Activities at Derham House 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
I have worked in the care sector for many years. I am fully trained in dementia awareness, and I have also trained as a dignity champion. I have been working here at Derham House since March 2019, and I am really enjoying my role here.
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 Derham House Care Home
Pygmy Goats
Today at Derham House we welcomed back Claire & Glen from Blackwater alpacas & pygmy goats.
The residents, staff and families really enjoyed seeing the baby goats and they were so good at sitting on their laps enjoying a cuddle.
The stimulation the residents got was one of pure joy and lots of questions asked! A very fun morning was had by all.
Beijing 2022
Derham House celebrated the Winter Olympic Games by making a bobsleigh. The residents really enjoyed making it, there was a lot of painting and putting together while we chatted about the Olympics and how team GB was doing.
One of our residents even got involved stepping inside to have a little look.
The sleigh took us a week to make but we really did have fun even making crash helmets out of mixing bowls The best part about it, was seeing it finished, one lady said: "Shall I get my coat if we are going in the snow to ride it?". A fun week was had by all.
Monday Night Travel
Today at Derham House we joined Rick Steve’s for his Monday Night Travel show. He's an American travel writer and television personality who the residents have been enjoying watching recently.
He took us to ye' olde England visiting the Cotswolds and Oxford University & Cambridge University. He stopped off along the way at his friends farm to get some proper scrumpy cider and tucked into some good old English Fish and Chips with mushy peas.
The resident’s really enjoy our travels with Rick Steve as he is very informative which the residents like.
Monet or Van Gogh
Today at Derham House the residents took part in painting class.
They really did have fun and we definitely have some real budding artists in the making! Some residents painted the staff on our Memory Lane community with their masks on, and residents on our Bridge community painted flowers. All of the final paintings were amazing and a fun afternoon was had by all!
Revisiting the Titanic
This week Derham House decided to revisit a disaster which changed the world we know today.
We started the week with a virtual visit to Newfoundland where the titanic sank off its coast and then visited the wreck virtually too.
The RMS Titanic, a luxury steamship, sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew on board, more than 1,500 lost their lives in the disaster. Titanic has inspired countless books, articles and films (including the 1997 “Titanic” movie starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio), which the residents had the pleasure of watching at the end of the week.
On show was some Titanic memorabilia brought in by one of the activity co-ordinators which the residents enjoyed looking at.
National Elf Day
We swapped our uniforms for costumes on National Elf Day in an effort to raise funds to help people living with dementia.
Launched by the Alzheimer’s Society and delivered directly from the North Pole, Elf Day was created to sprinkle some festive cheer on fundraising towards finding a cure for dementia.
We were able to enjoy elf-themed games, quizzes and delicious sweet and savoury treats, prepared by our talented chef.
