Activities at Iris Court Care Home

Iris Court had a friendly visit from Stu's Safari animals this week. 

We always welcome Stu back with open arms as he never fails to ensure he has brought along different safari animals to visit us. With pet therapy having many benefits for us all, it is clear to see one of the benefits is prevent social isolation, and boosting mood with some of the lovely smiles and friendships we have seen today. We also learn plenty of handy information regarding all the different safari animals that we see whilst having the most enjoyable time together!. 

Animal therapy is one of the cornerstones of our life enrichment program and features regularly on our resident-led weekly activity planner.

Iris Court had the pleasure of welcoming in Pixie & Pickles Therapy Ponies for the first time into Iris Court. 

We loved having Pixie and Pickles in for the afternoon, whilst having plenty of time to spend making a fuss of them, and walking them through Iris Court defiantly worked up our appetite for dinner we also learnt about Shetland ponies their work on the farm and love for polo's as a treat!. 

As a nation of animal lovers it is easy to see the huge benefit of having different animals into visit us at Iris Court with this boosting movement, and companionship , reducing stress or anxiety and boosting our well-being!. 

Animal therapy is one of the cornerstones of our life enrichment program and features regularly on our resident-led weekly activity planner at Iris Court.

Staff and residents at Iris Court welcomed in the Year of the Snake with a day of celebrations and activities.

Inspired by Chinese culture and traditions, lucky red envelopes were exchanged and the home was decorated with hanging red lanterns. Residents learnt all about the traditions and superstitions of Chinese New Year. Head chef Jinesh cooked up an oriental feast for lunch and residents enjoyed the delicious food washed down with pots of Chinese tea.

Our residents thoroughly enjoyed the day with many saying: “I loved the music, the vibrant costumes and learning about the Chinese Zodiac animal traits. We found out that the Snake is the sixth animal in the 12 year cycle of the Chinese zodiac and is associated with wisdom, knowledge, intuition, creativity and good luck.  I find it fascinating to learn all about different traditions.”

Our varied life enrichment programme at Iris Court  keeps residents active, and provides a daily choice of engaging physical, mental and spiritual activities tailored to residents’ interests and abilities.

Iris Court Visited Hitchin Museum, where plenty of fun was had.

For our residents being able to get out in the community and enjoy various locations and trips out is of huge importance to them and us and being able to continue to do the things we love and keeping our own identity!. Hitchin Museum was a specially interesting and reminiscent location for our residents at Iris Court. Hitchin Museum boats of its heritage and culture , showcasing items from museums that no longer stand in the area, and items of history from those who lived and worked many years ago in the area reminding us of our elder family members and reminiscing on the past growing up with these memories!. 

Regular trips to local attractions, areas of natural beauty and other excursions are important parts of our life enrichment program and feature often on our resident-led activity planners. 

Iris Court had a Fantastic day at our Wellness Open Day this weekend!. 

With January being the month for being mindful, focusing on health and enjoying plenty of good healthy foods we thought we would invite the community in for the day to join us with just that!. 

We invited a new contact of Iris Court Neelam in who specialised in teaching yoga, mindfulness, and meditation in to kick start the day with an exercise class for all residents and families welcomed to join in for the morning, everyone at Iris Court enjoyed Neelam's energy and wealth of experience and we look forward to seeing him back again at Iris Court!. For the ladies who enjoy a pamper we had Beautanix Skincare in offering mini pampering treatments such a mini facials, massages and reflexology which our ladies loved!. Enjoyed by finishing the afternoon off with a wonderful selection of healthy homemade nibbles, ginger shots and smoothies whilst having a dance to one of our favourite at Iris Court Ollie!.

Ensuring that we host events that relatives and friends can join is very important to us here at Iris Court and we look forward to our next event to open our doors to the local community again.