Activities at Worplesdon View Care Home
Activities at Worplesdon View
The activities team at Worplesdon View organise and run activities and events for large groups, small groups and individual residents. We include relatives, volunteers and the remaining staff whenever possible and encourage choice and participation from everyone we support. Our programme is planned in advance and is is designed provide tailored, meaningful activities for residents to participate in that will stimulate all senses, whist encouraging mental and physical well-being. We have an activity plan for all residents, and of course, this changes with the needs of each person to keep it up-to-date and useful. Worplesdon View is a fun and dynamic place to live and work, and the secret to this is that everyone is encouraged to see activities as part of their role in the home so that residents are happy and always have something to do.
Marsha Bevan
Marsha comes from a past of organising and planning workshops for school groups and running her own business, with lots of connections to different entertainers, she has undertaken the challenge of managing our busy events and activity schedule. Organised and smiley, you can find her filling in spreadsheets, chatting to residents or playing word games - her favourite activity!
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Worplesdon View Care Home
Nutrition and Hydration week
For Nutrition and Hydration Week we tried to work on our own nutrition and hydration by making a selection of different flavoured smoothies. Our residents cut and chopped the ingredients, put them in the blender and mixed the different options to make different smoothies for them all to try and then rate the flavour and taste. We created a Pineapple Cucumber Smoothie as the cucumber makes it extra hydrating. We created a Banana Peanut Butter Smoothie and surprising this was a real favourite (for peanut butter lovers) so we would suggest making it with the simple ingredients Banana, Milk, Creamy Peanut Butter and Ice Cubes and let us know your thoughts! Another favourite was Baileys Raspberry Smoothie and it was rather delicious.
Pancake Day
We hope that everyone enjoyed a Pancake or two for Pancake Day. Residents enjoyed Pancakes with a variety of toppings from syrup, some fruit to the usual sugar. We also read and worked through the activity book about Pancake Day, giving some history and some activities to do. Other residents enjoyed Pancake colour by number.
Valentine's Messages of Love
We had a very productive Valentine’s Day from listening to some lovely music, going through an activity book, Valentine's word searches and being creative making sun catcher hearts with the emphasis on being grateful with kind and positive words.
We have used these sun catchers on our message tree to remind and thank everyone about being kind, stopping to listen, to continue being a good friend and support, being patient and that we are all special! We really enjoyed making the day not just about love in romance, but our bonds and special friendships we make throughout our lives.
The day is about celebrating all the good relationships we share with others and the importance this has on enjoying a more fulfilled life.
National Pizza Day
Residents enjoyed an afternoon of making their own pizzas with a variety of different options and there were some delicious looking pizzas coming out the oven. We learnt what everyone’s favourite toppings are and we discussed the Top 10 Toppings in the UK currently and some of them were surprising!
We hope you enjoyed National Pizza Day with your own delicious creations.
Celebrating Chinese New Year
Residents enjoyed celebrating and learning about Chinese New Year and about the Year of the Tiger. We discussed the zodiac calendar, created dragons and lanterns and used them for decorations.
We also travelled to and explored China through virtual tours, the information we gathered helped us learn about their culture, climate, top 10 places to visit/see, traditional food and the amazing Great Wall of China, which is one of the seven wonders of the world.
International Flower Day
Lots of residents at the home have participated in creating brilliant artwork for International Flower Day. We had some residents using creative skills to make paper flowers and others using instructions to colour in order to support their mindfulness. We have a beautiful display showcasing our residents' creativity.
