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
International Nurses Day
Coinciding with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, International Nurses Day, held on Tuesday 12th May, is a day to celebrate nurses and care staff around the world. Residents and staff at Oaklands care home in Bottisham, were happy to get involved by hosting a much deserved International Nurses day.
Sonia Joy, Nurse at the home, said “I wanted to something with my life that was challenging, interesting and makes a difference in people’s lives. As a Barchester Nurse we like to empower our residence and support them to maintain as much independence as possible. I think that young people should consider nursing as a career as it helps saves lives and can bring happiness and comfort to people and their families.”
VE Day Celebrations
VE Day at Oaklands was a fabulous day spent celebrating! We had a mobile ice cream trolley that visited all residents in their rooms, whilst playing Vera Lynn classics! Our residents thoroughly enjoyed their favourite flavours. Mint Choc Chip seemed to be very popular!!
Walks in the Garden
Our grounds here are so very beautiful and whilst the sun has been shining, we have been encouraging our residents to explore them. Here are some lovely pictures of our residents enjoying the pond that we have on site. We were watching to see what wildlife lived at the pond!!!
Postcards of Kindness
We are ever so lucky to have received lots of post and letters from all over the country to wish us well and to help keep our spirits high. Here are some pictures of our residents enjoying reading some of the letters.
Rainbows of Joy!
We have received lots of lovely pictures and hanging decorations from the local children who are still going to school in our area. They have sent through lovely well-wishes and these beautiful rainbows and colours!! Our residents have very much enjoyed looking through all the artwork, and they have been hung up in all our communal spaces.
Kind Donations
We were so very lucky to be donated lots of plants from our local garden centre, Scotsdales. As they are not selling as many flowers as they are closed, they were very kind and gave them to us. Our residents have been busy planting them up into our raised beds, pots and in the garden. They really have brought such joy with their lovely colours!
