Activities at Elm Bank Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Tina Prosho
Hello my name is Tina and I am the Activities Coordinator here at Elm Bank Care Home.
I joined Elm Bank in May 2023 as a Team Leader soon becoming the Head of Care before moving to the role of Activities Coordinator and leading the team in January 2024. My passion is to provide life enriching activities that enhance the lives of our residents.
By providing entertainment that is not only stimulating but person-centred. Our weekly calendar offers rich experiences with music from live entertainers, visits to various locations outside the home of interest, as well as arts and crafts tailored to individual abilities. We are a pet friendly home and fully support the benefits animal therapy can bring to the lives of our residents and welcome animals of all kinds to the home on a regular basis.
Getting to know our residents better is so important, and through regular family and friends meetings we can gain a greater understanding of their loved ones' interests and life prior to joining Elm Bank that will make for a richer activities program to be developed. I look forward to getting to know you, and your loved ones.
We are always open to new ideas. If you would like to get involved in any of our Life Enrichment activities or have a skill, or project you'd like to share with our residents, please click here to contact me direct. New entertainers and community links are always welcome.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Elm Bank Care Home
Pride Party
The weather may not have been on our side to party in the grounds of Elm Bank however, that didn’t stop our residents, staff and visitors from having the best time in support of the LGBTQ+ community.
We gathered together to celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion with the most colourful party with guest singer Tara leading us all in song and plenty of dance!
Young Musician Performance
The joy of children visiting our home is clear on the faces of our residents.
We had the privilege of watching a private performance by a small group of students from St Peter's School Kettering last week.
These talented children had our staff and residents enthralled with their singing, and mastering of such wonderful instruments from Violin to Piano, Cello and Clarinet we all agreed they are such skilled musicians.
Our residents enjoyed getting to know each of the children and chatting to them about their instruments and hopes for the future.
We'd like to send a massive THANK YOU to the students and teachers for making our day so magical.
Kettering Library Pop-Up
We've been out in the local community with the Claremont Parkway and Elm Bank care home managers at Kettering Library. It was wonderful to meet so many people, find out more about life in Kettering and hand out homemade cakes, goodies and refreshments.
We hope to hold another pop up in a few weeks time. We'll be there again from 10am to 12 noon we've got lots of community events and forthcoming activities to tell you about!
Happy Fathers Day
Today at Elm Bank we celebrated Fathers Day with all of our gentlemen. They all enjoy a morning of gifts and chatting about their children, followed by a lovely Roast pork lunch. After, we had entertainment from Steve Carmel, our residents and visitors all joined singing and clapping along.
Taking it Nice 'n' Easy
More fun in the garden this afternoon with Nice N Easy Activity Show Community Group making us all smile, and sing in the sunshine!
Enjoying the Sunshine
This week we have been making the most of the amazing weather and having fun in the sun!
Getting out in the fresh air to do some of the weekly activities has been great. With lashing of sun cream on, sun hats and chairs strategically place in the shade our residents enjoyed the ‘Big Garden Quiz’ followed by a round of ‘Elm Bank Family Fortunes’.
During the quiz we all learnt new facts about fruit and vegetables which lead to the residents planning the purchase of new plants for the raised beds and greenhouse.
It’s been wonderful to relax in the Elm Bank garden, chatting about things we can do outside from general activities to garden parties!
Big thanks to the hospitality team for keeping us cool and hydrated, with fresh fruit, juice and ice creams, and special thanks to Home Manager; Katie for the super array of sun hats to ensure we all stay safe in sunshine.
Upcoming events
Monthly Community Café
Come along to our dementia friendly café 'Third Monday each month' from 2.30pm-4.00pm, meet with friends, enjoy light refreshments and a variety of activities.
Community Games Afternoon
We're welcoming our local community, families, and friends for a lovely weekly get-together.Join us every Thursday from 2-3.30pm for board games, floor games, and more!
Blue Light Breakfast
If you are part of the Emergency Services please drop by and have breakfast on us. The last Friday of the month 07.30am to 11.00am.
