Activities at Herne Place Care Home
Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure are a major focus of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat is always be welcomed.
Sophie Glasgow
My name is Sophie, I am the Activities Coordinator here at Herne Place Care Home. It is my duty to ensure all residents feel happy and content. I love my job because I enjoy seeing our residents smiling and having fun on a daily basis.
I enjoy getting to know all of our residents on a one-to-one basis and in a group setting. This allows me to get to know their hobbies and ambitions as individuals, and fulfil these with life enriching activities they appreciate and will benefit from.
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 Herne Place Care Home
STORY TIME WITH LITTLE EXPLORERS
This morning we have had another wonderful visit from our little friends Little Explorers Child Care.
There was lots of musical instruments with singing, followed by story time with our lovely resident Ann reading them a story. The children were glued to every word she read.
CHINESE LANGUAGE DAY
Last week our residents celebrated Chinese Language Day.
The day was full of Chinese themed activities from making Chinese lanterns, a delicious Chinese lunch followed by lots of laughter as the residents and team tried to pronounce Chinese words.
PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE
It is important that our residents maintain their independence by offering an activities program that is tailored to each individual and what they enjoy.
Before George moved into Herne Place, he enjoyed visiting his local store to purchase a variety of fresh fruit.
Today, George along with other residents, enjoyed a walk in the sunshine to the local store, where George was able to purchased some fruit for himself.
PLANTING SEEDS READY FOR OUR SUMMER GARDEN
The residents have been busy planting a selection of seeds to bring lots of colour to the garden just in time for the summer.
AND THEY’RE OFF… TO ENJOY THE GRAND NATIONAL!
Residents and staff studied the form and had their bets at the ready for the 2023 Grand National, which ran on Saturday April 15.
We all got together to watch the races, and celebrated in style by having cheese and biscuits and a glass of fizz.
National Scrabble Day
It was dictionaries at the ready at Herne Place care home in Herne Bay where super-competitive residents were keen to get involved in National Scrabble Day.
Staff and residents at Herne Place care home decided to host a tournament to decide their ultimate Scrabble Star. Residents enjoyed a game of Scrabble or two and they loved coming up with new and improved ways to increase their letter and word scores.
Chloe Barry, the Activities Co-ordinator at the home commented: “Our residents all love to play Scrabble, we regularly have a game on the go and we love a good debate about what is and isn’t a word – thank goodness we always have our trusty dictionary on hand to settle things! Some of our residents have the most amazing vocabularies!
Hadrian Rodriguez, General Manager at the home, said: “It has been a brilliant day and we have all enjoyed playing lots of Scrabble together, it is amazing what you learn when you get together round a Scrabble board. Our residents’ have wiped the floor with me which is no surprise – I really need to brush up my Scrabble skills!”
