Activities at Mount Vale Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from PAT dogs, entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Louise Chapman
Hi my name is Louise I have been working at Mount Vale since 2010. I am the activities co-ordinator, I am here to promote the wellbeing of our residents and ensure they have a variety of activities to get involved in. I love finding new creative ways to engage our residents and involve our local community.
I am a dementia champion for the home and enjoy continuing to learn and find more things I can do to help promote the wellbeing of our residents.
I love spending time with each individual getting to know them so I can add individual needs into our plans. I love building strong relationships with our residents and families.
I am a crafty person and can be found doing diamond arts and lots of other creative things when I am not at work. I love spending time with my family and going for walks with my dog Dottie and cuddling my cat Loki.
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 Vale Care Home
Baking Club
Residents of Mount Vale enjoy their regular group ‘Baking Club’ and this week’s recipe was delicious mouth-watering cookies.
The cookies created a wonderful aroma around the home and didn’t last long once baked! Residents talked about their favourite recipes (often family secrets!), childhood baking activities, with one resident remarking on his fond memories of working in a baker’s on one of his first Saturday jobs.
New Year's Eve celebrations
Celebrations were in full swing at Mount Vale as residents were joined by popular vocalist, Steve Field for New Year’s Eve.
The home’s New Year’s Eve party kicked off in style with a live performance by Steve who sung a medley of hits, as residents and their loved ones sang and danced along to some favourite hits from across the decade.
The party was rounded off with a delicious buffet, filled with sweet and savoury snacks and a selection of celebratory beverages. Guests thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon, with a resident at the home, commenting, “It has been such a wonderful afternoon.”
Christmas Church Service
Residents of Mount Vale enjoyed their interactive Christmas Service held by One Northallerton Church Together. We raised the roof as we came together to sing a selection of popular Christmas carols. After the service, we enjoyed a refreshing cup of tea and mince pie whilst reminiscing of family traditions and fond memories of Christmas.
Live entertainment
Residents of Mount Vale enjoyed a live performance by popular entertainer, Chris Grill who brought his Christmas show to the home.
Chris sung a medley of classic hits that had us all dancing and singing along too and spreading festive cheer throughout the home.
Christmas Day
Here at Mount Vale we had a fantastic Christmas Day, which involved themed movies, singing and dancing, family visits followed by a beautiful festive lunch with turkey, roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, puddings and cakes.
In the morning we welcomed Father Christmas and his elves from the North Pole, who brought gifts to all our residents - everyone was busy opening their presents and enjoying a glass of bubbly before the festive feast, prepared by our talented chef and kitchen team.
Meeting the Reindeers
Across our homes we got into the Christmas spirit of things by joining a festive live virtual experience, led by Des and Kelly from Performing Pets.
Our residents were thrilled to meet the charming furry friends and get up close and personal with the reindeers.
We certainly learnt some interesting facts about the animals and had a fantastic time.
Upcoming events
July
Hello July! We extend a warm invitation to you to join us throughout the month - all welcome.
Could you be a Volunteer?
Do you have any spare time and could make a difference? If you are interested in Volunteering we'd love to hear from you.
Community Cafe - Last Thursday of the month
We extend a warm invitation to you to join us at our popular community café - All welcome.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency personnel - come and take a break with us! There may be a cake or two available .....
