Activities at Laurel Bank Care Home
Activities are a fundamental part of a rich and varied lifestyle here at Laurel Bank Care Home, which is why we organise both physically and mentally stimulating social events for those we support. The weekly itinerary is ever-changing, and regularly includes art lessons, chair-based exercise, trips and visits from a variety of different animals, as well as one-to-one time for residents who prefer the peace and quiet. Our team actively tries to incorporate the hobbies and interests that are meaningful to residents into the activities schedule as encouragement to continue with much-loved pastimes.
Jaimy Lee Almond
Hi, my name is Jaimy Lee, and I am the Activities Coordinator here at Laurel Bank.
I have worked in the care home industry for over nine years. I started working at Laurel Bank in 2018 as a carer, and then, I was promoted to senior carer which I thoroughly enjoyed.
I moved over to activities in 2020, as I was asked to help out and help encourage residents to join in. During this, I realised how much fun it could be and chose to stay on and got promoted to Activities Coordinator.
I love my role as every day is different and I try to make sure the residents are happy and engage in meaningful activities, this also helps support the transition for new residents.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Laurel Bank Care Home
Barchester Care Awards – Divisional Winner
And our winner is Karen Sheehan, crowned Resident ambassador of the Year for the North Division. Next stop…the nationals!
Over 5,250 incredibly high-standard nominations were received this year.
Karen Sheehan divisional winner will join winners from across the UK at a special awards event in October to celebrate their outstanding achievements and see if they’ve won a national award.
Huge congratulations!
St Johns Hospice Rewards Night
Clinical Lead nurse Sally, Activities coordinator Jaimy Lee and Deputy Manager Jamie went to an awards night at St John's Hospice for the 50-50-500 challenge to hear the round up total from all the businesses which was over £43,000!
Laurel bank are proud to announce we won a trophy because of Sally Fishers play Laurel of Laughs that she wrote! We were also presented with a certificate for raising over £2000! Well done to all the team at Laurel Bank for all you did for the 50-50-500 Challenge!
Summer Fayre
What a day for Laurel Bank! So much fun had by everyone we had raffle, tombola, stalls, shop Caribbean music sang and played by Adi and Mercy and lots of delicious food thank you to all who donated and helped out with the main event! And most importantly the sun was shining throughout! What a team we have at Laurel Bank to make days like these such a success! Just amazing!
Moon Light walk for St Johns Hospice
Laurel Bank works closely with St Johns Hospice and we are always looking for ways to help raise money for them. Lyndsay Scott manager at Laurel bank called in her team to take part in the moonlight walk! They walked 9km through the night as well as our doggy ambassador Reggie! The atmosphere was amazing we would all definitely do the moonlight walk again.
Blue Light Lunch at laurel Bank
We are providing free fish and chips, tea and coffee to all emergency services from the police, paramedics to the army and this will be on the Last Friday of the month. This to thank them for all their hard work and all that they do. One of the residents Elizabeth visited the Army Barracks the Royal Lancaster infirmary and the police to invite them all and give them goodie bags filled with lots of treats.
Barchester Care Awards – Divisional Winner
And our winner is Karen Sheehan, crowned Resident ambassador of the Year for the North Division. Next stop…the nationals!
Over 5,250 incredibly high-standard nominations were received this year.
Karen Sheehan divisional winner will join winners from across the UK at a special awards event in October to celebrate their outstanding achievements and see if they’ve won a national award.
Huge congratulations!
Upcoming events
November
What's going on in November? We'll be honouring Remembrance Day, celebrating our gents on International Men's Day, and hosting our firework display on Bonfire Night.
Christmas Fayre
We'd love everyone to join us for our Christmas Fayre. There's something for everyone including festive stalls, a Gospel Choir performance and even Santa's Grotto!
Coffee Mornings - Every Tuesday
Every Tuesday from 10.30am, you're invited to come along and meet new people while enjoying a chat over a hot drink. We’ll also have a variety of great activities to take part in!
