Activities at Emily Jackson House Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
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 centred activity program.
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
What a lovely surprise yesterday!
Sevenoaks School music choir surprised with an afternoon visit. The residents were pleased to see them and enjoyed the music.
We also had some volunteers from Sevenoaks School too who helped Residents Grahame and Tony to build their model aeroplanes. Both men have a passion for flying and their faces lit up as they talked about their flying days.
Remembering VE Day
Recently we took time to remember VE Day. It was lovely to hear stories of street parties and celebrations.
We all enjoyed a good old sing song with Natalie. We packed up our troubles in old kit bag and smiled, smiled, smiled.
On this day 79 years ago Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced the end of the Second World War in Europe.
Nearly eight decades on we remember the many British, Commonwealth and Allied personnel who liberated a continent from tyranny.
Outing to the pub
The Sun was shining today so it was a good excuse to go out for a trip in the minibus.
The residents were asked where they wanted to go - to a garden centre or a pub?
Well no surprise where we ended up.
The residents enjoyed their drinks and a change of scene.
Thank you to The Chaser Inn Shipbourne for making us feel welcome and for Dionne , one of our lovely volunteers (North Kent College) for helping.
Sensory Boards
The Magnadots and Magna boards are proving popular with the residents.
These magnetic boards are great for the residents cognitive skills. Activities and games keep the brain active especially for people affected by Dementia. The activity, stimulation and a sense of accomplishment can be beneficial and therapeutic for anyone.
The games help to provide a cognitive stimulation, hand-eye coordination and help fine motor and dexterity skills.
Residents also enjoyed a cookery class today and liked decorating ( and eating) the cookies they made.
Staff Appreciation
All of the staff at Emily Jackson House are dedicated to supporting and caring for our residents but carers Manori and Funmi go the extra mile.
They are always happy to help.
We are happy to recognise their hard work with a small token of appreciation for being such great team players.
Fun and smiles!
What a great time we had at our Easter Fete!
We had several stalls run by local small businesses, a raffle and a tombola.
Refreshments were available throughout the day and we were entertained by the wonderful June B.
A resident commented ‘It was like a party!’. It certainly did feel that way.
Thank you to all that helped, had a stall and to everyone that came.
We thank you for your continued support.
