Activities at Ottley House Care Home
At Ottley House, we offer a person-centred activities programme, and aim to match residents' abilities and interests with meaningful activities of the correct degree of challenge that promotes their health and well-being. We also provide visual, tactile, audible and olfactory sensory experiences. There are weekly music/movement therapy sessions, 'Oomph' sessions, and arts & crafts classes to help improve, maintain and refine motor skills. We enjoy regular visits from entertainers, musicians and animal therapists, as well as pub nights, 'food from around the world' days, and minibus outings to places of interest.
Alex Evans
My name is Alex and I am the Activities Co-ordinator at Ottley house care home.
I am passionate about enhancing the lives of our residents the home and aim to bring a smile to their faces through different types of activities. My personality is warm, enthusiastic, bright and bubbly and i aim to share this each day at work. I am keen to involve the residents in the decision making within the home to enhance their experience through gathering their likes and dislikes. Come and join us for our life enrichment programmes which promote social interaction, mental stimulation and physical well-being.
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 Ottley House Care Home
Celebrating Bonfire Night
On Tuesday the 5th November, our residents wanted to have fun and celebrate bonfire night.
We spent the day learning about the history of Bonfire night. Learning the history of things is one of our residents' favourite things to do.
As the day went on the residents were getting all excited as they were chatting to each other about it.
One resident said its been years since they’ve done any sparklers. At around 5.30pm the residents that wanted to have a go with sparklers came to the lounge. We went out the back of the home and they all lit up with joy as each sparkler was lit. Even the staff got involved.
Everyone tried to spell their names but it was harder than we all thought. It was a great day and everyone enjoyed themselves.
Poppy the Cockatiel
In our home we have a cockatiel called Poppy who's been in our home for around 10 years and our residents love her, we got her when she was only a baby.
They love to sit and have chats about their lives and days to her. They see Poppy as part of their family and their friend.
They look forward to when we have her out flying around the lounge, but we have to make sure the doors and windows are shut or she might get out.
One of the residents' favourite visits is when Poppy comes around to their rooms and they get to see her on a 1-1 basis.
Poppy makes them smile and helps to make their days brighter when they can hear her singing down the corridors.
Celebrating the care awards
On Wednesday 23rd October our amazing nurse Jo Hicks was up for Barchester’s Nurse of the year after winning divisional winner earlier in the year. Jo is an amazing nurse who puts 110% into all work she does, whether that’s supporting family’s, residents or members of staff in the home. We decorated Ottley with a banner and balloon art. All our residents and staff were excited to celebrate. We had a buffet so we could watch the award and all wore masks and had signs up. It was a really great day and we were really proud of what Jo does for the home.
The Alb donating pizzas!
The Alb is a local pub and restaurant, recently, they kindly donated lots of fresh, delicious pizzas to the home for residents and staff to enjoy.
Who doesn’t love pizza!? There was pepperoni, Margarita and many more flavours to choose from.
The staff and residents said it was lovely to connect with the local community in this way and we all hope we can do this more in the near future.
Getting back in the kitchen
At our residents meetings, residents said they would love to get back in the kitchen by doing more food prep.
They have been helping peeling apples family members have been brining from their trees for us to use.
They have been peeling and chopping them to go into deserts such as yummy apple pie, apple crumble and apple roulade.
They’ve loved doing this and it brings smiles to their faces and we'd certainly like to food prep lots more in the future!
Pip pops in for a visit!
Zoe, one of our nurses always brings her lovely dog Pip in to work with her. Our residents and staff love to see Pip and give him plenty of loves and cuddles.
Some of our residents say its their dog!
Pip brings so many smiles to our residents faces as a lot of them used to have dogs and it brings the memories back they may have sadly forgotten.
The staff also love pip as they love to give him a cuddle and treats from time to time, which Pip loves!
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead and we extend a warm invitation for you to join us as we get into the festive spirit. Merry Christmas!
