Activities at Chestnut Gardens Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Louvina Lane
I am so proud to be part of the Chestnut Gardens team and to be able to make a real difference to the quality of our residents lives. As the Activities Lead, I put our residents well-being at the heart of everything I do. I take pride in the warmth and support i can offer residents and their families. I am proud to promote independence, dignity and quality of life at all times by providing outstanding and person-centred care in a supportive environment here at Chestnut Gardens.
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 Chestnut Gardens Care Home
Garden Centre Visits
The Chestnut Mini Bus has been out and about again. This time we visited our local Garden Centre. Perusing the plants and their lovely handmade decorations. Of course there is always time to stop for some lunch and buy a few bits along the way.
KIND Cafe' Comes to Chestnut
We recently welcomed Caroline Bartle a local Dementia specialist to the home. She was so positive an impressed with not just our facilities but our care too. So we will be working together to set up a Cafe her at Chestnut Gardens. We will be opening our doors to the local community. A chance to reminiscence over home made cake and a freshly brewed coffee. Head over to our Facebook page to find out more.
Morning Meditation
Engaging Residents mind body and soul plays an important part of our weekly activities programme. Small stretches and movement helps set us up for the day.
Residents enjoy a ballroom dance class
The residents enjoyed there regular session of ballroom dancing with Simon, a local ballroom dancer.
Simon starts with a performance for the residents, before getting them up on their feet to learn the moves themselves.
It's a great way to entertain the residents, as well as benefit from some light exercise.
Residents enjoy flower arranging
Our residents embraced a seasonal activity in the form of flower arranging.
Using a variety of beautiful flowers, residents enjoyed a sunny morning creating their very own personalised flower displays in the home’s activity room.
Getting creative with their flowers and foliage, the residents fashioned a number of striking spectacles, whilst listening to music and chatting with each other over tea and biscuits.
Museum of Croydon come to Chestnut Gardens
Residents and guests enjoyed a Museum handling object session provided by the Museum of Croydon.
The session introduced a range of Museum collections and objects for our participants to inspire engagement. The objects facilitated fun discussions, laughter and engagement between our residents and the local community.
We look forward to welcoming back Museum of Croydon to Chestnut Gardens 19th October.
