Activities at Austen House Care Home
Here at Austen House, we like to get to know those we support, and from the day of moving in, our activities team will spend time on an individual basis learning about interests, likes and dislikes, life history and favourite hobbies.
We provide a wide range of activities, from one-to-one time, manicures and board games, through to live entertainment, prize bingo and our ever-popular cheese & wine events. Our activities team will also tailor individual activities to ensure residents can have as much or as little involvement as they choose.
In the summer months, greater focus is given to outdoor activities, such as barbecues and garden parties. In conjunction with our Chef, themed events are planned throughout the year, bringing activities and food together.
In their pink polo shirts, our activities team are easily identifiable and embrace ideas and suggestions from residents and their relatives to ensure that the activities provided keep those we support engaged, stimulated and entertained.
Iuliana Buican
Hi my name is Iuliana, I was a history teacher for 12 years before I joined Barchester in 2017. I am passionate about my job and love working with people. I enjoy planning and delivering meaningful activities which make a difference to our residents lives.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Austen House Care Home
Valentine’s Day!
Austen House was filled with flowers, cards and sweets in celebration of St Valentine’s Day. Staff and residents celebrated the day of love enjoying a live music performance that took place at the home. Local singer, Gary, performed a selection of love songs including Love Is In The Air, All You Need Is Love, Love Me Tender and the residents joined in with the singing, dancing and clapping. Also, our residents and their loved ones enjoyed a romantic and delicious Valentine’s Day dinner organised by our fantastic Hospitality and Life Enrichment team and spending the day of love together. Stela, a resident at Austen House said: “It has been a lovely day. It was wonderful to see everyone go into so much effort to get involved with the day’s festivities. I really had a very special and wonderful time with my husband.”
Birthday Celebration!
We had a wonderful time celebrating Gill's 87th birthday in style at Austen House. The home held a surprise birthday party for Gill with live music by Jim and a delicious homemade cake made by our head chef in honour of her birthday. Gill was joined by staff, family, friends and other residents and became very emotional as everyone started singing Happy Birthday to her. She was very happy dancing, clapping and felt very special to be surrounded by so many people. Gill said that when she came to Austen House, she never thought she would meet such lovely people and make so many friends. Gill was also showered with gifts, cards and flowers from all her friends and family and commented that she felt like the "Queen for a day". Happy Birthday Gill!
Burns Night!
Residents and staff at Austen House were involved in a wide range of activities to celebrate Burns Night. To honour the famous Scottish poet, we hosted a poetry and music session to learn more about the Scottish Country Dancing and the Ceilidh to mark the Scottish institution. Our residents enjoyed a hearty meal of Scotch broth, Haggis with neeps and tatties all prepared by our Chef. It was also a perfect occasion to enjoy a Scotch whisky tasting and had great fun discovering how much, or in some cases how little, we knew about Scotland with our brilliant Scottish quiz. We all had a wonderful time learning more about Robert Burns and the Scottish culture and traditions.
Valentine’s Day!
Austen House was filled with flowers, cards and sweets in celebration of St Valentine’s Day.
Staff and residents celebrated the day of love enjoying a live music performance that took place at the home. Local singer, Gary, performed a selection of love songs including Love Is In The Air, All You Need Is Love, Love Me Tender and the residents joined in with the singing, dancing and clapping.
Also, our residents and their loved ones enjoyed a romantic and delicious Valentine’s Day dinner organized by our fantastic Hospitality and Life Enrichment team and spending the day of love together.
Stela, a resident at Austen House said: “It has been a lovely day. It was wonderful to see everyone go into so much effort to get involved with the day’s festivities. I really had a very special and wonderful time with my husband.”
Birthday Celebration!
We had a wonderful time celebrating Gill's 87th birthday in style at Austen House.
The home held a surprise birthday party for Gill with live music by Jim and a delicious homemade cake made by our head chef in honour of her birthday.
Gill was joined by staff, family, friends and other residents and became very emotional as everyone started singing Happy Birthday to her.
She was very happy dancing, clapping and felt very special to be surrounded by so many people. Gill said that when she came to Austen House, she never thought she would meet such lovely people and make so many friends.
Gill was also showered with gifts, cards and flowers from all her friends and family and commented that she felt like the "Queen for a day".
Happy Birthday Gill!
Burns Night!
Residents and staff at Austen House were involved in a wide range of activities to celebrate Burns Night.
To honour the famous Scottish poet, we hosted a poetry and music session to learn more about the Scottish Country Dancing and the Ceilidh to mark the Scottish institution.
Our residents enjoyed a hearty meal of Scotch broth, Haggis with neeps and tatties all prepared by our Chef.
It was also a perfect occasion to enjoy a Scotch whisky tasting and had great fun discovering how much, or in some cases how little, we knew about Scotland with our brilliant Scottish quiz.
We all had a wonderful time learning more about Robert Burns and the Scottish culture and traditions.
