Activities at The Cedars Bourne Care Home
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
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Helen Hudson
Hello. I’m Helen, the Activities Coordinator at The Cedars. I joined the team in 2021 and I have lots of skills that I can use to create an interesting and varied programme of activities, events and celebrations for residents to enjoy. I am a qualified holistic therapist and offer an holistic approach to activities in the home, I love creating new activities that our residents enjoy, taking residents out on day trips and promoting wellbeing through lots of different activities. When I am not at work I love playing my clarinet, crocheting and art - I use all of these in my role.
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Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 The Cedars Bourne Care Home
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Michelle's Petting Party
We are really getting into Easter celebrations here at The Cedars with another visit from our favourite furry friends of Michelle's Petting Party. Our residents really enjoyed seeing the baby and older rabbits, guinea pigs, cat, dog, canary and hamster, and all got a chance to cuddle and feed them. Residents were visited in the Garden Lounge or in their own rooms to make sure that no-one missed these adorable visitors.
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Residents lend their ears to live performance
Residents and guests at The Cedars Care Home in Bourne enjoyed an afternoon of music and fun with a live concert performance that took place at the home. Local vintage singer Alan Jackson performed a selection of popular songs from the 1920’s to the 1990’s including Mr Bojangles, The Young Ones and Delilah in the Garden Lounge.
Residents joined in with the singing, and were invited to put in their requests. Resident Janet Hawker was serenaded with ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ on one knee! Guests and residents laughed along with Alan’s wonderful anecdotes and comedic interjections.
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St. Patrick's Day
Happy St Patrick's Day! We had so much today finding flowers in the sunshine, before celebrating St Patrick's Day in style. Residents were given a themed activity book with information about the history of the day, before being treated to an afternoon of potato bowling and Rainbow Sparkle Smoothies. We were also treated to a live concert from our online partner Oomph and vintage singer Alan. It was so much fun!
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Mothers Day
Today our home was beautifully decorated with fresh flowers and balloons in recognition of Mother’s Day and all the mothers in our home.
Over the weekend, we arranged individual flower deliveries for all of our female residents and a bookable afternoon cream tea with prosecco. We enjoyed discussions about our own families and the role of motherhood, whilst taking advantage of the weather to make a start on our new sensory garden area.
There were smiles all around the home.
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Stonestreet Sounds
Today we had a wonderful afternoon of nostalgia and musical reminiscence from the wonderful duo at Stonestreet Sounds; who entertained us with a nostalgic look at South Kesteven through photos and video. The beautiful images were projected onto a 5 foot screen; and were accompanied by a selection of music from the 20th century, including "The White Cliffs of Dover", "Singin' in the Rain" and "You are My Sunshine". As a finale, residents were then given the opportunity to request a song, which was displayed on the large screen along with their names.
Residents said they really enjoyed the chance to reminisce. John Clingo said it 'brings back memories ' and Brian Hicks said it 'was wonderful'
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Sensory story telling
Aross our services, 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.
Upcoming events
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Musical Performance
Join us for a summer themed musical perfomance in our beautiful garden lounge.
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Newsletter - July
Hot off the press. read all about the latest goings on in our home's newsletter.
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Could you be a Volunteer?
We recognise the impact a Volunteer can make on the lives of our residents, do you have any spare time? For more information we'd love to hear from you.
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Looking for a place to host a meeting?
For more information why not pop in and see what Cedars Bourne can offer you.
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Coffee Morning
Come and enjoy a morning of good company, refreshments and a slice of home made cake.
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Professionals Break room - weekly
We extend a warm invitation to professionals in our local community to join us each week and take a break on us.
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Retired Nurses Club - 3rd Friday of the month
Once a nurse, always a nurse - join us for our monthly Retired Nurses Club - all welcome.