Activities at Ottley House Care Home

Thursday 29th August we celebrated Brian’s big 90th birthday. He had an amazing day and celebrated with his family. They threw him a party which was held in the coffee shop. The chef made an amazing cake and his family brought him some of his favourite buffet food. We all sang happy birthday and Brian even gave us a yodel. He had a fantastic day and didn’t stop smiling.

On Friday the 16th August we had some fantastic volunteers from the YMCA Wellington come to our home and help with our gardens. They worked so hard all day to make our gardens look amazing with our gardener Andre. Our manager Kuda was also outside all day helping with the gardens. The gardens look amazing now and we all said a massive thank you to them for coming as it was a big job.

On Friday 16th August we turned our coffee lounge into the beach for our residents. We had blow up inflatables, a sand pit and a candy floss machine. They got to enjoy fish and chips for lunch, which always goes down well. The residents absolutely loved it. They got to enjoy ice creams in a cone with a flake and played beach ball. There were plenty of snacks and drinks. Their favourite was the Pimm’s. We all sang some summer songs and everyone did the YMCA. We even had seagulls hanging from the ceiling. Activities staff all dress up In summer clothes to make the afternoon even better. Residents couldn’t stop talking about it for the rest of the day.

Staff were treated with a McDonalds and cans of pop at the recent staff meeting. It was a very well deserved for all the hard work from staff with all the recent changes that have been happening in the home. The staff were very great full and enjoyed every bit of the treat. There was something for everyone.

On the 3rd of August we had our annual summer fete. We went with a country and western theme this year and it went down a treat. We had live entertainment from the amazing Mike and Barrie who sang some amazing country songs. We had our raffle, which first prize was a wheel barrow full of alcohol. Our wheelbarrow was kindly donated by Travis Perkins in Much Wenlock. We had a couple of stall from outside the home one was a crochet stall and the other was a face painting stall which all the kids loved. We had the favourite staff which was tombola, everyone always comes back for more once they’ve won once or twice. The families and residents loved sitting in our gardens enjoying the BBQ, Pimm’s and Eton mess in the sun. We had a visit from Rupert the dementia horse who went round the home to meet the residents , they loved brushing his hair. Then we even had a guest appearance from the one and only Dolly Parton. It was a great day and everyone enjoyed themselves.

Our residents went to Hoo Zoo on Friday 19th July. We met up with one of our colleague  and  her son their which was lovely. The residents had a great time looking and seeing all the different animals. We even got to stoke a goat. They had smiles all day and the sun was shining. One of the residents we took used to like and work on a farm and she loved seeing all the different types of farm animals and it was bringing back memories for her.

Hoo zoo and dinosaur kingdom is based in Telford. It has many different types of animals from meerkats, llamas and lambs to owls and otters. There is even a owl who was used in the harry potter film franchise.