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Monday, 24 October 2016
Residents at Philip’s Court Care Home won’t be complaining anytime soon that life there is boring – quite the opposite! One of the main focuses at the Home is giving residents as many opportunities as possible to get involved in activities and events, and judging by the social calendar over the next few months, they’ll be spoilt for choice.
Every week from 24th October 2016 the Home has literature storytelling from Equal Arts, part of the HenPower project, which creatively ‘hengages’ older people in arts activities and hen-keeping to promote health and wellbeing and reduce loneliness.
Every month there’ll be in-house Virtual Reminiscence sessions, when residents will put on virtual reality glasses that contain visual and audio content of places past and present, designed specifically for elderly care and people with dementia. The idea is to encourage discussion around reminiscence and also provide an opportunity to see new places as if they are actually there!
There are some exciting events coming up, too. There’s a Halloween party with full fancy dress and live music. On Friday 2nd December there’s the grand opening of the Alnwick Arms Social Club, where residents, staff and the local community can get together three times a week from 7pm till 10pm. There’ll be live music and club games, including bingo, bar skittles and domino cards.
There’s a Christmas Fayre on the 3rd December, with a Bric-a-brac stall, games, raffles, etc. The residents’ Christmas party is on 13th December, and two miniature ponies will be visiting the residents for some pony therapy on 19th December. Then there’s the New Year’s Eve party on – you guessed it! - 31st December.
Events are already being planned for 2017, one being in February, when three residents will be spending a weekend in a caravan in Alnwick. Three members of staff have given up their free time to escort these ladies to the campsite.
Manager Karleen Taylor-Williams commented: ‘Just because someone is elderly, or has mental health problems, doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be given opportunities to be active and part of the wider community. We’re very proud here of the broad range of activities we offer to our residents.’
