Activities at Oaklands Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Anna Bate & Jo Lawn
Anna is our Activity Lead. She started working at Barchester over 14 years ago at our sister home Hilton Park. Having built strong relationships with staff, residents and families, Anna brings lots of fun to our home. Anna loves to sing, dance and laugh and generally brings oodles of joy to ours days.
Working alongside Anna is Jo who started her career here at Oaklands as a carer on Elms community in 2014 developing a passion for dementia care and completing her social care N+VQ Levels 2 and 3. Jo Joined the activity team 3 years ago and has since become the homes dementia champion, championing for a better lifestyle for our resident through staff training and regular audits.
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 Oaklands Care Home
Mother's Day
On the 17th March it was St. Patrick's Day, a celebration of the patron saint of Ireland and all things Irish. In the morning we got in to the spirit by making some beautiful Shamrock sun catchers and we got to enjoy some delicious Irish snacks.
In the afternoon, we took part in the green-themed quiz, accompanied by some traditional Irish music and then followed by some very tasty Irish coffees.
Everyone had a wonderful day!
Chocolate Donation
We recently received an amazing amount of delicious chocolates from John Lewis in Cambridge from their community engagement lady, Christine.
Our Activities Coordinator had reached out to her and was extremely grateful to receive a huge selection. The activity team have delivered parcels of goodies to the local primary school.
Our sister Barchester home, Hilton Park, and various other local groups. All staff received a box and the residents have enjoyed various chocolate tasting sessions.
Valentine's Crafts
We have had some wonderful craft sessions all themed around Valentine's Day. We have discussed all things that we love, including loved ones past and present. This has provoked some emotions, but we all shared these moments together.
Epilepsy Action
We had a fabulous day supporting Epilepsy Action by wearing purple. We enjoyed a purple themed tea party in reception with purple balloons and flowers. Residents enjoyed balloon games and a purple cake, followed by a lovely cup of tea. Staff participated in a raffle and a guessed the name of the bear. Families and the local community also took part by wearing purple and buying raffle tickets.
Musical Bingo
We had great fun playing musical bingo with a small group of residents. We also had staff getting competitive, which was great. Thanks to Reginald and Margaret, we were able to guess the songs from the tunes. Lots of fun was had by all!
Community Engagement Tree
We at Oaklands enjoyed decorating our tree in our Willow community by using the whole home and community to come together to make different decorations, all linked to the famous Christmas song, 12 Days of Christmas.
Residents were an important part of the whole designing stage and lots of singing the song to re-cap our memories.
Our activity team contacted the local school, WI group and our baby and toddler group, and all parties were really happy to take part and helped us create our wonderful tree that we are all so proud.
