You Are Never Too Old to Learn

Our residential home has established strong ties with local Wiltshire schools and associations who play a valuable role in ensuring residents remain part of the wider community. Students and nursery children come every week to read and play board games with the residents.

Activities are scheduled every day of the week by a team of dedicated Activity Co-ordinators who arrange for entertainers and local charities to come in. You can choose to do as much or as little as you like, and if there is something that particularly interests you we will do our best to support it. Whether it’s music, crafting, dancing, walking or just trips to a local Marlborough pub, there isn’t much we don’t do! See for yourself:

• Cookery and Art courses
• Reading and Scrabble games
• Keep Fit
• Swimming for slimming
• Maths tests (What!)
• Playing boules
• Holy Communion every Sunday
• Songs of Praise services for all denominations

We have a dedicated dementia Lounge where reminiscence sessions are popular, as are the singalongs and shared moments of reflection. We are no strangers to the internet and use it as memory resource, and also for Skyping, which along with our Facebook pages are excellent means for keeping lines of communication going. Wi-Fi is available throughout the home and free for residents and guests alike. When not on our screens, or engaged in activities inside or in the garden, we can found going out on trips to the lovely Wiltshire countryside in our minibus.

Wining and Dining

Merlin Court chefs ensure that everyone receives the very best nutritionally balanced meals, using fresh ingredients, locally sourced from Wiltshire suppliers where possible and following the seasons. Health considerations and dietary needs are taken into account, of course. We recognise that good hydration is an essential to well-being and encourage good water drinking habits, but residents are free to enjoy an aperitif and a glass of wine or beer with their meals as well.

Dining is an important social event in the life of the home and often eagerly anticipated, though it is always possible to eat in one’s own room if preferred, and we can always rustle up a quick snack if asked. At coffee and tea time, you’ll find residents enjoying the delicious home-made cakes and pastries that are baked every day; healthy drinks and fresh fruit are available too. Birthdays and anniversaries are honoured with a special cake and are occasions when we particularly welcome friends and family to join us. Come and see for yourself!