Activities at Moors Manor Care Home

We decided to go to Stewarts Garde Centre in Wimborne to see the marvellous Christmas displays they had in the store. Betty, Eileen, Liz and Sheila had a wonderful afternoon looking at everything and Eileen decided to bring a little robin back with her as well. We finished off the outing with what we always do best having a cup of tea and cake.

We got lots of ideas for our own decorations here in the home and look forward to putting them up in a few weeks’ time.

Residents Henry, Jenny, June and Rita had the pleasure to attend the Christchurch British Legion Festival of Remembrance Concert performed by The Band of the Royal British Legion Christchurch at Christchurch Priory. What made this more special for the residents was that our Home Services Advisor Laura was in the band so they were treated to the VIP treatment with seats right at the front to get the best view.

What a wonderful evening it was for everyone as they got to listen to a selection of music from Military Marches, Glen Miller, Classical and Film. Residents were able to take part in the Act of Remembrance where they had local Standard Bearers and listened to the Last Post being played by the solo trumpeter. For the finale residents then were entertained with the Ringwood Pipe Band joining the band for the final few pieces which nearly raised the roof off the church!!

A fantastic evening and was enjoyed by everyone in the audience.

This week's minibus outing took our ladies Jean, Jenny, Lynda and Olive to Haskins as it was such a big hit last week we wanted to take more of our residents to see the beautiful displays they had. As always we made time for a cup of tea and cake to rest our legs after having a good walk around the home. Residents all shared their favourite colour schemes when decorating the tree and the popular choice was the classic red and gold.

This week’s baking club had residents making savoury and sweet treats. The savoury option was the cheese twists and sweet option was a jam tart. Both of these had residents rolling out the puff pastry and adding the filling of choice. Later in the day residents then got to enjoy their delicious snacks with a cup of tea mid-afternoon.

We had very talented Andy back again with his accordion to perform to our residents in the home and what a fun afternoon we had. He took us on a trip around the world playing songs from various countries which had everyone singing along too. Afterwards he then went to one of residents in their rooms to play a special song just for him.

We love having Andy come to us and can't wait for him to come again.

We helped celebrate the lovely Susan's special day with us. We always like to make a big fuss for our residents birthdays so we laid on a birthday social for her to enjoy.

Happy Birthday Susan from everyone at Moors Manor.