Activities at Adlington Manor Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Lynne Bowler
I joined the activities team at Adlington Manor in May 2017. Previously, I have worked as a tree surgeon and have had heavy involvement with the Guides and Brownies. I love participating in activities with residents, whether that's by driving the minibus on trips outside the home, or by engaging in themed days.
I am passionate about my role and especially the challenge of coming up with new ways to engage as many residents as possible in our activities here.
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 Adlington Manor Care Home
St Patrick’s Day
We celebrated St Patrick’s Day in style this month. All the staff members got dressed up in their best green outfits and helped the residents get stuck into the celebrations.
We made some Shamrock paper decorations to stick around the home and bring us all some luck. We also spent the morning baking a chocolate and Baileys cakes with a Baileys buttercream.
For lunch, the residents enjoyed a traditional Irish stew with potatoes and cabbage. When the tea trolley went around in the afternoon, in addition to our usual choices we also had Irish coffee, Guinness or a little glass of Baileys on offer. We certainly enjoyed our little afternoon tipple!
Easter Fun
To celebrate Easter this year, we go busy making personalised decorations, which we put up around the home. We also spend the afternoon making chocolate cornflake nests, topped off with some Mini-eggs, which went down a treat.
On Easter Sundays all the residents and staff were visited by the Easter Bunny who was delivering chocolate treats for everyone!
Enjoying the Garden
We have been lucky enough to have had some beautiful weather recently, which was the perfect excuse to get outside into our beautiful gardens.
We had lunch ‘al fresco’, enjoyed a glass of Pimms and lemonade, and spent time walking around the grounds looking at all the beautiful plants and flowers.
Cheshire Woman of the Year Awards
A local woman is through to the Cheshire Woman of the Year Awards. Kelly-Anne Livingstone, Senior Carer, has been selected for her achievements in being an amazing and inspiring woman in Cheshire by caring for the elderly. The prestigious Cheshire Woman of the Year Awards are organised by NSPCC, and they aim to recognise women from all walks of life for their personal courage, services to the community and outstanding professional achievements.
Rock 'N' Roll Day
To mark Elvis’s birthday, we held our annual Rock ’n’ Roll day at the beginning of January. Staff came dressed as pink ladies and greasers, while the residents enjoyed a variety of Rock ‘n’ Roll inspired activities. To top it off, we were visited by Elvis himself, who quickly had the residents singing along and tapping their feet.
Even visiting family members couldn’t resist joining in with some swing dancing.
A Month Of Celebrations
January has been a month packed with celebrations. We kicked it off by seeing in the New Year 12 hours early. Many of our residents and staff would have missed the New Year celebrations as they are past our usual bedtimes. So, we decided to count down to 2020 with the people living in Australia. We made home-made party hats and had our glasses of Bucks Fizz ready to watch the fireworks over the harbour, which we live-streamed from Sydney.
We have also seen in the Chinese New Year this month. To celebrate the year of the Rat, we tried our hand at some Chinese lettering. Our Head Chef whipped up an authentic Chinese feast, which was better than any take-away!
