Activities at Claremont Parkway Care Home

The residents of Claremont Parkway were thrilled to meet ‘Jasper’ the winner of our recent pet photo competition. Jasper and his owner were presented with their prize and Jasper took no time at all in enjoying his new toys!

Well done to everyone that entered.

Oh how we love all pets at Claremont Parkway where ever they live in the world. We even managed to go global with our little competition receiving a cat and dog entry from Kamiah in Idaho!

Our residents were treated to the beautiful sounds of the Harp, played by Pauline Vallance, who also sang. We heard many songs which were mostly requested by the residents, which included Edelweiss, Don’t cry for me Argentina, Wild Rover, Oh Danny Boy and many more. The residents thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon and danced the afternoon away to the harps harmonies. We look forward to Pauline coming back to perform for them again.

This weekend we took advantage of The Grand National to have fun at the races!

In the morning residents picked a horse to cheer on during the afternoon’s race. We had much discussion on what colours we would choose if we were a jockey, before studying the odds and race history before selecting our favourites.

The afternoon started similar to the horses with a little gentle exercise before Karen hosted the ‘Claremont Grand National’ a game full of fun and hilarious commentary courtesy of Karen that induced plenty of giggles.

Resident; Phyllis commented “That was the funniest game I have played in a long time.”

Before the race we stopped at the 1st fence for refreshments and played a word game to see how many we could make from ‘The Grand National’ before watching the actual race.

It was certainly Phyllis's day as her sweepstake horse romped ahead to win!!!

Thank you to everyone who entered our Pet Photography Competition!

Our residents had a wonderful day going through each entry and picking the winners. The day included clay animal model making and lots of reminiscing about their previous pets and favourite animals of the world.

The Pet competition winners were;

1st Prize 'Jasper'
2nd Prize 'Poppy'
Joint 3rd Prize 'Zoe' and 'Amba'

Congratulations to the owners and their perfect pooches! Please contact the Activities team to arrange collection of your prizes.

Our residents love a game of dominoes in the morning, our cafe is a super location with cakes and coffee close to hand to keep us going! In the afternoon we were all toe tapping and hand clapping as we were entertained by the very talented Steve Jay with a beautiful rendition of 'I dreamed a dream' and many other songs that brought happy dancehall memories come flooding back. 

Yesterday we started the afternoon activities with our hand exercises, which the residents are finding beneficial and as the weeks roll round we will be starting them with other gentle exercises as well as some relaxation to help with our physical and mental wellbeing!

We then played a physical game with encouragement to try and use a different throwing technique. Mary beat everyone with a very high score, this was followed by a quiz and facts on mythical creatures and legends.

We stopped briefly for refreshments and to sing 'Happy Birthday' to Derek before enjoying some of his cake made by Jorge the chef and finished the day with a game of snakes and ladders