonderful Managing Director, Fiona Fagan, from Barchester’s North East and Scotland Division, has stepped completely out of her comfort zone to compete in the Barchester Charitable Foundation Cook Off 2024.
Fiona went head-to-head with the Managing Directors from Barchester’s four other divisions and cooked up a storm to raise a phenomenal £24,595 for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation which helps connect vulnerable people and those living with a disability to community groups in their local area by providing grants to improve mobility and quality of life. Each year the Foundation distributes thousands of pounds to individuals, small community groups and charities across England, Scotland and Wales.
Exploring the Eden Project
Residents across our homes had a fantastic time exploring the Eden Project virtually - an educational charity and visitor attraction based in Cornwall, featuring sprawling outdoor gardens and breathtaking biomes that house the largest indoor rainforest in the world.
During the session, residents who joined were reconnected with nature through their senses, memories and stories. A big thank you to the community team at the Eden Project for the wonderful event.
Commemorating the D-Day Landings
Today, we commemorated those who fell in the D Day landings. This morning, we watched the TV Coverage about D Day while having our hair done into the 1940s styles. Played some games of Bingo war themed of cause and did some colouring .
We had Rochelle Ayris Entertainment come and sing for us this afternoon singing 1930/1940s music. We loved singing and dancing along. Remembering our favourite songs. she was amazing, thank you .
Followed by a street party, with some amazing food made by our amazing Chef Dana. Thank you to the kitchen team for all their support.
It was amazing to see members of the team dressed in 1940s style outfits. we really got into the spirit
Get Moving!
We invited the children from Rosedene Nursery to come and join us for part of our Get Moving week. We invited them for a mini sports day, we did egg and spoon races, running races and hoping races. We placed lots of different things around the garden for them to do. From bean bag toss, tin can alley, bowling, ring toss, badminton, and golf.
We taught them how to play boules and loved watching them create their own games from what was around. They picked some flower's and gave them to the residents. They even competed against our amazing staff at egg and spoon race. They all received handmade medals that the residents have been making for them for their mini sports day
Celebrating Carers Week
This week, we celebrate our amazing carers who are dedicated to their jobs. We spent time making home-made cards for the staff to show our appreciation. They received a hamper full of sweet treats, and each individual got a pen and keyring as a little token of our appreciation.
Our carers were invited to join us in the library today to collect their items. It was so lovely to see so many smiles when opening their handmade cards.
Without the care staff, our home would stop, and we know how amazing and hard-working each and every one is.
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 .....
