Activities at Moreton Hill Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Jackie Chillingworth
Hello. I am Jackie, the Lead Activity Co-Ordinator at Moreton Hill. I have worked for Barchester for over 10 years. Now, together with my team and the staff at our beautiful home, our aim is to help all residents live life to the best they can by bringing meaningful and enriching activities into their lives.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Moreton Hill Care Home
Happy Birthday Evelyn
Happy Birthday Evelyn, all celebrations at Moreton Hill always include cake! We also took a trip out somewhere new Leaf & Ground, near Dursley and residents really enjoyed this cafe, shop and garden centre. It is another venue added to the list, we are so fortunate to have so many different places to visit on our trips out.
World Book Lovers Day
Yesterday our weekly poetry group celebrated World Book Lovers Day by not only reciting poetry, but also talking about memorable books. What was so interesting is how many books our residents enjoyed as children that are still being read by children today, classics such as the Famous Five and Just William series of books, novels like The Secret Garden and the wonderful Beatrix Potter's books. We all agreed relaxing with a good book was one of life's great pleasures.
Another of our resident's great pleasures is sitting out in our sunny courtyard, it is very rare there isn't someone sat out enjoying the tranquility and Moira's latest poem sums up the array of colour.
THE MAGIC OF COLOURS
Our courtyard resembles an artist’s palette
Full of colours I never forget
Pale pink hydrangea, deep purple lavender
So easy to remember
The troughs are full of colours dark and light
All combine to make a wonderful sight
I sit in my chair
Enjoy sun and fresh air
Perfect therapy in these times of despair!
Ruby and Lizzy Bring Smiles
This weekend's visit from Ruby and Lizzy focused on one to one time with residents in their rooms. These visits bring so many smiles and the all the residents love the interaction. We thank Gaby so much for giving her time to bring in these very special visitors.
Moreton Hill's Olympics
It has been a really fun week with Moreton Hill's Olympics. It began with balloon volleyball and then the shooting events which bought another day of laughs with our own Olympic flame burning bright. Nancy, Rosemary, Pat and Mari made winning shots with the Nurf gun and really were excellent sports. On the podium Ruth with bronze, Ham silver and our gold medalist Roger.
New Yoga Positions
At today's yoga class most of the positions were seated, but a few brave residents practiced a chair pose called the mountain pose tadasana followed by part utkatasana. It encourages balance, good posture and elongation of the spine! Everyone is really enjoying and benefitting from these yoga sessions.
Olympic Preparations
We are getting ready for our own Olympics at Moreton Hill. Penny, Iris and Nancy have begun by creating the rings, we will keep you updated!
