Activities at Oaklands Care Home

We at Oaklands have launched a stay and play session which was amazing watching the different generation’s engaging in such a positive way, we had Fran 3 years old reading the Gruffalo to Judy who is 80 years young and the delight this gave them both was heart-warming. Judy comments”im amazed how well she can read at her age, it was fantastic, such a clever thing”

And then we have the cheeky girls eating snacks together, both of kindred spirits!! This is a permanent activity now at Oaklands running every other Thursday morning.

Weekly choir sessions take place every Tuesday and its great fun, residents enjoy singing the same songs from memory and then we add themed ones in to do with the seasons which residents love. We have a few poems to and residents share their favourite songs and poems, this is a great session for the soul.

Gardening club is well under way making preparations for our courtyards this summer, with some weeding taking place, seeds been potted and bird houses been painted, Residents enjoy seeing their hard work in the gardens as we sit and replace outside with cold drinks on the hot days.

Wow what a fabulous few days we had celebrating the Kings coronation, with royal quizzes, trips out to celebrate the community’s events and even a visit from the King of rock and roll, Elvis. Prior to the event we enjoyed making decorations to decorate our home.

We enjoyed celebrating Eid Mubarak with Ifte our resident on our Willow community and his friends. It was an honour to share the celebrations with Ifte as unfortunately his family were unable to. We enjoyed the decorations and bright flower arrangements made the day before by the residents and most of all the sweet treats, we listened to traditional music and Iftes friends enjoyed the Eid quiz and Oomph word scrabble as it gave them chance to learn new facts. Resident Jackie said: “I like learning new things even at my ripe old age”. A great afternoon was had by all exploring a friends cultural celebrations.

We have regular trips out on our mini bus and we enjoy local farm shop trips, the cakes are delicious and we enjoy the scenery on the journey through the pretty villages spotting seasonal flowers. We took along our Volunteer Isabelle who had a lesson from Jackie on which vegetables are which, great to gain knowledge from our residents!