Activities at Orchard House Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Katalin Schlepp
Hello, I’m Katie Schlepp, and my job as the Head of Lifestyle is more than a career; it’s my passion. Every day, I have the pleasure of enhancing lives and creating moments of joy for our residents. It’s a privilege to be a part of this community where we celebrate life in all its richness, from organizing engaging activities to fostering connections and ensuring our residents well-being, I’m dedicated to making every day extraordinary. Our residents happiness and comfort are what drive me, and I’m committed to ensuring that your time at Orchard House is nothing short of wonderful.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Orchard House Care Home
Happy 90th Birthday Sheila!
Sheila is another wonderful resident who marked her 90th birthday here with us! Sheila celebrated her day with family and a small group of friends and we held a small party here for her, she chose chocolate trifle as her favourite cake which we obliged of course. She really loved all the balloons, decorations and fun party games we planned for her and we all had a lovely time celebrating with her and her family. Sheila worked as a secretary in her youth and has 2 grown up daughters who visit and keep in contact regularly.
Happy Golden Wedding Anniversary!
Mr and Mrs Peter and Helen Reffold, celebrated the extremely special occasion of their 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary. Local papers printed stories of their life together and they gave us an insight of their life, Peter training as a teacher on the mainland teaching mathematics and physics, Helen training as a nurse, then working in a small shop when the children were small. Their secret to a happily married life is to work at it, accept life for what it is and take all the ups and downs as they come.
Happy 90th Birthday Kathlyn!
A huge happy birthday to our wonderful resident Kathlyn, who reached the incredible age of 90! On a residents birthday they are given a choice of favourite flavour birthday cake, a favourite meal and they are spoilt with cards, gifts and their bedrooms and celebration areas fully decorated with balloons, banners and bunting! Kate was visited by family on 2 separate occasions throughout the day and we had a small party attended by friends, staff and family here at Orchard House. Kathlyn trained and worked as a nurse for the NHS in her younger years so it’s our pleasure to now look after her.
Elf Day
All of our Christmas decorations are up and Orchard House is looking extremely festive. Residents helped us decorate our tree by making their own decorations, painting pine cones and glittery baubles. The day co-incided with National Elf Day. Staff enjoyed dressing up and having fun putting smiles on our residents faces. They deserve the very best Christmas and we’re working hard to make sure they have so much fun this season.
A Visit from Hunnyhill Primary School
Here at Orchard House we have strong community links with schools, we enjoyed children singing for us from Hunnyhill Primary School which our residents thoroughly enjoyed. Children also kindly made their own Christmas cards and gave gifts out individually to our residents which we thought was a lovely touch. We wish them a merry Christmas!
A Performance from the Wight Diamonds Marching Band
At Christmas time our residents and staff enjoy seasonal music so we always welcome Wight Diamonds Marching Band in to play Christmas Carols for us. Residents sang along and joined in shaking tamborines and clapping their hands to the music. Music therapy plays a huge part in supporting our residents wellbeing and we always ensure music is played as our residents enjoy it so very much.
