Activities at Fountains Care Home

After are latest residents meeting, a request was made for a trip to the botanical gardens in Birmingham, of course it was our pleasure to make it happen! Here we have our residents enjoying a sunny day in one of Birmingham’s hidden beauty’s. Being well into spring, the blossom was blooming and the plants has beautiful buds showing all around. Everywhere we looked there was amazing views, different colours and the sounds the birds created released a tranquil feeling for all to enjoy whilst rooming freely. “it’s just incredible to see, I’m so glad we visited and able to see all of this.” Praised Edna (resident)

Animal lovers!

Here we have some of our residents enjoying a nice trip out to visit Sheldon Country park and the old rectory farm.

Liz, who just adores all animals, showed so much interest and engaged throughout the whole trip! The residents enjoyed being able to see the sheep, horse and the pigs, they found them to be very amusing especially when the pigs snored. We finished our visit by visiting the old farm house for hot refreshments and a slice of home made cake before heading back home.

In April we were delighted to launch our monthly Reminiscence Cafe.

Residents, staff, family and the local community came together at the home to share their memories about this months chosen topic, Cadbury.  It is the 200th Anniversary of the Cadbury brand this year, so we thought this was a perfect choice.

We shared the family story of Cadbury, the history of Bournville and everyone was keen to share their own memories. We also have Residents here at Fountains who worked for and with Cadbury, which was extra special.

We were also joined by @Visiting Angels Warwickshire who brought along some cakes to add to our selection of Cadbury chocolate.

Our next Reminiscence Cafe will be on Wednesday 29th May. Pop the date in your diary - we would love to have you join us!

A fantastic morning adventure, our gentleman were able to start off with exploring the past by visiting "history through the years" displays. This was a great way in which the residents were able to make connections and share their knowledge on so many different subjects. The art gallery had so much to offer, the gentlemen were amazed at the details and the way they artists have managed to capture such details.

"This has been great, I'm so happy to explore and adventure out! i was happy to see some things older than me" joked George (resident) when viewing the dippy dinosaur display.

This was such an exciting experience to have within our home. Our residents straight away were captured with interest in learning more about looking after the eggs which we hoped would hatch for us. Here at fountains care home look was on our side and the beautiful chicks showed themselves. I am happy to report that our chicks have gained lots of attention from everyone who comes to visit us. They have been named Nugget, Fluff, Cluck, Minx and Chirpy. We have had lots of reminiscing from our residents sharing all the stories about keeping chickens at home. “When I was younger my mother kept and old stove which she used to keep the chicks in to help them stay warm. I always find it funny how times have changed and we wouldn’t dare think to do that now” laughed Joy (resident).

Another fantastic gathering of our residents with their family and friends. We had so much on offer for everyone to come along and join in. We were able to create Easter bonnets, go on a egg hunt in the garden, decorate biscuits and meet the Easter rabbit, who was bouncing around our home handing out special Easter egg treats.