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
Garden time
Our Garden offers our provides our residents with the space to have one to one relaxing time , therapeutic and physical time , watering the flowers and doing daily activities that are meaningful and person centred. But also it gives everyone the opportunity to gather and do group newspaper reading, having a game of football and tending to the garden together.
Clay time
We had the most amazing time with “Claytime Stockport" introduced to us by Care Assistant Amang. Claytime Stockport aims to enable people to express themselves and potentially gain therapeutic benefits through working with clay”.
We had sun hats ready, rolled our sleeves up and got our hands dirty making our very own personal keep sakes. What a fabulous fun time we had.
Opera performance
Our homes had a fabulous time with the talented soprano Astrid Joos from Street Theatre. Astrid spoke about a selection of famous operas and our residents were treated to performances of wonderful arias from operas well-known to all, such as ‘Giuditta’, ‘Don Giovanni’ and ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’.
It was a lovely experience, truly enjoyed by all.
Home pay their respects
Residents and staff at Arbour Court in Marple paid their respects to soldiers past and present on Armed Forces Day which took place on Wednesday 6th July.
Armed Forces Day is a chance to show support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community from currently serving troops to Service families, veterans and cadets. This year Arbour Court marked the occasion with a themed gathering to honour past and presents forces. There was live entertainment by popular vocalist, Sam Jones who paid tribute to two very special guests, Army and Navy war Veterans Harry and Bill. They also planted a rose tree in the homes beautiful grounds to mark this special day and occasion.
Residents, along with their families and friends, were able to enjoy a delicious afternoon tea with, cakes and pastries courtesy of head chef Edmundo as Sam played and veterans as war heroes told stories about their past adventures and even danced the day away.
Dr Tim Howard discusses book
Residents across our homes had a lovely time joining Dr Tim Howard, 4th generation GP, whose whole life has been about patient care, for an exciting virtual event to discuss his novel ‘Let’s Kill All The Lawyers’.
The novel is a medical fiction thriller that explores the impact of life and death events, mistakes and forgiveness, and the impact of law and justice on the day- to-day lives of ordinary people doing their best in difficult circumstances.
Residents had the chance to ask their own questions once the discussion was over and a great time was had by all.
Virtual book event
Residents across our services had a lovely time joining Daniel Snowman, for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘Just Passing Through’.
Author of over a dozen books, Daniel Snowman’s long and active life has led him to interact in countless ways with the wider world and with some of its most famous inhabitants. His memoir evokes these experiences via a series of vivid literary vignettes.
Residents across the homes found the talk very intriguing and informative, and were happy to learn more about Daniel’s experiences around the world. Book club corner is part of our varied life enrichment programme. A great time was had by all.
