Activities at The Fernes Care Home
At The Fernes we endeavour to make our care as personal as possible, including when it comes to activities. We will give you a 'Getting to Know Me' booklet for you to fill out with your loved one before they arrive, which includes a little life history and a tick sheet for a vast amount of activities. This enables us to offer the activities we know they will enjoy and enables us to learn valuable information about their lives and what might stimulate them in conversations and trips.
Our specialist Activities and Lifestyle staff make sure there are always meaningful activities to take part in, such as helping in the garden, baking some bread to have with our dinner, and trips out to various locations nearby such as the beach and the garden centres. Residents are encouraged to take part, but it is always the resident’s choice to participate or not as we believe that having choice is very important to help our residents feel in control of their lives. There are activities on offer every day (and night for those night owls) in the form of word puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, arts and crafts, needle crafts and board games to name a few. We have entertainment that is organised at least twice a month such as Music for Health, Zoolab or musicians, and also have a wonderful Yoga instructor who comes every other week.
Activities are provided by everyone in our home from carers and specialised activities staff, right through to our admin team. If there is a task that needs doing and a resident would like to do it, such as sealing envelopes and putting stamps on or handing out popcorn for our Movie Mondays, they are very welcome to help out which enables us to give them a better feeling of purpose and self-worth.
We are a registered member of the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA), which means that we are always working to make the quality of life of all of our residents as high as possible by working with person-centred activities that aim to stimulate our residents, both mentally and physically.
Sophie Wasteney
Hi, I'm Sophie, I am the Activities Lead at The Fernes. I've worked in the care sector for 26 years and here at The Fernes for 3 of those. When I started here I worked in care so really got to know the residents, relatives and home very well. When the Activities Lead role arose I naturally jumped at the opportunity as it was one aspect of care I really wanted to do as I really enjoy making people happy. As you cannot put a price on a smile!
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 The Fernes Care Home
Chinese New Year
The Year of the Tiger went down roaring here at The Fernes. Making our own dragons, Chinese themed lunch and even trying our hand at the art of fortune cookies making and writing our own inspirational wishes.
Valentine’s Day
We had a great day sharing our best romantic stories and our wisdom of what makes a successful marriage. Our residents enjoyed a special romantic lunch and of course a Valentine's card making class.
Piña Coladas and Jazz
We hosted a lovely cocktail tasting session, which was enjoyed by all. Our residents' cocktail of the month was a Pina Colada reminding them of their holidays to Spain and bringing back those summer memories.
Minibus Trip
Our minibus trip this month has been all about our local view enjoying looking over Portsmouth and seeing all the way to the Isle of Wight with a cup of tea and a few biscuits hearing each other’s stories.
Opera Singer
We were so lucky to have been joined by the talented opera singer Jen, our residents were so taken by her angelic voice and were thrilled to be a part of the opera world.
International Flower Day
We had a bright floral day creating flower arrangements for the tables, trying our hand at our floral knowledge with a picture quiz and using our interactive magic table.
