Activities at Pinetree Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Beth Hooper
Hi my name is Beth and I am the activities co-ordinator
I have worked in care for the past 2 years as a carer and worked my way up to senior carer. My main responsibilities were looking after the frail, terminally ill and residents living with dementia. I found this role incredibly rewarding and had a sense of pride every day that I was in a position to be able to make a difference to the lives of our residents.
One of the most rewarding parts of the job is getting to know the residents on an individual basis and really finding out about what they love to do so my new role as activities co-ordinator combines the two perfectly. I love fun and laughter and finding new ways to enjoy life to the full. I am very excited about working a Pinetree and getting to know all of our residents
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 Pinetree Care Home
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Inter generational kindness
Bringing different generations together is an essential part of what we aspire to do here at Pinetree.
The inter generational relationship is hugely important and brings deep joy to each person involved, which you can see by the smiles on the faces in the photos below.
Three of our little regular visitors Grace, Ella and Amelia spent some time with our residents playing games, singing songs, telling stories and making and delivering cards welcoming our lovely residents to their brand new homes.
To see the mutual respect and kindness between them all was complete delight.
Having fun and laughter around Pinetree is the best sound ever and we are loving every minute.
We've got that Friday Feeling
Some of our residents today have been making the most out of new friendships and the facilities they have available to them.
They started off with a little light breakfast whilst discussing the rest of their days plans.
United in their decision to make the enormous jigsaw in the activities room because, well 8 hands are better than 2 and then lunch and an afternoon film. Enjoying High Society with popcorn in their own private cinema - Why not.
Companionship
Companionship is so very important.
Two of our firsts residents have bonded beautifully over the last couple of days sharing important times together including mealtimes.
Creating friendships out of shared need is heart-warmimg to see and that we can give these special people the opportunity to do this, keep active in mind and body and thrive as individuals makes us feel humble every day.
We welcome our new residents
inetree welcomed its first 2 residents today and what a beautiful day it was.
Our lovely first residents Barbara and Rose joined us today to begin the next chapter of their incredible lives.
Each lady was asked to cut the ribbon on their new front doors which really added that sense of occasion and they thoroughly enjoyed it, especially the size of the ribbon.
They were able to enjoy a delicious meal with loved ones and staff to aid the settling in process and were greeted with special, welcome to your new home gifts from the team at Pinetree.
United In kind local community group have been hard at work over the last few months creating the most beautiful blankets and hearts to give to our residents as a little gift from them and our two ladies were blown away. The hearts were created so that the resident and a loved one could keep one each and always feel together and were accompanied by a beautiful poem. I can honestly say there wasn't a dry eye in the home.
When Barbara and Rose met for the first time it was a powerful moment. They told each other their names and instantly said, we are friends now and shared the most heartfelt hug. It was truly a moment in time that stood still for us all. To witness such emotion and elation together was magical.
Rose and her family also enjoyed a celebratory glass of Prosecco.
To understand what the move in to care means to residents and their families takes special people and the heart and soul of Pinetree is to love and nurture our residents and help their families feel safe in the knowledge that we will love their loved ones.
Team Pinetree cannot wait to enhance the life of these two very special ladies and the other residents we have coming in and help them live their best lives in whatever form that may be.
