Activities at Emily Jackson House 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.
Our activities team continues to offer a wide range of activities to both mentally and physically stimulate our residents. Our activities include one to one shopping, group outings in our minibus, and regularly attending our local church and bowling club. We also enjoy the entertainment from the musicians who come and visit us as well as our PAT dog. We have a range of activities so residents with all abilities and talents can join in activities and social gatherings. We encourage families and volunteers to share the joy with us by taking part in our social events as well.
Paula McGill
Hi, My name is Paula and I am the Lead Activities Coordinator here at Emily Jackson House. I absolutely love supporting our residents to take part in meaningful activities and delivering a person centred activity program.
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 Emily Jackson House Care Home
Monkey Music
What a fabulous morning with Monkey Music Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks. We were joined by toddlers and their parents/grandparents for a morning of fun and music.
The activity got us all moving, singing and sharing the moment filled us with joy. The wonderful singing session created a symphony of connection between generations. This kind of intergenerational activity benefits everyone.
We all had such a great time and can't wait to welcome you back again.
Flower Arranging
We had a surprise delivery of flowers gifted to us by The Flower Studio Sevenoaks this week.
Jodie from the Flower studio very kindly donated some flowers for us to use, and we immediately set our lovely residents to work.
The residents had fun making new table decorations and filling an assortment with vases. The smell of fresh flowers filling our communal spaces. Thank you, Jodie.
Wow! What a busy day!
This morning was Holy Communion with St Luke's Church. We were joined by the Reverend Anne Bourne, who led us in prayer and songs.
Lunch was followed by a talk by Alison West, our physiotherapist who has been visiting Emily Jackson House residents for 25 years. Alison's talk was interesting and informative. She talked about having the right equipment and how to use it correctly.
Alison also demonstrated some exercises we could all benefit from doing to keep our limbs moving. Then we had a surprise from the children of Sevenoaks Primary School. The children delighted the residents with their lovely singing. We all agreed that we had a great day!
Sevenoaks Rugby Club
Thank you very much to Emily and Alex Griffiths from Sevenoaks Rugby Club for visiting us recently to chat with us about the club and Rugby.
Several of the residents shared their memories of playing rugby in their youth or had family members that played. They enjoyed sharing their stories and reminiscing about the glory days.
Emily spoke to us about the history of the club and explained that this year it was 100 years old!! Alex spoke about what it was like to play Sevenoaks and all things rugby with the former players of the game.
We look forward to coming to watch a game next month and hope that we might be able to join in with the centenary celebrations.
Enjoying the Sunshine
The best things in life are free.
Here at Emily Jackson House we have been getting outside and making the most of the sunshine when we can. There are several benefits to being outside. It improves our mood, and can reduce feelings of stress or anger.
The fresh air and a dose of vitamin D does us all some good. And of course, the good company of others.
Therapy Dog Visit
We recently had a visit from Woody, the cocker Spaniel. Woody is a gentle dog and loves meeting new people.
A dog's ability to tap into our emotions through their extraordinary sense of smell is why dogs make such good therapy pets. Research has shown that simply petting a dog lowers stress.
Woody visited lots of residents in our communal areas and, importantly, residents were unable to leave their rooms. Woody was made a fuss of by everyone, with a few treats along the way.
