National Care Home Open Week at The Orchard
At The Orchard Nursing Home in St Albans we have been celebrating National Care Home Open Week, a national event hosted by Championing Social Care with our My World Rocks project.
Its purpose is to connect care homes with their local communities, challenge misconceptions about care and remind everyone that the unique individuals who live in care homes are supported by dedicated and professional caring teams.
We ordered items from Hobbycraft and set up an activity session for our residents and care team to start our very own rock garden. They enjoyed painting the stones with patterns and pictures of things that mattered to them. There are some beautiful stones so far, we can't wait for this to grow with more rocks donated by the local community.
We have asked groups and individuals, to get involved in our project by painting rocks with pictures or phrases that are close to their hearts. Cunningham School are busy painting their rocks to bring along for our residents and we can't wait to see them!
This will be running over the whole of the summer and we hope to be able to open the garden to the community when we are able to for everyone to see the lovely creations.
