Activities at Dovedale Court 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.
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.
Brian Sandham
My name is Brian, I’m the activities coordinator down here at Dovedale. I’m new to the care sector, I’ve been a photographer and photography tutor since 2004 dealing with different ages groups and abilities. I’m looking forward to putting my people skills to good use down here at Dovedale.
I might be new to the care sector but I’m super looking forward to spreading a bit of extra sunshine and cheer around the home.
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 Dovedale Court Care Home
Shopping Trip
Residents at Dovedale Court enjoyed a shopping trip round Asda.
Looking at different things from clothing, the home department and food, the trip sparked many memories and residents chatted about the trip to Asda and days afterwards.
Mocktail Night!
With it being Bob Marley day, we had a good excuse to make and taste cocktails whilst enjoying reggae music.
The residents were really engaged with it, tasting, dancing, socialising and a great time was had by all.
Farm Visit!
We had a fab trip out to Charnock Farm Garden Centre. We got to meet some of their animals. Diego the little Shetland pony was their favourite.
We finished the trip with a stop at their café to have a chat and reminisce about the farm.
Wordsearch
Using a really great App on our giant touch-screen tablet, these residents teamed up to do a number of Wordsearches.
They were absolutely brilliant and completed a good few. They even had a go through all the different difficulty levels.
It's how we roll!
Is this the coolest gang you've come across?
We arrived at Red Rose Bowling in Preston and, from the start, the residents were in sports mode. They were so competitive, and it was great to witness.
The winner of the day was David, so when we go back, he's definitely the man to beat.
Visit to the Garden Room
We had a fab morning out at The Garden Room. Our residents were made to feel welcome from the moment they walked through the door.
We can definitely recommend a visit as the staff there were absolutely brilliant and couldn't have looked after us any more.
