Activities at Hafan-Y-Coed 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.
Marie Spires
I'm Marie, the lead activities coordinator for Hafan Y Coed. I have been the activities coordinator for nearly three years and am passionate about encouraging the wellbeing of our residents. Ensuring all abilities are catered for in a bespoke schedule is paramount to their individual wellbeing needs. I am joined by Clare and Sue who also help to create a life enrichment program suitable for all communities.
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 Hafan-Y-Coed Care Home
Cheese and Wine Evening with Burry Port Male Voice Choir
Our wonderful cheese and wine evening was a huge success and as you can see everyone enjoyed. Our activities team put on a fabulous grazing board with a variety of cheese, chutney, pate, crackers and cold meats, washed down with a choice of wine.
The amazing Burry port choir entertained us with many Welsh songs and had a special song up their sleeve for Gwyneth who will be celebrating her 100th Birthday next week.
Weekly Trip
Our weekly trip took us to the Black Cat pumpkin patch.
Residents enjoyed a warm coffee or hot chocolate in the barns cafe and enjoyed a look around the farm. The farm held an array of animals, the favourite being the alpacas and llamas!
One of our residents chatted to the locals and the farm owner about his farm he had owned the same village. He said “I really enjoyed reminiscing about my farm and the lovely memories I have whilst being a farmer.”
Marie from our activities team said, “It’s so lovely when you choose a person centred outing that means so much to someone, and it was evident to our former farmer, just how much he thoroughly enjoyed the day.”
Oktoberfest Celebrations
Residents celebrated the inaugural Oktoberfest which was first celebrated in Munich in 1810 in honour of Prince Ludwig’s marriage to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
We pulled out all the stops to ensure plenty of traditional foods were on offer, provided by our hospitality team. Our activities team dressed up for the occasion and residents enjoyed the folk music played by the Llanelli Ukulele players.
A pretzel or two were enjoyed, whilst listening to the ukulele band, which was then washed down with a craft beer or two!
Everyone said what a great afternoon they had.
Brynteg Farm pay us a visit
Our favourite Brynteg farm frequently invite us to their farm for a day trip, however, today we invited them to visit us at the home. Phil and Zara brought various animals for our residents to hold, from guinea pigs to the lion’s mane rabbit, there was something for everyone.
Vince said “I used to keep guinea pigs, so it was nice to hold them again”. One of our partially sighted residents, Mike said “it was a lovely sensory activity, I’ve always owned cats so holding others was a nice change”.
Monthly Gentleman’s Club
Our gents often enjoy a trip together to a point of interest. This week’s trip took us to Burry port Beach to the Harbour light tea rooms. We were warmly welcomed on arrival and due to the colder weather needed a nice warm drink. The gents decided upon a latte alongside their scones with jam and plenty of cream. Mal said it was the highlight of his week and could we go again next week.
Everyone said how much they enjoyed chatting and what a great afternoon they’d had on the bus outing.
Bringing the Seaside inside!
We may not have had the best weather this summer, but we haven’t let that spoil our fun. The scene was set for the residents to enjoy a seaside themed day, with musical entertainment from the fantastic Robbie Lee who sang songs like “We’re all going on a summer holiday” to “oh I do like to be beside the seaside”, everyone really got in to the spirit of a virtual seaside day.
Ice-cream cones with sprinkles and strawberry sauce were on offer from our ice-cream van and for a savoury treat, chips in a traditional newspaper cone were enjoyed. Gloria said “It was a lovely day and it got us all talking about our trips with our families and when we were children”. Ed said “The chips in the cone were a nice touch on the day”.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
