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
New Stitch Crafts
Our residents enjoy getting to grips with new techniques. Yesterday's Arts & Crafts session with Atlanta and the care team on our Daisy Lane community was ideal for improving their hand-eye coordination.
By carefully feeding thread through the pre-punched holes, our residents enjoyed seeing the pattern come to life! Each one as unique as the resident giving it a go.
World Turtle Day
In ‘shellibration’ of World Turtle Day on 23rd May 2023, the yearly observance for the protection of turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world. Activities Assistants; Emily and Atlanta set up a Turtle inspired Arts & Crafts afternoon of colouring and card making.
Mental Health Awareness Gift of Kindeness
The wonderful young students Hall Meadow Primary School marked Mental Health Awareness Week by creating some beautiful kindness cards for the residents at Elm Bank.
This year’s theme is anxiety and how it can get out of control and become a mental health problem. The delivery of these brightly designed cards with hand written words of kindness certainly lifted the sprits of our residents and staff.
General Manager, Katie Hudson, said: “Mental Health Awareness Week is a really worthwhile initiative. Our activities team and staff have spent time with our residents to read the kind words from the children.
We thank them for thinking of us and continuing to find ways to stay connected, and look forward to their next visit. Hopefully this will be the start of a regular PenPal scheme with our residents already starting to write back."
Trip to the Theatre CLUEDOWHODOH!
What a wonderful performance by the Starlight Dance & Musical Theatre School in Kettering; CLUEDOWHODOH!
Resident; Norma had a marvellous time on Saturday night being part of the audience watching the young Starlight performers in this high energy production based around everyone’s favourite board games including Monopoly, Cluedo and even Buckeroo!
It was Norma’s wish to attend a show after meeting Activities Assistant; Emily’s daughter Lacey and talking to her about her Dance school last summer.
Norma absolutely loves it when local children visit the home and dance for our residents, always commenting “it reminds me of when I used to dance”.
We’d like to send a big THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS to the performers’ Starlight Kettering for putting on such a super show, choreographed and directed by Jacc Batch BA(hons).
Dementia Action Week and Cafe Launch
On Monday 15th May 2023, staff and residents at Elm Bank care home in Kettering marked the launch of ‘Dementia Action Week’ alongside Mayor of Kettering; Cllr Keli Watts with the opening of our monthly Dementia Friendly Community Café.
Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning – thinking, remembering, reasoning – which can affect a person’s day to day life and activities. Functions that can be impacted are memory, language skills, visual perception, problem solving, self-management and the ability to focus and pay attention. The number of people living with dementia in the UK is forecast to increase to over 1m.
Joined by Cllr Keli Watts on what would be her final Mayoral engagement for the year. Residents, staff and guests enjoyed playing games and chatting together over café snacks prepared by Sophie and the home’s hospitality team.
During the fun-filled day Cllr Watts had the opportunity to meet with Elm Bank’s oldest female resident; the wonderful Doris who, at 102 years-young happens to have the same birthday as Mayor Keli!
General Manager, Katie Hudson, said: “We want to thank Cllr Watts and everyone who joined us launch Dementia Action Week and support our efforts in turning Kettering Blue by wearing blue in recognition of all those living with dementia and donated to the cause by purchasing cakes from our pop-up stall.
We know the importance of supporting our local community, the café is fully complimentary and a great way to relax, make new friends and find out information about Alzheimer’s and dementia from our specially trained staff and guest speakers.
Save the date of next months café in your diary 19/06/23; we look forward to welcoming you.”
International Nurses’ Day Thank You's
In 2023, the theme for International Nurses’ Day is... Our Nurses. Our Future.
International Nurses’ Day is a day to give thanks for the dedication of care givers everywhere, who go above and beyond the call of duty to deliver extraordinary care and support.
On Friday 12th May, in celebration of Florence Nightingale’s birthday and founder of modern nursing our General Manager; Katie Hudson had the opportunity to meet some wonderful nurses across the local community, nurses who provide support to our residents and countless others in and around Kettering.
Everyone at Elm Bank care home sends you the biggest thank you on International Nurses Day. We all hope you enjoy the home-made cakes and goodies.
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.
