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
Happy Chinese New Year!
Residents enjoyed a selection of Chinese Teas and delicacies celebrating the year of the Pig together. The Chinese lanterns looked stunning and everyone had a brilliant afternoon.
Happy Birthday Dr Cynthia!
Celebrations have been in full swing at Oaklands and Hilton Park as one of its residents reaches her centenary in style. Dr Cynthia Phillips was joined by staff, relatives and other residents as she received a telegram from the Queen in recognition of her landmark birthday. An Afternoon Tea was held at the home and guests enjoyed cake and a special Trifle. Reflecting on reaching this special birthday Dr Cynthia said: “I do not really have any tips but I always enjoyed hill walking when I was younger and have a reason to get up every day!”
Roses are Red this Valentines at Oaklands
Our Stitch and Chat group had been busy making Roses for our Valentines social with live music from Romy which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. Stitch and Chat meets every Tuesday at 2.30pm in the Trinity Lounge at Hilton Park. Flowers, Blankets for charity and Vegetables for the Harvest Festival??? The group knits it all and are always looking for charity projects to support and new members too!
Santa Visits
Residents were delighted to receive Christmas gifts from Santa, and staff all dressed in their best festive attire to add to the Christmas theme.
Oakland's Little Helpers
Children from the local primary school visited Oaklands and decorated Christmas biscuits with residents. When they finished, the kids took a small bag of biscuits back to school with them.
Honey Visits Oaklands
Staff and residents were thrilled to meet Honey the Shetland pony when she visited Oaklands.
Honey visited residents in the lounges and their individual rooms. She was totally at ease, and even used the lift to access the first floor rooms!
Honey surely brought the Christmas spirit to Hilton Park and we would like to say a big thank you to Amanda, her owner, for bringing her to visit us, and hope for a return visit in the summer.
