Activities at Fountains 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.
Louise Crooks
Hello I am Louise, my first role with Barchester was caring for our residents. Previously I worked in an early years environment for 17 years where I organised activities and events. I am thrilled to now be Activities Lead and being able to continue enriching the life’s of our lovely residents here at Fountains.
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 Fountains Care Home
Lucent Financial Planners
Fountains were delighted to welcome Kelly from Lucent Financial Planning yesterday for our monthly financial support clinics.
General Manager Arvinder said ‘’Here at Fountains we recognise that as a country we are facing a very difficult time within our economy at present, affecting all aspects of life including our finances. With that in mind, we are delighted to have teamed up Kelly, a SOLLA accredited chartered financial planner, who will be ready to help answer any burning questions you may have about financing later life care for you or a loved one.‘’
Home Services Advisor Darren said: ‘’As well as the opportunity to meet with Kelly, we’d be delighted to give you a guided tour of our beautiful home and the chance to meet with our General Manager Arvinder over a slice of our delicious home made treats and a hot drink.’’
Music Is Good For The Soul
Here at Fountains we know how important music is and how it can bring back so many happy memories.
Today we welcomed in Victoria who is part of the Dementia choir and she lifted our souls with song.
The residents all had song sheets and joined in with the many songs being sang. One resident commented “this has been absolutely marvellous”
We all enjoyed freshly baked cookies and drinks while we joined in singing many familiar songs and tunes.
Pumpkin Carving
One of today’s activities was to reminisce about our childhood and the pumpkin carving we did with our families.
We discussed where we used to get the pumpkins from, if we created any recipes with the pumpkins, and we laughed as we created the pumpkins faces.
One of the residents was fascinated by the texture and scent of the pumpkin as she scooped out the middle.
How amazing it was to be joined by one of the residents families and how this brought so much joy to our other residents.
Cheers
When you join us here at Fountains, your loved ones become part of our family too.
With a choice of beautiful restaurants across our home, we are delighted to be able to provide private dining experiences for those living here with us and their family.
The sound of laughter filled the home today as we welcomed the Beaton family into Fountains for a celebration.
One of our guests said: ‘It’s absolutely beautiful, luxurious but homely as well, it’s perfect for Mum’
Home Safety At Fountains
The residents and team here at Fountains would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to
Solihull Fire Station for visiting us today!
Our residents were delighted to welcome the brigade into our home to chat to us all about the importance of home safety over a slice of home made cake.
Building relationships with our local community that allow those living with us to stay connected and involved is incredibly important to us here at Fountains and we’re very much looking forward to a continued partnership with the brigade.
Spark Hill Food Bank
Supporting our local community is not only a promise we’ve made, but a promise we’ll keep.
With that in mind, we are delighted to be supporting Spark Hill food bank by holding a donation station here at Fountains.
We are looking for donations of the follow items:
UHT MILK
TINNED FRUIT & VEG
UHT SQUASH/MILK
TEA/ COFFEE
TINNED FISH
INSTANT MASH
SPONGE PUDDINGS
SOUP
If you’re able to support Spark Hill and the amazing work they do to support the people of Solihull, then please do pop your items into a member of the team here at the home - THANK YOU!
Upcoming events
Reminiscence Cafe
Please join us for our monthly Reminiscence Cafe where we will pick a topic and talk about our memories, whilst making new friends and enjoying some refreshments.
Room for Hire
Looking for somewhere to hold your meeting or event? We have a meeting room that is available for free to members of the local community and professionals.
