Activities at Tyspane Care Home
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
Jacqui Conroy
Jacqui and her team devise and plan fun group activities and events for all our residents, including pamper days, gentle exercise classes and music therapies. Regular one to one sessions and smaller groups are tailored to residents specific needs and hobbies with gardening and crafts amongst the most popular.
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 Tyspane Care Home
Motomed Marathon
Mike Culley, Andy Willmer and residents and staff laced up their trainers and warmed-up for the Motomed Challenge, with the aim to ride 26.2 miles on both fixed cycles and motomed.
Staff and residents took to their marks and achieved the 26.2 miles in around 1 hour and 30 minutes. Mike Culley, who is the local Iron Man champion and still works with local groups, started in 1966 whilst serving in the RAF police and became the first black belt in North Devon in 1972, completed his first triathlon in '83, and completed in the world championships in Nice, France.
Bringing the Community Together
Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together to enjoy our Summer Fete that was held on 3rd June 2017
We hosted a variety of activities throughout the day, with this year's theme being dance, including live entertainment from the Grumpy Old Men, the Barnstaple Youth Band, Nadine Morrish Dance Academy, Project Dance and cheerleaders from Coombe Martin/Ilfracombe. We were joined by Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, and her entourage, who delighted everyone with their presence at the event. The Summer Fete was opened by local Iron Man and charity swimmer, Mike Culley, who is taking the lead in our Motomed Marathon.
Staff at Tyspane Care Home made everyone feel welcome and were delighted to see different generations having fun together. Visitors enjoyed plenty of refreshments, such as cream teas, cold drinks and ice cream, prepared by the team, who were hard at work making sure that a great time was had by all – it really was a team effort!
Thank you, goodbye and good luck!
After 30 years of continuous service at Tyspane, much-loved Activities Coordinator, Hilary Cortis, has decided to retire.
Staff and residents at the home sent Hilary off in style with champagne and presents to thank her for many years of dedication. Everyone at the home has very fond memories of Hilary and she will be sadly missed.
During her time at Tyspane, Hilary has worked in every department and has worked under 13 Managers. She joined the home 30 years ago and was one the first members of staff to be employed. 5 years later, the home was sold to Barchester Healthcare, so she has been with the home since it first began.
Century Celebrations for Doris
Celebrations have been in full swing as resident, Doris, reached her 100th birthday in style.
Doris was amazed to have so much fuss made about her and was delighted to see all her family. She said the secret to her long life was keeping active.
Christmas Party
We decided to celebrate to celebrate our annual Christmas buffet with residents, relatives and guests. We were joined by the Grumpy Old Men, who played to us long into the night.
Residents, their relatives and staff all enjoyed themselves and everyone looked extremely festive.
Going for Gold
Residents and staff laced up their trainers and warmed up for their weekly session of flexicise and singing.
Staff and residents could be seen flexing their muscles - even those who had suffered a stroke were going for gold in this exercise class. The staff encourage residents to flex the upper parts of their body, which will hopefully encourage them to keep active. At the end of the class, as a warm down, Physio Assistant, Babs Spear, had all the group join in with singing to help their lungs; residents were singing Durham Town and many other songs, and really enjoying their sessions. Even those living with Dementia could remember the words of some songs and could be seen singing along to the music.
