Activities at Paternoster House Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Angela Hawkins
Hi my name is Angela, known as Angie, I joined Paternoster House in April 2016 as a care assistant, I have a passion for enriching our residents lives and being part of the Activities Team means I can help them achieve their dreams, keep them motivated and happy.
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 Paternoster House Care Home
Saying it with Flowers
This week our ladies enjoyed some flower arranging. Where they created their own design from a choice of different types & colours
Flower arranging provides a soothing and calming experience. The gentle act of selecting, cutting, and arranging blooms can help reduce stress and anxiety, and the vibrant colours, textures, and fragrances of the flowers create a multisensory experience that encourages relaxation and mindfulness.
Boogie with David Brierley
One of the cornerstones of our life enrichment program is live musical entertainment and David Brierley never disappoints, he always manages to get our residents and guests up dancing and singing.
Resident involvement in choosing genres along with feedback after each performance means that we are able to constantly improve our activities calendar.
Congratulations Angie & Dan
Please join all at Paternoster House in sending massive CONGRATULATIONS to our beautiful Angie on getting married to the very lucky Dan last weekend. Cheers! From all the residents as we raised a glass to the happy couple.
Crafty Clay Modelling
Last week’s Arts & Crafts session saw our residents get crafty with clay. Using their imagination to turn a hand full of modelling clay into a masterpiece, from ornate flowers to personalised pots.
Our creative group said they enjoyed the texture of the clay between their fingers and are looking forward to painting, and putting the finishing touches to their artworks once fully dried.
Knit one, purl one!
There's something inherently calming about the repetitive motion of knitting needles clicking together and wool gliding through your fingers.
Our residents love getting together for a good old 'knit & natter'. As they concentrated on not dropping a stitch and took time to share their techniques with our carers, the relaxing effect of knitting and croquet was clear to see.
Lunch on The London Eye
his week our residents enjoyed a day out in London where they experienced an unparalleled 360-degree view of the capitol city on the The Official London Eye - the world’s tallest cantilevered observation wheel at 135m (443ft) high!
Our lovely ladies beamed with pride as they looked over some of London’s most spectacular landmarks including; Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and St Paul’s Cathedral. It was such an enjoyable day, sitting there listening to the ladies as they eat lunch in their pod chatting away about their favourite memories of London.
Upcoming events
Professional's Networking Breakfast
Are you looking for a relaxed, inviting environment to network with local professionals? Join our General Manager on third Thursday each month for breakfast from 8.00am.
Community Coffee Mornings
Come along and meet new people while enjoying a chat over a hot drink and a selection of sweet treats every Friday from 10am-12 noon.
