Activities at Derham House Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Kay Thompson
I have worked in the care sector for many years. I am fully trained in dementia awareness, and I have also trained as a dignity champion. I have been working here at Derham House since March 2019, and I am really enjoying my role here.
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 Derham House Care Home
Happy Reunion as Distanced Garden Visits Return
We are delighted to say that we are now offering socially distanced visits for relatives of our residents within our garden space. This has already made such a difference to our residents and given everybody a big boost!!
To protect our residents we have had to carefully arrange the visits with social distancing and thorough cleaning between each visit. If you are a relative, please get in touch with our team to arrange your visit.
New Technology for our Residents!
We are very excited to let you know that we have got some new technology for our residents at Derham House! We have got some 'Echo Dot's', so that residents can request music as they please or simply ask Alexa any questions that they may have!! It has been great fun teaching our residents how to use the new goodies!
Father's Day
Happy Father's Day from all of us at Derham House Care Home! We celebrated by gifting all of our male residents a card and a present. Our residents were also showered with cards and gifts from their families!
Cooking Club!
We have been busy cooking up some treats here at Derham House. Our cooking club is meeting regularly to bake a range of goodies. Here we are baking some bread - click through the pictures to see the amazing design our residents created! It tasted just as good as it looked!
Carers Week Celebrations
Carers Week at Derham house was a lovely celebration to say thank you to our fantastic carers for all that they do. We celebrated with lots of treats, including cupcakes made by a friend of our home. Thank you Pam for such tasty cupcakes!! Our home bought her some flowers to say thank you for her kind donation.
Barchester Together
Barchester sent out a lovely thank you card and wristbands to all staff members as a way of showing appreciation to everyone who has worked so hard during this current crisis.
