Activities at Chestnut Gardens Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Rikardas Cirunas
Hello, my name is Rikardus and I am the Activities Co-ordinator at Chestnut Gardens Care Home.
I have worked for Barchester for five years and was so excited to be part of such a excellent team at this beautiful home.
Every day I look forward to supporting our residents in living a full and enriched life and especially enjoy the outdoor activities that we arrange to the local attractions, even if the weather can be unpredictable at times.
We also hold loads of varied internal activities so everyone is catered for and the musicians and therapy animals are a very big hit.
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 Chestnut Gardens Care Home
Getting Blooming Creative
We love fresh flowers here at Chestnut Gardens. They bring joy to us all with their fragrant aromas and beautiful colours. Flowers stimulate the senses of smell, sight and touch and in doing so can also trigger memories, encourage reminiscing and reduce feelings of stress and anxiety.
Aside from the benefits of flower arranging for our minds, cutting and arranging flowers gently engages your joints, and helps to preserve motor function. It can also help improve dexterity and muscle memory by engaging finer movements in the hand and promote a mind-body connection.
Daily Aperitifs with Friends
Sherry and food are a match made in heaven so a daily glass before mealtimes not only tempts and cleanses the palate but it is also a great social thing for our residents here at Chestnut Gardens. Meeting up for a tipple just before mealtimes sets the mood for an enjoyable time and connected experience.
A Day at the Races
We all like to be heard and knowing our residents really does make a difference in being able to help them to continue to live their life as they want to by still doing the things that they have previously enjoyed throughout their lives.
Ahead of Cheltenham Festival recently, our resident, John who is an avid fan of horse racing, expressed a wish to go to the races. He fancied a flutter with the excitement of real life action.
So, with support from a great team and our mini bus, off we went with John to Plumpton Race Course. Fresh air and fun before he got glued to the TV for a few days to follow the Cheltenham action.
Pamper Time
Who doesn't love to be pampered and feel a million dollars. Having our own hair salon and nail bar means our residents can take full advantage of being preened and polished when ever they like.
Holy Communion
We were delighted when Reverend Hilary Fife visited Chestnut Gardens. She conducted a special service and holy communion for residents. Everyone came together to hear readings, sing hymns and receive a spiritual blessing. keeping up with events and faith is important to some of our residents so ensuring we recognise this and continue to make it happen mean a lot to us.
Play Time Fun
We love to welcome visitors of all ages. It was a delight when some of the children from a local nursery popped in to show us their toys. Everyone loved going back to their own childhood, happy memories and an afternoon of reminiscence.
Upcoming events
April Outside Community Cafe
April Community Café will be held outside in April , depending on weather. Please come and join the afternoons entertainment and refreshments. Everyone invited.
Cheese and Wine Event and Evening Financial Planning Talk.
We Invite you all to a Cheese and Wine Evening at our home with an eveningtalk from Goddard Perry Consulting Ltd on Financial Planning.
