Activities at The Dales Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Kay Thompson
Hi, my name is Kay and I am the activities coordinator here at the Dales. I joined the team in June 2021 and I love spending time with the residents each day, delivering meaningful activities that keep our residents active and social stimulated, more importantly we have fun! Our life enrichment programme is varied and we have lots to do!
Before I joined the home I was a lecturer teaching young individuals with high needs, it is very different being an activities coordinator but it does help with understand how to ensure everyone is happy each and every day in everything that we do.
I look forward to meeting you when you visit our home.
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 The Dales Care Home
Helping Hands
Everyone likes to lend a helping hand; everyday tasks can be fun too!
Sensory Afternoon
We played around with magic paintings that only need a touch of water and are brought to life. All enjoyed the hidden delights that everyone painting had to offer.
Spice of Life
Our Head Chef wanted everyone to experience the delights, smells and tastes of the east.
Intergenerational Fun
It's always lots of fun getting the young and the elderly together to enrich each other's lives. You can see that there were smiles abundant, and everyone enjoyed baking cookies and decorating them.
New Year New You
To balance out all the rich foods eaten over the festive season, we had a ‘New Year New You’ day focussing on health and wellbeing. Our residents prepared their own healthy snacks, enjoying smoothies and fruit kebabs.
Christmas Fun
Residents enjoyed a visit from Father Christmas himself, who delivered lots of gifts. We had lots of festive fun over the Christmas period!
