Activities at Derham House Care Home

Today at Derham house we welcomed our local school into our home. The children came in their droves to sing Christmas carols for the residents to enjoy a boy did they enjoy it some watched some sang with them & one resident conducted the choir.

It was beautiful to watch how children brighten up the resident’s day so as a thank you the home manager bought them some sweets.

Derham house was privileged to help make a wish come true for one of our residents to attend her daughter’s wedding day.

Her daughters arrived at the home to get dressed with their mum to make the day extra special all the staff waited in anticipation to see the wedding party emerge from the room & they didn’t disappoint as they all looked lovely.

The wedding party then stopped & posed for some pictures the mother of the bride looked so proud of her beautiful daughter they were then whisked off to the ceremony by the wedding car.

Derham house would like to congratulate the bride & groom on their special day & best wishes for the future.

Derham House joined the whole country in raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

We all had our wonderful chef make some cakes & other staff donated. We had a lovely time watching families enjoy the morning with their loved ones.

We also enjoyed playing the games; residents & families couldn’t stop laughing & we raised a fantastic £116 for the charity.

We would like to thank the residents & families for supporting the event & the staff who paid for the privilege of non-uniform day.

A good morning was had by all!

Derham house opened its doors for a dementia friends information day. Our guest speaker, Hillary Sweeney, talked about the different effects of dementia & the impact it has on families & friends.

The two separate sessions were a great success with families joining staff, we also had some of the residents asking if they could attend as they wanted to learn more.

Also a friend of one of the residents came as she wanted a better understanding of how to act around her friend as they were friends from church & only ever known her without dementia.

This month at Derham house we celebrated National Care Home Open Day. We started our day with a visit from the mayor Michael Deon Burton & Councillor Gillian Ford it was nice of them to take time out from their busy schedules to come along to our open day. They had a tour around the home where they met staff members and residents. 

We had our first entertainer Tracy Lee in the morning who kick started the party. We were amazed to see the mayor & the councillor joining us on the dance floor. Our chef then provided a lovely BBQ for everyone, which included: burgers, hot dogs & some lovely salad bowls & some finger foods. 

After lunch we welcomed J&C party pets who brought along a variety of animals, coloured snake, honey bear & two meerkats. The residents enjoyed the animals, we also welcomed our local ice cream man Luigi who provided lovely ice creams from the creamy to lemon sorbet. Our local fire brigade attended too, the fire fighters sat with the residents chatting while enjoying some tea coffee & homemade cakes.

It was a very fun and successful day for everybody. The lifestyle team would like to thank everyone who made the day special including our fantastic staff at Derham, who all chipped in to help.

This month at Derham house we welcomed the Mozart players Julia & Micky. They played a wide variety of music from classical pieces to west end musicals played on a cello & a viola.

They had conversations with our residents and their families regarding classic music. Some of the residents were orchestrating them, others enjoyed the music and relaxed. This music therapy had an amazing effect on the Memory Lane community, everyone was happy and smiliing. 

The Mozart players will hopefully visit us again in the future.