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
Faraway Children Easter Treats
This week we had the enormous pleasure of delivering a bumper donation of Easter eggs and soft toys to Claudia and Operations Manager, Emma at Service Six who will ensure the distribution of gifts to Faraway Children's Charity
We'd like to send a heart-warming thank you to everyone who helped the Elm Bank team collect so many wonderful gifts. From visitors of the home, to resident friends and family members, Elm Bank staff and Julia, the Community Champion at Morrisons Kettering Community.
THANK YOU - We hope these gifts of kindness put a smile on the faces of the Faraway children.
Easy Easter Bakes
Easter Baking Club - our residents had a yummy time mixing cornflakes with chocolate to make some super crispy chocolate egg nests we all enjoyed with afternoon tea.
Easter Day Spring-time Fun
Our Easter Celebrations were full of the wonderful Spring sunshine which filled our hearts with joy now we can get back out into our garden.
We decorated Easter Bonnets, and had our own egg hunt in the garden. We all enjoyed an afternoon of Easter treats and a buffet whilst reminiscing and having a good laugh with our friends.
Easter Intergenerational Activities
The delightful young students from Abeona Warkton Nursery Kettering Northamptonshire joined us to take part in an Easter themed creative session. They helped make hand print bunnies and decorative bags for our Easter egg hunt before taking time to watch our ducklings Lucky and Nugget take their first swim.
Miniture Donkey's Visit
Today we had a visit from Magical Minis, Lovable Miniature Donkeys. Freya and Tallulah were very well behaved and brought so much joy to our residents on Bluebell Walk.
Gwen described them as "lovely donkeys" The residents enjoyed getting to meet both donkeys, stroking and getting to know all about Freya and Tallulah.
Easter Donation from Morrisons
We'd like to send a massive THANK YOU to Julia, the Community Champion at Morrisons Kettering Community for their huge donation of chocolate eggs for the children at Faraway Children's Charity.
The generosity of others warms our hearts.
If you can help, please show your support by dropping off your gift at Elm Bank reception before 5pm Friday 7th April. Kerrie is also happy to collect; to arrange please call her on 01536 313520 or email ElmBank.Activities@barchester.com
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.
