Activities at Moors Manor Care Home

Exercise is so important for us all which is why we always make sure we have at least one class each week. Here we have Dan who is new to the home who holds a seated exercise class which really gets the residents moving but as well he plays a great selection of music which has us all singing along too. We also have Rosemary who holds a seated yoga class which is helping everyone's mobility and also breathing. Here are just a few photos from both classes.

Residents Bryan, Henry, June and Marianne enjoyed a lovely afternoon out to Royal Oak, North Gorley. Everyone enjoyed a chilled drink, took in the beautiful scenery and got to find out more about each other. It was very peaceful and what was lovely was that we got to see the famous New Forest ponies and also saw a few cows and donkeys as well.

Everyone all enjoyed going to the pub so we will make sure to come again very soon.

We had our fantastic volunteers Geraldine, Dee and Adele come to the home again and they really do enjoy rolling up their sleeves for whatever activity the residents would like to do. This time it was a game of bean bag toss to see who could score the most. It was a rather competitive game amongst everyone a good way of improving your hand eye coordination. Our winner was Eileen who scored an amazing 90! Second place went to Ivan and in third place was Kathy.

We look forward to when our volunteers come back next time to see what the residents have in store for them!!

Residents enjoyed going back to Riding for the Disabled - Wilton Group for tea with the ponies. Our residents Jenny, Maud, Robert and Rita had an amazing time meeting the horses and staff. We were also joined by Maud's family who met us there and also got to share the experience too.

This time our residents got to groom and walk with ponies while the staff also shared wonderful stories about each pony.

Afterwards we all enjoyed a wonderful afternoon tea which was prepared for us by the volunteers and had a fun afternoon together.

This week's gardening club had residents all having a wonderful time in the garden. They were weeding and planting new plants in the planters and also picking all the runner beans we have been growing which chef Boris was on hand to collect them and then use in our kitchen.

Gardening brings all the residents together as everyone used to enjoy doing this when they lived at home so for them all to be part of a community here together and maintain our garden is so lovely to see.

This week we had a very special visitor into the home, we had the lovely Sky the dog and his owner Pauline come to visit everyone in the home. Pet therapy in care homes is fantastic as many residents had their own pets and being able to spend time with dogs visiting here in the home brings so much joy. As you can see in the photos there were lots of smiles and enjoyment spending time with Sky.

We look forward to Pauline and Sky's next visit in the home.