Activities at Plas-Y-Dderwen Care Home
At Plas-Y-Dderwen Care Home, our Lifestyle/Activities staff endeavour to provide a wide range of activities that suit all residents' physical and mental needs. There are regular minibus trips to nearby places of interest, including visits to local beaches and shows. We also have a film club, gentlemen's club, arts and crafts club, with musical entertainment once a week. Activities are very important to the staff of Plas-Y-Dderwen, making the home a fun and active place for all the residents who live here.
Lisa Peart
Hello, I am Lisa and I have recently joined the team at Plas y Dderwen. I have worked in the care sector since 2009 and I have a passion for working with people.
Although I am new to this role, I have always enjoyed being creative and bringing a smile and a sense of joy to others.
I am looking forward to developing an Activities programme that will bring enrichment to residents' lives through meaningful Activities.
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 Plas-Y-Dderwen Care Home
Happy 50th Birthday!
On 2nd May our Manager celebrated her 50th Birthday. Staff and Residents got together to throw her a Mad hatter’s Tea Party with Karaoke entertainment from our Activities Staff. Staff dressed up in fancy dress and our Manager became the Queen of Hearts. Residents enjoyed a tea party full of colourful cakes, sandwiches, sausage rolls and much more. The whole home came to life and everyone enjoyed.
Our Manager takes on a Skydive!
Staff and residents marked Dementia Action Week which took place from 15 – 21 May. The Manager, Sharon Herbert took on a Skydive on 20th May in Swansea, to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society and our residents’ fund, where she managed to raise over £1200.
General Manager, Sharon Herbert, said: “I wanted to take on this challenge of a Skydive because Dementia affects many of our residents. Person-centred care is at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to provide an environment that helps residents to find their way around independently as much as possible, and that residents are happy to call home. Raising this money will help us to begin work on our Memory Lane garden as well as helping Alzheimer’s Society”
Celebrating Easter
Plas y Dderwen celebrated Good Friday in style, with entertainment from Robbie Lee, our residents enjoyed singing along and we even had some dancing too!
We had invited in the local community to help with our raffle draw and also for the local children to get involved in and Easter Egg Hunt. We then finished off the afternoon with Carmarthenshire Party Ponies and Therapy Pets who brought in their wonderful Giant Rabbits and Guinea pigs. All residents and visitors really enjoyed spending time with the animals.
Comic Relief & St. Patrick's Day
On Friday 17th March, our home got together to celebrate St,Patrick’s Day and raise money for comic relief.
We had a morning of fun and games and an afternoon filled with bingo, a quiz and name that tune. Our Activities assistant Emma took on the challenge of a 6 hour sponsored silence and raised £125 for charity. We had such a fun day bringing residents and staff together.
St David's Day was our day to celebrate all things Welsh!
We raised the Welsh Flags and scattered daffodils everywhere and invited the children of Johnstown Primary School to celebrate with us.
We were treated to two performances during the day of Welsh singing and dancing from the two Reception classes and the residents enjoyed talking with the children afterwards.
Then we had another visitor in the form of the amazing Robbie Lee! Robbie treated us to a Welsh songs, songs from Welsh singers and some folk songs. We all loved singing along with Robbie and he put on such a fantastic show today with the Welsh theme.
Our chef Simon and his team prepared traditional Lamb Cawl and Rarebit today and Welsh Cakes were served through all communities.
Pub Quiz and Sky the Ferret
It was a very busy day at Plas-Y-Dderwen. Carer Leon, kindly bought in his ferret Sky to meet the residents and the team. Sky was very gentle and greatly enjoyed meeting everyone as did we. The then enjoyed our Friday pub quiz in our very own pub with drinks and nibbles!
