Activities at Raleigh Manor Care Home

We're getting into the Christmas Spirit here at Raleigh Manor!! A wreath making workshop was held for our residents recently. They spent quality time with a loved one, enjoying mulled wine and mince pies while getting creative!!! This was a fantastic activity and was enjoyed by all. Residents and loved ones got to keep their wreaths and hang them pride of place on their front doors!!!

Here at Raleigh Manor we recognise that sometimes the women can out number the men. So we thought it would be a lovely idea to start a club, just for the Gentleman. This week our Gentleman fancied doing some baking, so staff members took them to the shops for the ingredients, came home, helped bake the cookies and cake, then enjoyed them whilst watching a film in our cinema. Our Care Staff thoroughly enjoyed spending quality time with our Gentleman and even treated them to a nice nail file and hand massage!!! It's these moments that really do make the difference to our residents lives!!!

Recently at Raleigh Manor we had a lovely visit from Lucy, our local Fundraiser for Hospiscare. Hospiscare is your local end of life adult charity, their specialist Healthcare teams care for terminally ill adults and their families in Exeter, Mid and East Devon. They have a 12 bed specialist In Patient Ward in Exeter and 3 Community buildings where their Specialist Community Palliative Nurses are based: High View in Exmouth, Kings House Day Hospice in Honiton, and Pine Lodge in Tiverton. Lucy was explaining the difficulties the charity has faced over the last year and are in great need of raising funds to keep this much needed charity going. We have seen first hand the work this wonderful team do on a daily basis and feel it's important to support locally as much as we can, we have agreed to fundraise for them by putting on some great events, so watch this space........

Raleigh Manor Residents Voice's Count!!!! Here at Raleigh Manor we make sure we listen to what our residents want, this is why Sharon our Activities Coordinator holds a monthly meeting involving our residents. This meeting is a chance to express the things our residents are looking for whilst living here. They have a chance to plan outings and talk about the type of activities they would be interested in. This is all part of Sharon's role in order to put meaningful activities together for our residents and enrich their lives with us!!

Brunch Club anyone?! Our fabulous Head Chef, Karen, has just started a Brunch Club for our residents here at Raleigh Manor!! The first one this week went down extremely well, with a starter of Bucks Fizz, Crumpets and Smoked Salmon, baskets of homemade pastries, then a selection of hot cooked breakfast, with a choice of sausages, bacon, grilled tomato, pan fried mushrooms and more. To finish off this amazing brunch Karen made the most amazing Banoffee Pie!!!!! Our residents can't wait for Brunch Club again next week!!

Bringing a bit of magic to our residents!! Here at Raleigh Manor, we're always looking at ways to improve our residents' quality of life. This is why we have introduced a Magic Table into our care home, offering opportunities for those living with dementia to increase physical and social interactions and most of all fun!! Some of the benefits for our residents include: Positive effect upon well-being by improving mood, reducing apathy and restlessness, as well as increasing engagement levels. Improving engagement during family visits. Improved relationships between staff and residents by facilitating playful activities, increased positive emotions and more.