Activities at Lawton Manor Care Home

We had a lovely time joining Graham Whitlock for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘The Crystal Palace Chronicles: Star of Nimrod’.

Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fictional character Joe, who went on a rollercoaster adventure travelling back in time to the heyday of Victorian Crystal Palace.

Everyone had lots of fun during the virtual talk, as Graham took them on a clever and hilarious adventure. A great time was had by all.

Residents enjoyed a poetry session inspired by the children of Woodcocks’ Well PTFA Primary School who delivered their seasonal themed poems for us to enjoy.  Residents absolutely loved reading them.

We are very lucky to have such talented and creative children in our area.

Coinciding with the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, International Nurses Day, held on Thursday 12th May, is a day to celebrate nurses and care staff around the world. Residents and staff at Lawton Manor care home in Church Lawton, were happy to get involved by hosting a much deserved Ice Cream Party.  Head Clinical Divisional Nurse, Tracey Elmer presented gifts thank you to Nurses Donna and Janet.

We had a lovely time joining Henry Slator for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘Conversations at the Pond’.

Henry had an unusual writing journey, which many of our residents found inspiring, he underwent chemotherapy in early 2020, which allowed him to rediscover his light-hearted outlook on life by imagining conversations with creatures in and around his large garden pond and adding buckets of fun.

The entertaining Conversations at the Pond, with its mass of colourful illustrations, took our residents along his journey, they felt inspired, cheered and loved hearing all about Henry’s experiences.

An Activities Assistant at Lawton Manor in Church Lawton has received a prestigious Long Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for Ten years.  Amy Gibson, Activities Assistant, started at Barchester in March 2012 initially as a Volunteer and was quickly offered the part time position in which she has thrived.  Amy has worked with residents, their relatives, staff and visiting entertainers to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.

Our residents came together to enjoy an exciting virtual talk courtesy of the team at National Trust Talks Service.  The illustrated talk took us closer to one of Cliveden’s most famous families, the Astors. Our residents were able to discover what motivated William Waldorf Astor, America’s richest man, to purchase Cliveden in 1893 and how the estate became the centre of high society in the 1920 s and 30 s thanks to his son Waldorf and daughter in law Nancy Astor.

The Astors time at Cliveden came to an end in the 1960 s after the estate became infamously associated with Profumo Affair, but the house and garden continue to reflect their innovations and passions.  We all had a brilliant time.