Surrey care home residents enjoy more adventures out and about with new partnership
Residents at two Surrey care homes, Emberbrook Care Home in Thames Ditton and Kingston Care Home in Kingston upon Thames, have been busy exploring places a little further afield
Thanks to a new partnership with ‘Myley Tours’, who are providing bespoke day trips to places residents have always wanted to go to, or wish to revisit.
In recent weeks, residents have enjoyed fish and chips by the sea in Brighton, a day out with the dinosaurs at The Natural History Museum in London, a thrilling time at Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge, feeding the animals at Deen City Farm in Wimbledon and an inspiring trip to The Affordable Art Fair in Battersea Park.
Having a fully accessible minibus and knowledgeable tour guide, the trips are a fantastic opportunity for residents to explore new places and experiences and have proved to be very popular.
Following the trip to Brighton, resident, Patrick, aged 90, said: “That was a nostalgic trip down memory lane, I remember riding down here on my motorbike when I was eighteen.”
Resident Valerie, aged 90, said: “I am so glad I went and saw all the animals at the city farm, I especially loved feeding the cows.”
Kingston Care Home’s Magic Moments Coordinator, Shannon Couchman, said: “Our residents are really loving the trips out and about and the bespoke tours have been brilliant. We make a whole day of it and enjoy lunch and afternoon tea together before returning home a little tired but very happy!
“Getting everyone together to decide where to go next is also great fun and we’re looking forward to some Christmas shopping trips and a day out to RHS Wisley later this month.”