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
Tesco's kind donation
Fountains celebrated a special birthday for one of its residents - Florence was 99yrs young!
As our first resident to move in and our first resident to celebrate a birthday at Fountains, it was a very special occasion.
Tesco Extra, Stratford Road were keen to be involved in marking the occasion.
Gillian Smith - Community Champion, delivered a lovely birthday hamper which included a bottle of champagne, chocolates and biscuits for our birthday girl.
It was very well received and enjoyed.
Thank you Tesco.
Chocolate Celebrations
Fountains didn’t need a lot of persuasion to celebrate World Chocolate Day!
Residents revelled in all things sweet and got hands on by making their own chocolate bars whilst reminiscing about the penny sweet toppings.
This was followed by some taste testing and enjoying more chocolate offerings made by our very own home chef and kitchen team.
Everyone enjoyed their chocolate fix and taking part in celebrating how chocolate is not only one of the most delicious and versatile foods but also packed full of health benefits.
Visiting restrictions lifting
Fountains Care Home has been able to facilitate socially distanced garden visits for our residents.
Following guidance from Public Health England and carrying out detailed risk assessments, we are so pleased to be able to reunite our residents with their families.
Visits must be booked so as the number of visitors are managed however we are able to offer flexibility as to how often these visits take place and for how long, as we are not yet full.
In these current times this is a real bonus and our families and residents are making the most after a long time being apart.
Happy visiting!
Symbol of support
Since we opened on 18th May and welcomed our first residents they have been working on a rainbow window decoration.
It has been hours of fun and concentration to produce a lovely window decoration that shows the community our gratitude and solidarity for NHS and key workers.
Thank you to our wonderful residents for producing such an impressive piece of art work that depicts hope during this panademic.
Fun in the sun
Our residents wasted no time enjoying the gardens when the sun was shining.
It was a lovely relaxed afternoon finished off with a delicious afternoon tea and infused cool drinks.
Everyone is looking forward to the next heat wave.
Fathers Day Celebrations
Fountains saw our first gentleman resident celebrate Fathers Day.
Tony was treated to his favourite ice cold beers and some home baked cakes.
The day was topped off by a special skype call with his daughter.
Happy Fathers Day Tony!
Upcoming events
May Life Enrichment
We hope to see the end of the April showers and look forward to sunnier days in May. Please come and brighten our day and join us for our May 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.
Don't Dine Alone
We know meal times can be a lonely time for some people, that's why we're inviting local older people to join us for lunch every Friday from 12.30pm.
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.
