Activities at Pinetree Care Home

'To be mentally stimulated'

That was one of the top answers to the question 'what do you think you would need most when coming to live at Pinetree'

Well today did just that. We had a visit from the very knowledgeable Mike Davies from the Rayleigh Town Museum to discuss and educate on all things Rayleigh.

We had a full turn out of residents and they all engaged in asking questions and learning new information about the town in which they live. They were particularly intrigued to find out that the footpath next to us was once, in fact the path that led down to the prisoner of war camp.

Its always good to learn and the residents went to lunch thrilled with their new found knowledge and even continued the conversations over their meal.

At Pinetree we believe that staff appreciation is incredibly valuable.

This month was the first one where we invited staff and residents to join together and highlight whom they believe deserves the special 'employee of the month' award.

Leigh-Ann, our incredibly hard working and exceptional Administrator won by an overwhelming majority.

Leigh-Ann comes in to work every day with a positive attitude and is always smiling and welcoming to the visitors to Pinetree, residents and their families.

Leigh-Ann loves her job and you can tell that by the hard work and dedication she puts in every single day. Thank you Leigh-Ann you are a very deserved winner.

Laura Glyde, General Manager presented Leigh-Ann with her certificate and her prize of a £25 voucher and said 'Thank you Leigh-Ann for everything you do, every day, for always being positive and smiling, for being professional always and for working so hard to make sure everything is carried out correctly. You are truly awesome'.

What an interesting afternoon.

We had a visit from lovely Quiller Hawkins this afternoon to discuss with our residents about the benefits of qigong.

Quiller says

"When we slow the body down it slows the mind. Through the ancient practice of qigong (pronounced chee gong), we can unlock trapped energy in the body and put it to better use – we do this through breathing, stretching, warming up, activating key parts of the body and then moving the body in flowing movements that brings your whole body out of fight and flight into a deep and lasting relaxation"

The residents asked loads of questions and really got into the spirit of things. They were giggling and talking about how they would practice their breathing whilst lying down later. So lovely to hear them together laughing and having shared interests.

They even asked Quiller to come back for more lessons, so we will be seeing him again soon.

Happiest of birthdays to our beautiful Claire.

We hope you have felt spoilt today as you deserve. The singing and laughter was so lovely to hear and we cant wait to share many more birthdays with you.

We all had so much fun celebrating the first birthday at Pinetree. We're looking forward to celebrating so many more!

Bringing different generations together is an essential part of what we aspire to do here at Pinetree.

The inter generational relationship is hugely important and brings deep joy to each person involved, which you can see by the smiles on the faces in the photos below.

Three of our little regular visitors Grace, Ella and Amelia spent some time with our residents playing games, singing songs, telling stories and making and delivering cards welcoming our lovely residents to their brand new homes.

To see the mutual respect and kindness between them all was complete delight.

Having fun and laughter around Pinetree is the best sound ever and we are loving every minute.

Some of our residents today have been making the most out of new friendships and the facilities they have available to them.

They started off with a little light breakfast whilst discussing the rest of their days plans.

United in their decision to make the enormous jigsaw in the activities room because, well 8 hands are better than 2 and then lunch and an afternoon film. Enjoying High Society with popcorn in their own private cinema - Why not.