Activities at Elm Bank Care Home

Thank you to Honorata for coming into the home and creating some wonderful art with the residents. Blossom Trail residents enjoyed experimenting with different tools and paint to create some abstract masterpieces. We can't wait for them to dry and get displayed around the home for our families to see.

Birthdays are always a special occasion at Elm Bank care home, and our latest birthday girls' celebration was no different. Although this one took our beautiful resident; Kathleen Chapman into 3 digits as we had the enormous pleasure of wishing her a very Happy 100th Birthday! 

Please join us in congratulating Kathleen on becoming a 'Kettering Centenarian'.

Kathleen and her husband Fred married in 1945, with their 78th wedding anniversary due later this year, it's going to be quite the year to remember. The loving couple lived in Gloucestershire for most of their lives before retiring to Kettering 30 years ago, to be closer to their son and extended family.

The happy couple, now enjoy living at Elm Bank and being close to their children; grandchildren and great grandchildren!

With several serenades from our visiting musical duo ‘Nice and Easy’, Kathleen and her Elm Bank friends had a super time singing away to their favourite songs. All together in the lounge, we sang 'Happy Birthday to Kathleen' as she received her birthday flowers, and luxurious cake created by Head Chef; Sharntelle saying 'it looked too pretty to slice' 

We all wish Kathleen many more happy birthdays with her Elm Bank family.

This afternoon Blossom Trail Residents had a Namaste Session.

These Namaste Sessions are focused around the seven senses, touch, sight, sound, taste, smell, vestibular (movement) and proprioception (spacial awareness). The environment was calming with nature sounds and sensory lights, we used our magic table to project flowers onto the ceiling for a more relaxing atmosphere. We spent time enjoying our afternoon tea and cake whilst watching the wildlife outside our window.

Mary said "I had so much fun and will come back again, I liked the flowers on the ceiling".

Yvonne said "I like the rainbow ball". Yvonne particularly enjoyed the tactile feeling of the rainbow string ball and bouncing it.

Thank you to Lesley Ann Vocalist Entertainer and Katie Rose Vocalist for coming to our Open Day today. The residents had such a wonderful afternoon singing and dancing to their favourite songs.

We look forward to seeing you again soon for some more cheerful musical afternoons.

Please join us in congratulating Care Assistant; Stacey Rogers on receiving her prestigious Long Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 10 years! 

Stacey has worked with residents and their relatives at Elm Bank to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.

Adele Keenan, Employee Services Director at Barchester said: “I’m always pleased to hear stories about the long service of Barchester staff and am delighted Stacey has achieved this milestone. It is dedication like this that ensures our residents are provided with a happy place to live.”

Katie Hudson, General Manager of Elm Bank said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 10 years of loyal service with Stacey. She has demonstrated her dedication and loyalty to this home and its residents year after year. Stacey is a real asset to the team on our Daisy Lane community; extremely passionate and understanding. We hope she enjoys the flowers and voucher, I speak for all of us here at Elm Bank when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Stacey.”

The Elm Bank Gardening Club is back up and running! We're looking forward to getting outside once the weather improves, but for now our seeds will be nurtured indoors until ready for planting.