Activities at Mount Tryon 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!
Annmarie Scourfield
Hi, My name is Annmarie and I am the Lead Activities Coordinator here at Mount Tryon Care Home. I am passionate about supporting our residents and supporting them to take part in person centered activities. It is important to me that we are encouraging our residents to do the things they enjoy and build a happy, sociable environment for them.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Mount Tryon Care Home
Hawaiian Day at Mount Tryon
We had a lovely time recently for our Hawaiian day at Mount Tryon. Residents have made all of our own decorations, including props, which was very rewarding, particularly to see them all up on the walls and on the tables.
In the morning to keep to the theme we made homemade Hawaiian Pizza, with ham, cheese and pineapple which was served as an option on our evening menu.
Then in the afternoon we could see all hard work put to use, we enjoyed a Fruit platter and were entertained by Patrick Jervis - Entertainer.
Patrick sang lots of songs to suit our Hawaiian theme and he was fabulous.
Out and about
We are delighted to have resumed our min bus trips and outing this summer. Residents have and will continue to be supported to visit places of interest. A highlight recently was a trip to our local restaurant The Babbacombe Inn,
The food was lovely we were Lucky with weather.
Scrapbooking at Mount Tryon
Recently at Mount Tryon we have been working on our scrap-books.
This was lovely way to look back at fond memories of the activities we had enjoyed, friendships we had made and the laughter that it had created. We will keep updating our scrapbook in the coming months.
Beatrix Potter Day
We are always busy Here at Mount Tryon.
This month was Beatrix Potter’s Birthday. Beatrix Potter, whose full name was Helen Beatrix Potter, was born on July 28, 1866, in South Kensington, England.
To mark this occasion we have decorated our cupcakes with our homemade cupcake toppers. We enjoyed these with our afternoon tea, whilst one of our lovely residents read us one of her famous stories.
Pet Therapy at Mount Tryon
Here at Mount Tryon we are now lucky enough to have Pets as Therapy.
We will be visited weekly by Lisa and her Pets as Therapy dog Burtie.
Our first visit was so rewarding for our residents, bringing a smile to their faces and allowing them to immerse themselves in the moment.
Thank you Lisa and Burtie can’t wait to see you again next week and in the months to come.
Homemade Ice Cream at Mount Tryon
In July we had lots of fun as we made our own homemade Ice Cream. We made a vanilla base and then flavoured one mint choc chip, one almond, one maltesers and left some to be a traditional vanilla flavour.
Making it was so much fun and sparked lots of conversation around ice creams, trips by the sea and the ice cream van jingles. We also tried our hands at an ice cream quiz which proved to be very interesting and educational.
Once it had set, we all enjoyed tucking in to the various flavours. Our residents have said what a lovely way it was to spend an afternoon.
