Activities at Arbour Court Care Home
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a variety of activities and events for all residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus, visits from entertainers and musicians and small group and individual activities in quiet yet stimulating environments. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect resident individual interests as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
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 Arbour Court Care Home
Royal Botanic Garden
Our homes enjoyed a wonderful virtual tour of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh with Community Engagement Manager, Charlotte Walker, and Botanic Cottage Operations Co-ordinator, Laura Gallagher.
The residents were thrilled to learn more about the history of the beautiful Garden, which is now a home to an impressive plant collection from around the world.
Charlotte and Laura also gave a demonstration of making fresh herbal tea and were happy to answer our questions. The virtual experience was truly enjoyed by all who joined.
Wallace Collection
Our homes had a fantastic time joining members of the Wallace Collection for an amazing sensory session.
During the live virtual experience, our residents explored one of the museum’s most beautiful Dutch flower paintings and learnt new drawing techniques.
We cannot wait to put our creative skills to a test and produce beautiful paintings of our own.
Everyone enjoyed the lovely talk, we all had lots of fun and it’s given us plenty of ideas.
The great outdoors!
Our residents enjoy nothing more than time out in our garden during the cooler periods of these hot days. We roll our trousers up, sun cream and hats on and enjoy a variety of games, relaxation, and SMILES smiles smiles and laughter as we talk about holidays gone by...... absolutely the best days by far.
Some days we just go out to get the air, our garden is very calming and we encourage our families to join us or to visit with their loved ones and enjoy afternoon teas there.
A special thank you
Our dedicated hard working team were gifted with two boxes of cup cakes to say thank you for all that they do. To know how we make a difference to our residents and families is such a proud moment. A thoughtful gesture.
Rocky comes to visit
Rocky is back by request bringing smiles and happiness to all. Rocky is amazing for our residents wellbeing as he gets us out walking, he stimulates memories and reminiscence and encourages interactions amongst quieter individuals. He provides the same love and smiles to our residents that are in their rooms. What a difference a dog makes as part of our pet therapy sessions.
Musical mystery tour
Our homes had a brilliant time with curator Sarah Deters as she took us on a virtual ‘Music Through the Ages’ tour of St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room and Music Museum.
Our residents were thrilled to discover weird and wonderful musical instruments, hear their unusual sounds, and find out how instruments have changed over the last 500 years.
The virtual live event explored the world-renown collection of musical instruments on display at St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall.
