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.
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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 Oulton Park Care Home
Memorial Balloon Release
On Saturday the 28th May 2016, we held our second annual memorial balloon release for residents that we have lost and would like to remember together. We sent out invitations for the event and had a lovely turn out for the occasion. Captain Paul McDonough, from St Margaret’s church, Lowestoft and Hazel Cresswell, from the Purple Rose Foundation, also joined us for the afternoon to offer words of comfort and support. We then let our balloons off together and watched them fly off into the distance. Soon after, we reminisced and enjoyed tea and cake in our beautiful gardens with the sounds of the birds singing.
Sarah Robertson, the General Manager, Heidi Innes and Hannah Rouse, the Activities Coordinators, would just like to thank all those that attended the event and those that gave their time to help out.
Sofia's Singing
Residents loved getting patriotic and taking a step back in time into the 40s and 50s with Sofia's singing! Everyone had big smile on their faces throughout and commented on how great she was.
Dementia Awareness Week at Oulton Park
For Dementia Awareness Week at Oulton Park, we created our own memory bunting for all to have a look at on our Memory Lane community. We gathered some treasured memories that residents shared with us in reminiscing sessions throughout the week and then, during an arts & crafts afternoon, we created the bunting and hung it in the corridor. Residents really enjoyed this and it's something different and interesting to add on to our specialist dementia community at Oulton Park for all to enjoy.
Raz & Pearl's Entertainment Afternoon
Residents enjoyed having a sing, clap and dance along to Raz and Pearl's entertainment recently. They all had big smiles on their faces throughout; they particularly loved the comedy, balloon modelling, magic and competitions.
All Singing, All Dancing
Residents loved having a sing and dance-along to Svelte, who sang us through the countries in multiple languages. Everyone had big smiles on their faces and loved getting the musical instruments out and shaking their maracas!
Painting Session
Residents enjoyed a painting session recently. There was lots of smiling and chatting throughout, and they were all pleased with the works of art that they created.
