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
Love is in the Air
Staff and residents celebrated all forms of love with hearts, flowers, and coming together as a community. Therapy dog Alf from Therapy Dogs Nationwide had hearts a flutter as he visited residents for lots of love and snuggles. Alf lifted the spirits of residents and the team with his special energy and dapper bow tie and neckerchief.
Grace, a resident at Mount Vale said: “It has been a lovely day. I loved having cuddles with the therapy dog, and being made to feel special with the delicious treats”
Valentine's virtual event
Across our homes we had a fantastic time joining, Kathryn Delve, Master Florist, for a Valentine’s-inspired live virtual flower arranging demonstration. Kathryn shared brilliant and creative ways to decorate our tables with beautiful flowers that are sure to make your heart swoon!
Those participating in this virtual event put their skills to the test and followed along with some amazing creations of their own. Residents truly enjoyed the experience.
At Mount Vale we have a whole home approach to Life Enrichment
Our Gardener and Maintenance Assistant had been chatting with our Residents who expressed a wish for a good old Friday happy hour.
A time to relax, play board games, Pub quizzes, share a pint, a brew or a tipple of whatever one fancies.
So on Friday the 19th we held a very jovial happy hour, attended by Residents and family members who are welcome to join us.
Stories were shared and there was so much laughter, bringing together Staff, families, Residents.
Occasions such as this gives opportunities to get to know one another and form connections within the home as well as in the wider community through family members.
We are having Happy Hour as a regular Friday feature.
Please feel free to join us on a Friday between 2pm-3pm.
Medical Detection Dogs
Across our services residents had a fantastic time during a special live virtual event, led by Emilia from Medical Detection Dogs. Emilia took us on a journey to discover how the organisation began training dogs to support people with complex health conditions, saving their lives on a daily basis.
Using their amazing sense of smell, these dogs can identify odour changes emitted prior an episode and alert the person to take preventative action.
We were introduced to the wonderful dogs and the science behind the sniff. It was a delightful experience for everyone, especially our canine-loving residents.
Residents enjoy a visit from Alf
Residents and colleagues of Mount Vale have enjoyed a visit from their special friend, Alf the therapy dog. Alf regularly visits the home to help boost resident morale and improve mental wellbeing and everyone really enjoys stroking and chatting with Alf.
We have many residents who have had dogs in the past including collie dogs and conversations turn into wonderful reminiscing sessions. We look forward to seeing you soon Alf!
Cat's Pyjamas live entertainment
We were delighted to welcome Cats Pyjamas to Mount Vale for an afternoon of live entertainment. They performed a medley of songs from the 60's,70's and 80's, along with songs from musicals such as South Pacific.
Residents had a wonderful time singing, twirling their shakers and moving to the music. Residents, commented how much they loved the variety of songs Carole sang and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
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 .....
