Activities at Fountains Care Home

Creating laughter and bringing light into everyone’s lives. Our residents and their loved ones who came to join us had a sparkling evening of joy.

With everyone gathered in our bistro area, and outside patio, we lit up the evening with sparkling sparklers.

“You forget sometimes, it’s the simple things like a sparkler which can make you feel so young and free” laughed Peter a resident.

Our exciting evening didn’t stop there, we then had homemade tomato and basil soup with freshly homemade cobs. This was just what was needed to help keep everyone nice and warm after the fun they had had. Of course we also had to try out the marshmallows with wafers again this was something new for our residents and were happy to report it was amazing!

“I am so grateful to see my mum enjoying herself, being out with others and her face so full of joy.” Praised residents daughter.

This activity attracted many of our artistic enthusiasts to come along and explore their creative skills whilst enjoying the autumn spirit. We had gathered plenty of different materials including medium sized pumpkins, fresh flowers, and crafting supplies for everyone to join in. Our residents and family members chose to work together in mini groups, sharing their ideas and giving top tips whilst arranging their masterpieces. The experience on a whole was an amazing way for everyone to celebrate the autumn season in an enjoyable and artistic way.

At fountains, we just adore welcoming others into our home. It is always a pleasure when we have service leader Diane and other community volunteers from Solihull Methodist Church come along and hold a spiritual service for our residents. This month, we had the joy of celebrating harvest festival.

The service was uplifting and explained more about what the harvest festival means to others. We sang hymns related to our topic and finished off with the lords prayer.

To mark the International Day of Sign Language on September 23rd, and to also learn some new skills, staff and residents here at Fountains care home, enjoyed a Sign Language session with the local Brownies. 

The activity team and residents learnt some basic sign language using British Sign Language (BSL). We had invited our local Monkspath Brownies to come along and join us with learning how to sign.

All the residents and staff were up for the challenge, and began to work together, which we love!

We had used the BSL virtual videos and print outs to use as demonstrations for early learners. Our residents and Brownies found it challenging but fun!

Learning new skills is important, and fantastic for our mental well-being. Learning BSL and other languages has a positive effect on interpersonal, communication and memory skills, as well as making it easier to learn other languages. 

Stuart Green, a resident at Fountains care home said, “This is fantastic to see the younger generation being taught different ways of communication. I’ve had a lovely evening and learnt new things, all  whilst having fun.

Off we go on another adventure with our residents. This time we were able to explore the wonders of Hatton Country Park. Whilst visiting our residents were able to take in the beautiful views and waltz around the garden centre. Of course we managed to find the sweet shop, which our residents just couldn’t wait to go inside, they were blown away with the variety on offer and didn’t go away empty handed. Whilst exploring the site, we were able to learn about the history from the historical display boards. Our residents did find this very interesting and were able to make their own connections. Before our journey home, we topped off to enjoy a nice cup of tea and cake.

A bright and colourful day here at fountains care home. We had the pleasure of celebrating Mexican Independence Day. We started our event with learning more about Mexico and its culture, this did include a virtual tour in the comfort of our armchairs. We moved along to a musical session with Libby, who was very entertaining singing classic Mexican tunes in which our residents could reminisce and make a connection. During this time with all the excitement we would pause and carry out mini quiz questions to keep our minds active whilst our bodies relaxed from all the dancing. To finish off our celebrations, we had Perry Chef Ian, cook a bright and tasty Mexican feast for everyone to indulge, the Choro’s received a big thumbs up.