Activities at Red Oaks Care Home
We believe in making a difference to the lives of people living here with us and ensure that we provide a lifestyle full of choice and stimulation that is centred around each resident here at Red Oaks. This includes a whole host of varied activities, together with regular trips out around the region, taking full advantage of the home’s minibus. Our aim is to enable each person we support to continue to do the things they enjoy for as long as they possibly can.
Sue McHoy
My role as activity coordinator at Red Oaks is ensuring that all residents have a full and varied activity program. Using our getting to know me books and knowing our residents backgrounds develop our activity program. Having lived in Henfield for the past 10 years I enjoy assisting residents maintaining and forming new the community connections.
I am passionate about my role, the part is having fun and making people smile.
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 Red Oaks Care Home
Kings Coronation Celebrations
Red Oaks joined in the Big Lunch with an afternoon of celebrations.
Liz and Clare opened the celebrations playing the flute and piano whilst the Henfield Scouts and cubs served the cream teas and coronation quiche.
Cream tea’s were followed by Claire singing tunes from the 60’s and 70’s whilst residents, relatives and friends danced the afternoon away in the sunshine.
International Nurses Day
Red Oaks celebrated international nurses day with both current and past nurses.
The 12th May see is the anniversary of Florence nightingales birth and the celebrations mark the contributions that nurses make to Red Oaks and society as a whole.
Nurses swapped stories of training days and memorial moments with many years of experience at the celebrations.
Coffee morning in aid of Dementia UK
Red Oaks staff, residents and relatives came together for a morning of fund raising in dementia awareness week.
Our dementia champions were on hand to discuss information on dementia care.
Everyone enjoyed the beautifully made cakes by Red Oaks Clinical Lead Emily.
Inspiration from Chelsea Flower Show
Many residents have a passion for flowers and Chelsea Flower show is a firm favourite at Red Oaks.
Taking inspiration resident spent the afternoon flower arranging using china tea cups and discussing the different flowers used.
A Trip Christmas Shopping to Henfield High Street
Resident, relatives and staff enjoyed the festivities of Henfield open evening. Lots of stalls, Christmas lights and the reindeer at Stokes the newsagents was a big hit. The atmosphere of the high street was buzzing with Christmas cheer. Everyone was so welcoming stopping to talk and wishing all a Merry Christmas.
A special delivery from a very special dog.
Stanley Red Oaks PAT dog and his owner Julie had a special delivery for residents when he arrived this week pulling his festive cart delivering mince pies for all.
Stanley is a Lenneberg dog and visits Red Oaks on a weekly basis with his owner Julie. Residents look forward each week to their visit with some always having a treat for Stanley. A big thank you to both for all your visits
