Activities at Wilsmere House Care Home
Most days, you will find our Activities Coordinators doing a range of different activities with residents, whether that be in a group setting or on a one-to-one basis. It is important that our activities team are passionate about the social events that we provide, and are dedicated to delivering an activities programme that reflect the interests and capabilities of those we support, so that life at Wilsmere House is full of fun.
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 Wilsmere House Care Home
National Biscuit Day
Whether you’re a die-hard Digestive fan, a Ginger Nut, or go crazy for a Custard Cream, National Biscuit Day, celebrated on May 29th, is the perfect day for you. And it was certainly a day of fun filled biscuit dunking, for the staff and residents at Wilsmere House.
To mark the celebration of the nation’s favourite biscuits, residents tucked into a variety of their favourite’s, which of course, were paired with a good old cup of tea.
There was much fun to be had taking part in staff and residents baking competition, biscuit themed quizzes, socially distanced gatherings, baking biscuits. Residents also got the chance to share a cuppa and biccy with family and friends over Skype which is proving an invaluable way to keep residents in constant contact with loved ones, during these unprecedented times.
Senior Health and Fitness Day
Wilsmere House in Harrow got active for Senior Health and Fitness Day on the 27th May. Residents participated in a variety of bespoke events throughout the day that accommodated for a wide range of physical abilities, including Yoga session via Zoom with yoga instructor, Liz.
Created to inspire senior-friendly physical activity, the national day was launched to increase awareness on health for the elderly, and to encourage diet and lifestyle changes for an overall improvement to wellbeing, and illness prevention.
The home also invited in a personal trainer and a nutritionist for the residents to speak to regarding their individual diet and exercise Via Zoom.
Nurses' Day
Coinciding with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, International Nurses' Day, held on Tuesday 12th May, is a day to celebrate nurses and care staff around the world. Residents and staff at Wilsmere House were happy to get involved by hosting a much-deserved Nurses' Day event.
VE Day Celebrations
Wilsmere House celebrated VE Day with a virtual party to commemorate 75 years since the end of the Second World War.
Staff and residents at Wilsmere House, along with people all over the UK, joined together for the ‘Nation’s Toast to the Heroes of WW2’. In light of the current situation, rather than celebrating with street parties, at 3pm on May 8th, the country was encouraged to mark the day with a nationwide toast.
Paying tribute to the many millions at home and abroad, that sacrificed so much to ensure we all enjoy and share the freedom we have today.
National Tea Day
Wilsmere House celebrated the Queen’s birthday in style, whilst also brewing up a storm for National Tea Day on with a virtual tea party.
Burns Day Celebrations
Staff and residents at the home Celebrated Burns Day by learning the art of Scottish Country Dancing and the Ceilidh, we also had a guest musician who entertained us with some traditional Scottish tunes. Finally we ended the day with a delicious burns supper and the address to the ‘Great chieftain O’ the pudding’ race’ – the Haggis.
