Activities at Elgar Court Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
Kerrie Perks
Hello, My name is Kerrie and I provide the unique life enrichment for residents at Elgar Court. I moved to Malvern 12 years ago to live with my fiance and we have two tortoises and a snake. I love to play Dungeons and Dragons with my friends. I am very 'outdoorsy' and used to ride horses and compete nationally in athletics, specialising in track and field for Redditch and Bromsgrove athletics club. In my spare time, I love being in the kitchen and making treats for my family.
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 Elgar Court Care Home
Music - Age UK Music Group
Age UK packed our Activity Room out again this week with residents and guests from Malvern. Age UK’s musical memories group is a fun way to enjoy a Friday morning and make new friends. If you would like to join us, please contact Kirsty at Age UK (Tel: 01684 560666) to book your place or the team at Elgar Court.
Café Life - Piano
Tinkling the ivories in our home. Ever one to spot the opportunities on free cycle, our activities co-ordinator put out a call, and the lovely of Worcestershire answered, with the most beautiful piano made in 1903 – who incidentally got it on free cycle too! All it needs is some fine tuning from our ever talented Maria.
If anyone would like to play a few tunes for our residents, please do contact us. 01684 211720
Easter Egg competition – The Faberge Egg
We don’t do things by halves at Elgar Court. So when the Barchester Easter cake competition was announced, we thought what could be more fitting than to demonstrate our lifestyle at Elgar Court, than a cake in the design of an elegant Faberge egg! Pictured here is the Lillies of the Valley Faberge egg made and decorated by Maria. The original egg is just as exquisite and was given to Tsar Nicholas by Karl Faberge 1898. Fingers crossed we win
A day in the life of……Maria – Activities Leader
Welcome to the day in the life of our Activities leader Maria. Catch her if you can, as Maria is always busy creating, running arts and crafts classes, driving Mini bus Mable on outings with residents and generally being a super duper, indispensable member of our team. From show stopping, award winning celebration cakes, (remember our Christmas bauble cakes we donated to the food banks to our latest awesome homage to Karl Faberge’s Lillies of the Valley egg), to wheeling round the pre-dinner drinks trolley to relaxing and soothing aromatherapy hand massages – which resident adore, Maria is another valued member of Elgar Court!
Say hello to Noodle, our new furry mascot
We have been very blessed with Pets As Therapy, the charity visiting our home since we opened, and we are pleased to announce that we now have a permanent mascot, Noodle.
Noodle doesn’t live at our home permanently, but he is another daily friendly face that residents can enjoy and cuddle and take for walks!
Wowing with Watercolours!
Our Activities room has become a really focus for our residents in recent months, with everyone wanting to explore the range of activities we have to offer. Alice (103 years) produced the most wonderful watercolour floral abstracts, and we just watched in awe at the beautiful work she produced – we are hoping to run an art competition with the Malvern community in the next few months, so watch this space!
Upcoming events
British Flower Week - 18 June
It's British Flower Week and we will be demonstrating British floral arrangements - come and have a go! 3pm - 4.30pm
Pudding Club - 20 June
Join us at our monthly Pudding Club and enjoy favourite puddings from past and present. 3pm. Please book your place.
Royal Ascot 'Ladies Day' Coffee Morning - 19 June
Turn up in your BEST Royal Ascot Ladies Day Hat! All donations raised go to our annual Tour de Barchester Race fundraiser. Prize for BEST Hat! 10.30am-12.30pm.
Open Day - 21 June
Are you looking for unique care for your loved one? Come to our home and meet our excellent care teams who give specialist, person centered care. 10am - 4pm
Piano Hedgehog - 23 June
Monday melodies with our ever popular songman, the Piano Hedgehog! The theme this month are summertime songs. Everyone welcome. 2.30pm
SPECSAVERS Home Visits - Register - 25 June
Find out why Sheila loves her new hearing aids! Meet the Specsavers team and Register for a free home visit after an initial assessment. 10.30am-3pm.
‘Latte Laughs’ Community Café - 25 June
Welcoming everyone caring for their loved ones to our ‘Latte Laughs’ Community Café. Relax and meet new friends. 10am - 12.30pm
The Malarkeys - 27 June
Musical coffee morning in aid of the charity, Cancer Research. Enjoy these amazing maestros and our complimentary refreshments - all donations go to charity! 11am
Singing for Joy! 27 June
Singing for Joy! Join us for a morning of joyful singing to classic songs and raise your spirits! People living with Dementia are especially encouraged to come. 10am - 12.30pm
