Activities at Orchard House 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!
Katalin Schlepp
Hello, I’m Katie Schlepp, and my job as the Head of Lifestyle is more than a career; it’s my passion. Every day, I have the pleasure of enhancing lives and creating moments of joy for our residents. It’s a privilege to be a part of this community where we celebrate life in all its richness, from organizing engaging activities to fostering connections and ensuring our residents well-being, I’m dedicated to making every day extraordinary. Our residents happiness and comfort are what drive me, and I’m committed to ensuring that your time at Orchard House is nothing short of wonderful.
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 Orchard House Care Home
Maintenance Work Their Socks Off
The maintenance team at The Orchards have worked their ‘socks off’ to develop the courtyard garden for residents at the home. This has included the building of a fabulous sun-house, which can be seen in the photograph. The team have worked through thick and thin to ensure the garden is ready for residents and visitors to enjoy throughout the summer. Gaynor, the General Manager and all the team at The Orchards, are extremely proud of the maintenance team as they are very dedicated and can build, repair or do most of the things that you ask of them. A huge thanks goes out to all of them for their hard work and dedication.
Long Service Award
Celebrations ensued this week as Gunars Kaneps was presented with his Long Service Award. Gunars has worked for Barchester for 10 years and is a truly valuable member of the team.
April Fools Day
On 1st April The Orchards held a ‘Silly’ day and the staff all dressed up in weird and wonderful costumes to get into the spirit of the day. However, after we had the photos taken the brilliant activities co-ordinator, Maria informed us that it was all an April Fool’s joke. So even though we felt very silly, the residents enjoyed the fun!
Easter at The Orchards
To celebrate Easter at The Orchards we held an Easter Bonnet parade and competition and much fun was had by all as we followed this up with a very competitive Easter Egg hunt.
Employee of the Month - March
Trevor Jones, Home Trainer for The Orchards Care Centre, on the Isle of Wight was awarded the Employee of the Month for March 2016 for his outstanding effort in achieving excellent training statistics and going ‘above and beyond’ to ensure all staff are trained and competent in their work.
Well done Trevor from all at The Orchards!
Christmas Fun
The residents at Orchard House have had a Christmas full of fun. They entered the Christmas cake comepition with this gorgeous cake put together by the residents.
On Christmas day the residents had a special visit from the man himself bringing gifts and joy to everyone!
