Activities at Oaklands Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Anna Bate & Jo Lawn
Anna is our Activity Lead. She started working at Barchester over 14 years ago at our sister home Hilton Park. Having built strong relationships with staff, residents and families, Anna brings lots of fun to our home. Anna loves to sing, dance and laugh and generally brings oodles of joy to ours days.
Working alongside Anna is Jo who started her career here at Oaklands as a carer on Elms community in 2014 developing a passion for dementia care and completing her social care N+VQ Levels 2 and 3. Jo Joined the activity team 3 years ago and has since become the homes dementia champion, championing for a better lifestyle for our resident through staff training and regular audits.
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 Oaklands Care Home
Musical Bingo
Due to the coronavirus, we have been enjoying lots of small group activities. The residents had great fun playing musical bingo, listening and singing to many old time favourites, and then finding the matching name of the song on a card. We kind of lost our way because we were singing too much, and so there was no clear winner!
Movement to Music!
It is very important to keep moving as you get older - movement to music is one of the many fun exercise classes that we run here at Oaklands. An instructor comes in to show us the moves and everybody has great fun getting involved!
Valentine's Choir
Residents enjoy a weekly choir session with warm up songs and then into our choir sheets , which our the same songs so lots of repeating and reminicience . Some residents even enjoyed a dance with julie the choir teacher whilst singing.
School Visit
Every Wednesday lunchtime, a small group of children visit our home to read with residents. This activity helps to build the confidence of both the children and residents, and it gives the residents a sense of purpose.
Cloud Nine Choir
Residents enjoyed a treat on Sunday afternoon when a choir came to visit. Their teacher also runs our weekly choir and so we were all able to join in with some of the carols. It was a lovely event which was opened up to the local community. It was touching to see some new faces as well as some familiar ones. A big thank you to those who continually support the home year after year despite no longer having a loved one with us.
Christmas Party
Residents and staff celebrated Christmas with a day of party music and entertainment. The day started with “the Saxophone” lady entertaining us with variety of favourites in the morning. We than had a traditional Cockney Christmas sing-a-long in the afternoon with mulled wine, mince pies and of course, lots and lots of chocolates. A few residents enjoyed a dance while others wiggled in their chairs. It was a heart-warming experience for us all.
