Activities at Emily Jackson House Care Home
Our activities team continues to offer a wide range of activities to both mentally and physically stimulate our residents. Our activities include one to one shopping, group outings in our minibus, and regularly attending our local church and bowling club. We also enjoy the entertainment from the musicians who come and visit us as well as our PAT dog. We have a range of activities so residents with all abilities and talents can join in activities and social gatherings. We encourage families and volunteers to share the joy with us by taking part in our social events as well.
Paula McGill
Hi, My name is Paula and I am the Lead Activities Coordinator here at Emily Jackson House. I absolutely love supporting our residents to take part in meaningful activities and delivering a person centered activity program.
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 Emily Jackson House Care Home
S is for 'Snake'
We recently had a visit from Zoolab, an organisation that visits care homes, bringing with them rare and exotic animals. We got the chance to hold a giant African snail, a corn snake, a white rat and a Madagascan cockroach. The zoo keeper who bought all these amazing animals was very informative, so we learnt a lot about them too.
Live Entertainment
Singer, Dave Smiler, got his first big break at Emily Jackson back in 2017. His diary is now fully booked by care homes across the Kent area. He is a great performer and full of happy songs to get our feet tapping. Lots of the residents really got in the party mood and were dancing in their seats.
Volunteer Recognition Day
Animal Entertainment
Residents were delighted and intrigued to meet with some visiting animals. There were all kinds of creatures, including snakes, spiders and mice. Residents who stayed in their rooms were also treated to a visit from the unusual animal farm. It was definitely an event to remember!
Don't Dine Alone
We opened our doors to a number of people from the community to help tackle loneliness. We invited anyone who would usually dine alone to join us on 12th July for a meal.
Diners were treated to a tasty lunch in our recently refurbished dining room. Guests had a chance to chat to the home’s staff and residents while enjoying their food. Visitors came from all over Sevenoaks and relaxed to music by Smiley from the '40s, '50s and '60s.
Our Head Chef produced a range of dishes to cover varied individual dietary needs and preferences. Diners were served a three-course meal, fruit punch and refreshments of their choice.
The ‘Don’t Dine Alone’ initiative was launched by Barchester as a way to reach out to isolated or vulnerable members of local communities.
A Kind Donation
Many thanks to Jacky, Pat and Rosemary Seall, who kindly donated an INR testing machine to the home. We are very grateful!
