Activities at Ottley House Care Home
At Ottley House, we offer a person-centred activities programme, and aim to match residents' abilities and interests with meaningful activities of the correct degree of challenge that promotes their health and well-being. We also provide visual, tactile, audible and olfactory sensory experiences. There are weekly music/movement therapy sessions, 'Oomph' sessions, and arts & crafts classes to help improve, maintain and refine motor skills. We enjoy regular visits from entertainers, musicians and animal therapists, as well as pub nights, 'food from around the world' days, and minibus outings to places of interest.
Cath Smallman
Hi, I'm Cath, the Activities Coordinator here at Ottley House. My days are spent making sure that the residents in the home have an interesting and active social programme to enjoy each day. Residents individual preferences are considered all the time in a person centred approach and I welcome feedback from families too.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Ottley House Care Home
Red Noses at the ready! Raising funds for Comic Relief
Staff and residents at Ottley House have taken part in a bake sale and comedy themed quiz to raise money for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day.
Staff and residents donned their red noses and got stuck in to help raise funds for this very important cause.
Comic Relief spends the money raised by Red Nose Day to help people living tough lives across the UK and internationally. Since its launch in 1988, Red Nose Day has become a British institution when people across the country get together to raise money at their home, school and work, accompanied by an exciting night of TV on the BBC, full of comedy and entertainment to inspire the nation to give generously.
Residents and staff at Ottley House were all very supportive and were there to cheer on the participants as they began the fundraising challenges.
Sarah Mitchell, community engagement officer at Ottley House Care Home, said: “Taking part in Red Nose Day has been a huge amount of fun and everyone at the home has been behind us all the way. It’s for such an important cause. I’m very glad to be able to do my bit to raise further awareness and money for the charity.”
Ottley House raised a great amount of money by completing the challenges, which will be donated to Comic Relief.
Cheers for the Beers!
We do enjoy the odd tipple here at Ottley House and residents enjoyed an afternoon of beer tasting that took place in the home.
Sampling from a selection of 6 different beers, residents were able to try the different flavours and learn the different notes and blends, including floral and fruity, to zesty, bitter and earthy combinations.
Beer, if drunk in moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.
Apparently a fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but we thought it would be better to be thoroughly sure, and so a few sips of each were required!
We truly embraced the joy and camaraderie that accompanied sharing a cold brew with friends.
There was no clear winner as each sample was given the thumbs up, guess we’ll have to do it again then, won’t we?
World Book Day
Our bookshelves were bulging as we celebrated World Book Day in style.
World book day isn’t just for children as the day promotes reading for pleasure and all ages are able to do that!
Our residents decided to host a discussion about their favourite books and authors, and to join a storytelling session.
The debate about books that made it to the box-office also arose and there was quite a discussion about the top adaptations out there.
Of course the day would not have been complete without a costume or two.
It’s blooming lovely here!
Residents were invited to make beautiful Valentine’s-themed table decorations. The displays were used to decorate the home ready for Valentine’s Day celebrations. Some residents chose flowers in traditional red hues whereas others chose different Spring colours depending on their favourite blooms. We just love helping people create something beautiful and seeing how much pleasure they gain from the experience. These table decorations are such a simple thing to do but so effective when you see them around the home. We all had a wonderful afternoon together.”
If we knew you were coming we’d have baked a cake (oh we did!)
Residents whipped up a selection of cakes. Once they had cooled, everyone got busy decorating with icing, buttercream, marshmallows, dolly mixture, edible stars and flowers to make some of the most fabulous cakes in town.
It wasn’t just the residents that were excited about baking cakes, the eyes of all our staff lit up too – everyone loves cake!”
Joe, a resident said: “I have always loved baking, it is so rewarding when a cake turns out well, I have eaten so much delicious cake today, I think this has to be one of my favourite activities.”
Ottley House Turns 30!
Ottley House has just turned 30 years old, staff, residents and guests commemorated this special occasion with live music provided by local performer Paul Watkins. Also present was the very first General Manager of Ottley House Christine Bird.
Ottley House has built up excellent reputations within its local communities. The home regularly holds events and activities for its residents and surrounding neighbours.
It is also important to recognise the hard work of our staff here at Ottley House. For the past 30 years, we have provided a caring home for our residents as well as the best possible environment for our staff. The day not only enabled us to celebrate their hard work, but it was also an opportunity to thank the residents, their relatives and friends who have made Ottley House such a loving home.
