Activities at Wilton Place 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.
Activities are the cornerstone of a wholesome home experience, and our Activities Coordinators are always putting their creative minds to the test by organising new and exciting social events for residents to partake in. Of course, we take into account the likes and dislikes of those we support, so if someone doesn’t feel like trying something new, there will always be something on offer to reflect their personal interests. For the people who may just prefer some peace and quiet instead, we also offer one-to-one time that can be enjoyed with a nice cup of coffee or just a simple chat – whatever they desire.
Fiona Long
Fiona who is originally from the West Midlands but has lived in Wilton for nearly 9 years is married with 2 grown-up children and has a rescue cat called Floyd!
Fiona started work as a scientist and then trained as a primary school teacher spending over 20 years in education.
In her spare time, she enjoys reading, cooking, quizzing, gardening and travelling. Fiona said "I am looking forward to using my skills and experience to enhance the lives of our wonderful residents"
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 Wilton Place Care Home
Fun on Memory Lane
Did you know we have a dedicated dementia environment with specialised resources for people living with dementia? We call this Memory Lane. Our Memory Lane Community is designed to celebrate the lives of our residents, whilst keeping them safe and cared for. This week during our Art and Crafts activity residents enjoyed origami. Then followed a quiz on hats, as you can see Fiona and Gary enjoyed entertaining the residents whilst hosting!
Minibus Trip to Wilton Garden Centre
The ladies recently enjoyed coffee, cake and a chat at Wilton House Garden Centre & The Origins Restaurant. Then a perusal of the Spring plants was in order in preparation for Gardening Club meet next month. This is just one of the trips Wilton Place residents will be enjoying this month.
Baking for Burns Night
Yesterday residents from our Residential and Memory Lane communities joined in with our Burn's Night preparations by making shortbread.
Interestingly, shortbread begins with the medieval “biscuit bread”. Any leftover dough from bread making was dried out in a low oven until it hardened into a type of rusk: the word “biscuit” means “twice cooked”. Gradually the yeast in the bread was replaced by butter, and biscuit bread developed into shortbread.
A tasting session afterwards was of course necessary!
Alpaca Adventures
On Thursday we welcomed 'Liquorice' and 'Spartan Warrior' to our home.
Animal therapy has the ability to enhance someone’s quality of life and can have ongoing physical benefits and improve any ongoing health ailments. It’s said that the excitement of pet therapy can boost residents’ activity levels, and it certainly did!
Both boys were adorable and so patient. Wendy wowed us with her Alpaca facts explaining all about the boys eating habits, temperament and characters.
Who knew Alpacas can climb the stairs?!
The residents in both communities were treated to personal room visits and time to pet and chat to the animals.
25 days of Christmas at Wilton Place
During December we have focused on all things fun with a 25 days of Christmas calendar , today our lovely residents and teams made ginger bread houses and decorated them with lots of sweet goodies!
Generations of singing
Last week our residents enjoyed the energy and enthusiasm that intergenerational visits always bring to Wilton Place.
We were treated to some Christmas songs and traditional carols which everyone enjoyed and the children were treated to candy canes and festive treats. Lots of chitter chatter between residents and the children made for an interesting morning with tales of Christmas wishes and Christmases gone by. Reminiscing is a big part of the festive season in our home and the children delighted in the resident's stories.
Upcoming events
Bird Nerd and the Red List Theatre Performance
An exciting new dance theatre performance piece, focusing on popular UK birds that are on the endangered species ‘red list’.
Community Cafe
Come and join us on the first Tuesday of each month for our Community Cafe.
2-4pm
Men's Shed Breakfast
Join the gents on the 3rd Monday of every month at 9am.
Our Chef will set you up for a day at the Shed with a full English.
Memory Group
Are you supporting a loved one with dementia or memory issues?
Join us at Wilton Place for this wonderfully supportive group.
Meet the Author Event
Creator of the DI Jeff Lincoln detective series, set in a town based on Salisbury, talks about the inspiration for her nail-biting plots.3.00 - 4.30pm
Blue Light Pit Stop
All emergency services are welcome to join us at any time for refreshments and a comfort break. Just a small way to say thank you for all that you do.
