Activities at Silverbirch 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.
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Bo Tse
With previous experience working in a care home as an activities coordinator, I have developed a strong passion for enhancing the daily lives of residents through engaging and meaningful activities.
I am thrilled to join Barchester because of its outstanding reputation for providing exceptional care and a warm, community-focused environment. In my role, I will be dedicated to creating enriching programs that promote social interaction and well-being, helping both residents and their families feel supported and connected.
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 Silverbirch House Care Home
Knit & Natter
KNIT & NATTER
Variety as the saying goes 'is the spice of life' and our residents love variety!
If we're not out at the zoo or taking part in our regular Zumba sessions we also enjoy participating in arts and crafts including our regular KNIT N NATTER classes.
A time to relax and enjoy chatting whilst creating some woolie items too
Summer Vibes
Summer vibes keeping cool...
Plenty of drinks and ice creams to keep our lovely residents hydrated and cool in the warm sunny weather.
Wonderful Feedback
Celebrating Pride Month
CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH
We joined in with the spirit of pride month with our residents and team by enjoying colourful accessories and decorations.....
Our home supports different cultures, diversity and communities so we decided to celebrate pride month and mark it with our own colourful celebrations which included cake decorations and an array of mocktails of many colours...
Silverbirch House makes Stewart's dream come true!
Resident, Stewart, at Silverbirch House had always wanted to re-visit an art gallery, so staff at the home made his wish a reality proving the old adage, it’s never too late.
Stewart has lived at Silverbirch for 18 months and is beloved by staff and residents alike. Staff at the home were delighted to be a part of making Stewart’s dream come true, as they knew how much it meant to him and they all wanted to be there to see the smile on Stewart’s face when his dream was realised.
Staff first found out about Stewart’s dream and decided to plan a memorable trip to The Watts Art Gallery. Stewart was also accompanied by some of the other residents and staff who were there to witness this momentous occasion.
In response to this wonderful surprise, Stewart, said: “It is such an amazing feeling to know that such a loving group of people care so much about me that they helped me to live out a dream – and I didn’t even ask.”
Louise White, General Manager at the home, said: “We believe that every moment is worth cherishing. We want everyone we care for to know how important they are to us here at Silverbirch House. It is testament to the hard work and dedication of the team here in making our residents’ dreams come true. It was wonderful to see how happy Stewart was – and the staff loved being a part of this as well.”
Silverbirch House care home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering personalised care across its care homes and hospitals. Silverbirch provides residential care and dementia care for 65 residents from respite care to long-term stays.
Pen Pals with Worplesdon Primary School Children
The power of receiving a hand written letter will never disappoint as the feeling you have when opening the envelope and reading the words that someone has put together for your benefit simply never dates and not even social media could compare.
That is why when we asked the pupils from Worplesdon Primary School to take part in our pen pals idea they straight away agreed.
The theme of the letters are for both our residents and the students to share ‘their earliest memories’ how wonderful!
