Activities at Waterside Court Care Home

Residents and staff had a fabulous time celebrating Ascot. Residents donned glamorous hats and fancy suits and dresses whilst enjoying a tasty selection of home-made treats and Pimm’s. The Activitiy team also put our recently-obtained skills from our flower-arranging masterclass to the test by creatively decorating the home with an array of stunning flower arrangements.

 May Kidner, Activity Coordinator at Waterside Court, said: “We had an amazing time and residents loved dressing up for the occasion. We involved family members and asked them to celebrate with us too. Whilst the weather meant we couldn’t hold the event outside, family members booked indoor visits and also donned some formal attire to enjoy the celebrations with their loved ones.”

It's been lovely to see residents at Waterside Court enjoy this spectacular weather with their families. Our Head Chef prepared a delicious, home-made Afternoon Tea for one of our residents to enjoy with four of his family members in the garden.

With the latest guidelines now allowing numbers of up to 30 outdoors, we have been able to host a variety of activities and events and have many more planned for the coming weeks, including celebrating World Chocolate Day, the UEFA cup final and we’ll even be holding our own Eisteddfod Festival using our brand new gazebo!

You better beer-lieve that residents at Waterside Court were more than hoppy to raise a glass, and sample some top ales, in celebration of National Beer Day.

Our Activity Team prepared a lovely selection of different beers for residents to try, along with some tasty savoury treats to compliment the different flavours. 

Roxana Moldovan, General Manager at Waterside Court, said: “We love socialising and celebrating all kind of events, it is wonderful now that we can invite family and friends into our garden to join in events. National Beer Day is a day that the residents really enjoy, who doesn’t enjoy a cold beer on a summer’s day!”

Cheers to a wonderful afternoon! 

Residents and staff at Waterside Court celebrated National Carers Week, which took place from 7th – 13th June. Residents wanted to thank all of the wonderful staff at the home, whose hard work and dedication make a real difference to the lives of those living in their care.

Carers Week is an annual event to raise awareness of caring, highlighting the challenges carers face, and recognising the contribution they make to our residents, families and communities throughout the UK. The theme for Carers Week this year is ‘Making caring visible and valued’ - to shine a light on all those who work tirelessly behind the scenes to care for vulnerable people in our communities.

Staff were treated to “Thank You” goodies from Barchester and enjoyed a wonderful presentation, where we were overjoyed by one of our residents who took it upon himself to stand and give the most amazing, heart-felt speech.

Michael, a resident at Waterside Court, said: “We are grateful to all of you carers for the incredible work that you do. You always support and help us and it’s been lovely staying here with you all. There are such lovely personalities here and it's been a delight.”

One of the activities that residents enjoy at Waterside Court is having a good natter with our "Throw and Tell" memory ball. Residents pass the ball to each other and are given conversation prompts, such as “favourite biscuits”, “where I grew up”, “best childhood memory” and much more.

This simple but effective resource is a great way to encourage conversations between residents and lead reminiscence discussions. It’s also been a fun way for residents and staff to get to know each other a bit more. The “Throw and Tell” ball has another benefit of helping new residents to “break the ice” when they first move in, as the activity helps them get to know others quickly and easily, whilst also having fun.

There were smiles all round at Waterside Court as residents enjoyed an outdoor cinema experience and afternoon tea with their loved ones.

Just like the rest of the country, Government guidelines for care homes are starting to relax and up to 30 people can now come together again safely in outdoor spaces.

Roxana Moldovan, General Manager at Waterside Court commented: “It is great to be able to open up our gardens again and have family members join residents for activities. We have really missed being able to welcome them into our home during lockdown, although we’ve been facilitating lots of individual, booked family visits.  It’s lovely to be able to host events in the garden again now that lockdown is easing and the weather is getting warmer.”

In addition to afternoon tea, families and residents were treated to some cinema-themed snacks, which included a selection of individually wrapped chocolates, an array of soft drinks and, of course, popcorn!

We look forward to embracing the summer weather and can't wait to host more outdoor events for both residents and their families.