Activities at Elgar Court Care Home

Michael's family travelled from far and wide to celebrate his birthday with him this weekend at Elgar Court. Michael is a man who has travelled extensively all his life, and his family worked with our Chef to theme his birthday feast of 'Food from around the World'. However, just look at that magnificent cake his family made just for him - we were certainly impressed! A resident's Birthday, family gatherings and social events are very important to us at Elgar Court, and an opportunity to gather with their loved ones, share stories, and make more memories.

At Elgar Court, we will do all we can to ensure our residents live life well with us and have special moments like this.

Happy birthday Michael!

Residents are always keen to go out on country drives and find news places to visit - and cake to enjoy! This week, a new hotspot was found in The Cafe, at Barton Court in Colwall. This treasure of a cafe is set in beautiful countryside surroundings, and as you can see the group is thoroughly enjoying a relaxing morning with friends.

This week we decided to have a trip to Tewkesbury and enjoy the wonderful views of the River Severn over tea and cake. But by popular consensus, it was ice creams and squash all the way because of the splendid weather! It was a chance to catch up, chat about life and enjoy the scenery and more importantly, get to know our new guests more. Respite breaks are an ideal ways to take a mini holiday from day to day life or to recuperate after an illness - and quite often, guests decide to stay after sampling life at Elgar Court and the services and lifestyle we offer.

At Elgar Court, trips out, Social and physical activities are not just our only weekly activities, but togetherness opportunities to spend time with each other in our home - especially when it's too hot to go out and air conditioning in our Cafe was the order of the day!  Discombobulated is an informal adjective meaning confused or disordered and our residents had to come up with as many words as possible using the letters in this word. There was certainly no confusion or disorder amongst residents as they had made well over 150 words! Management and staff were truly stumped at the combinations and we were truly out performed by these mighty geniuses!   

How many words can you make?

Congratulations to Jannik Sinner and Carolos Alcaraz for a really exciting match at Wimbledon, with a very close game throughout, but Jannik Sinner taking the Wimbledon Cup this year!  

Residents and guests from our local Malvern community, enjoyed bowls of delicious Strawberries and Cream in our air conditioned home while watching this gripping match  and it's certainly the way we like to watch Wimbledon in our home!

Our Community Allotment and flora around our home is in abundance and full bloom thanks to the care from our team and residents. Residents and staff love getting out and about and tending to our vegetable patches and flowers. Pictured here is Sarah our Senior General Manager (Left) and Kerrie our Activities leader with freshly pulled carrots for our crudites!

At Elgar Court, we always like to ensure daily life in our home is always something residents look forward to each day. Our life enrichment doesn't just stop at daily outings and in house entertainment for residents, but our chefs work hard to find new ways to make each meal time a daily event to look forward to. And as you can see from one of our tea time buffets, and cafe treats, there is a reason why choose our home to live in.  

Why not come and find out for yourself and try our events and or a respite break in our home?

This week, Anne and Helen celebrated and shared their birthdays with everyone in our home! The sound of the Mr Whippy ice-cream van trilled around carpark for all to hear as we queued up for a delicious ice cream delight!

Enjoying the sun and soaking up the atmosphere, the girls were thrilled to share their joy !

What a lovely coffee morning we had on our Royal Ascot Ladies Day! Hats galore were the order of the day with a glass of Prosecco to toast this annual event. All money raised will go to our Barchester foundation charity.   The residents thanked everyone who came, including Best Hat winner, Sue Page pictured here. Here's to next year!