Activities at Southerndown Care Home
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.
Stacey Davies
I have worked at Southerndown since 2013. I enjoy providing many various activities for our residents, such as gardening groups, trips out in the mini bus, quiz days and art therapy, amongst the many things we enjoy to do.
I look forward to meeting you all.
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 Southerndown Care Home
The Nativity has arrived at Southerndown
Our experienced and enthusiastic maintenance team have built the stable and our wonderful residents had great fun choosing the mannequins, their wigs and the clothes each should wear to depict the special group joining together to meet baby Jesus.
The life-size nativity is in our garden courtyard visible from the Worcester Road as you walk or drive by. There was great excitement throughout the home when the scene was set and assembled. Our Resident Ambassador ‘Carole’ helped with the grand reveal and ribbon cutting to officially open our display for all to enjoy.
We welcome passers-by to view and comment on our Facebook page. Baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wise men have already been visited by a passing ‘goat’ and two wooden reindeers have come to stay.
Our residents and staff would love to know if you’ve taken the time to stop by; post your selfie here and we’ll add to our home notice board for all to see. Big thank you to local friend of the home; Rob Kemp for donating the gorgeous Reindeers.
Newly Installed Designated Visiting Room
The residents at Southerndown are overjoyed, as Barchester Healthcare has implemented an indoor visiting suite for them to continue to spend time with their loved ones in the upcoming months, in addition to the outdoor visiting that has been on offer.
There has been much careful planning and preparation for this moment. The visiting suite has been designed with both comfort and safety in mind, and has been recently adapted from a room which is accessible internally by residents and externally by visitors. The room is similar to a living room with comfortable furnishings, and heated to create a welcoming and warm environment, and has an intercom system fitted, so residents can clearly communicate, and engage in conversation, whilst being able to see their friends and family through a Perspex glass divider, fitted for safety to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Infection control protocols and safe social distancing are in place for every visit, including a hand sanitizer station before entry. Cleaning at Southerndown care home will take place after each visit to ensure chairs, seats, hard surfaces including windowsills, and the Perspex glass divider are wiped down appropriately.
Ela Solomon, General Manager at the home, said: “The visiting suite has been a much welcomed development for our residents at Southerndown to continue to receive much looked forward to visits from their loved ones, as the weather changes. Alongside the continued offer of outdoor visiting; which includes a newly installed Barchester visitor ‘pod’ the indoor visiting suite visits are well organised, and a lot of safety measures have been put in place to ensure they are covid secure. It was wonderful to see how happy it made the residents and their relatives in a warm and cosy environment.”
Christmas Tree Decorating
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Southerndown. Our residents enjoyed helping the activities team to decorate the trees in every community.
Boots Gifts of Kindness
Our staff have received a wonderful 'Christmas Gift of Kindness' from the local Boots store in Chipping Norton, big THANK YOU to all your colleagues for their generosity.
Big virtual hugs and best wishes for the holiday season #Thankyou #chippingnorton #boots
Pumpkin Carving
This Halloween, making our own lanterns to decorate the home driveway and our garden terraces. The residents at Southerndown enjoyed getting messy with pumpkin carving they looked amazing at night.
Baking at Southerndown
Here at Southerndown, we have so many esidents who are amazing bakers. We thought that we would put our talents together and produce a really stunning Wheatsheaf Loaf, and also make some very tasty rolls to have with our lunch. These were all a great successes, and we were very pleased with the results. We can’t wait for our next baking club session!
