Activities at Oulton Park Care Home
We have a wonderful team here at Oulton Park and we all work together to provide a stimulating, active environment for our residents that live here. We are always looking for new and innovative ideas for our residents to be part of here, and our activities coordinator works very hard on planning and providing a stimulating busy schedule of activities, as well as assisting the residents with their daily living preferences. We have regular meetings with our families and residents to make sure we are providing things to suit their preferences. We as a home are registered with the National Activity Providers Association and strive to provide a person-centred approach for our residents here.
Louise Hunter-Hall
Hello my name is Louise, I am the life enrichment and activities coordinator at Oulton park care centre.
I joined Oulton Park late 2023 but I have worked in the care industry for over 20 years and I have a compassion for my role and work. During the 20years I have supported many different adults with different care needs including, nursing care, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, independent living and 1:1 needs. I have both my level 2&3 in care and level 2 in sign language.
At Oulton my role is to create and organise a range of engaging and meaningful activities. My role brings me a great deal of comfort and joy.
If I can just make 1 persons life better during my working day at Oulton Park then the day has been a success. I feel honoured, fortunate and blessed to do the job I do.
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 Oulton Park Care Home
Garden Centre Trip Out
We got up and out early this week to make the most of the great weather and get to the garden centre to pick out some new flowers and plants for the gardens. We also had a look at the farm animals and enjoyed the sunshine.
We had a great rummage around before stopping in the cafe for a cup of tea and some cake.
Queen's Birthday And National Tea Day
We love any excuse for a party at Oulton Park and Her Majesty's birthday seemed like a great reason to bake cakes and enjoy ourselves.
The residents had a wonderful time reminiscing about the Queen whilst enjoying unusual teas and delicious cakes.
Easter Bank Holiday Fun
It has been a fully Easter themed Bank Holiday and our residents have done it all! We've baked Easter cakes, had a visit from the Easter Bunny, hidden, found and eaten Easter Eggs, played Easter-themed bingo and made the most of the Bank Holiday sunshine by getting out into our stunning gardens.
Faith services were available to those who wanted them and we all had a lot of laughs this weekend.
Easter Fun In The Sun!
What a wonderful Easter we had at Oulton Park. We were very pleased to play host to the 3rd Oulton Rainbows and Brownies as they hunted through our beautiful gardens for eggs left by the crafty Easter Bunny (and kindly donated by the Waitrose!).
Residents and the team here at Oulton enjoyed watching the children searching high and low for the chocolatey treats. We all had a lot of fun and we are looking forward to having the Brownies and Rainbows back to visit us again soon!
Celebrating The Team
We are still overjoyed at our 'good' rating from the CQC and we honoured the hard work of our amazing team yesterday.
Dr Pete Calveley the CEO of Barchester Healthcare and Lorna Rose, the MD visited Oulton Park to present each member of the team with a certificate of thanks as well as a £100 gift voucher.
Pete told all the staff how proud he was of them and how proud they should be of themselves.
Local MP Peter Aldous also visited yesterday to see for himself the improvements made under the leadership of General Manager Sarah Wright. Mr Aldous has toured the home to see the progress of the current refurbishment programme that will be completed within the next few weeks!
Good CQC Rating
Oulton Park passed a recent Care Quality Commission inspection with an overall “Good” rating after being praised for a responsive, safe, effective, caring and well-led service.
The CQC inspected the home on 20th January (the report was released on 19th March) and rated the home as “Good” overall.
The report stated that there were, “Staff were kind, caring and knew people well."
The report went on to say “the service was consistently managed and well-led. Leaders and the culture they created promoted high-quality, person-centred care.”
Sarah, General Manager said: “We are delighted that Oulton Park was rated ‘GOOD’ following the CQC’s inspection. The team at Oulton Park always strive to provide the best possible quality care for everyone who lives here. With the WOW refurbishment well underway and a solid GOOD rating, Oulton Park is a place to be proud to live and work.”
The full CQC report can be read here: https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-125861657
