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.
Cath Smallman
Hi, I'm Cath, the Activities Coordinator here at Ottley House. My days are spent making sure that the residents in the home have an interesting and active social programme to enjoy each day. Residents individual preferences are considered all the time in a person centred approach and I welcome feedback from families too.
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
National Real Bread Day
Local bakery, Bakehouse & Co., kindly donated some lovely freshly baked bread for residents to try. Everyone enjoyed sampling the bread and washed them down with a refreshing cup of tea.
Valentine's Day
Everyone was feeling the love this Valentine’s Day. Cupid was very busy, as all staff and residents received sweets and chocolates and had a card from a secret admirer to open.
Farmer John
Farmer John has been here before and always puts on a great performance, singing a variety of songs from different eras.
Pizza Making with a Twist
We had a quiz using different coloured circles to help with visual impairment, and every correct answer earned a different coloured 'pizza' circle. The winner was the first one to finish making their pizza.
Celebrating 15 Years
Congratulations to Laundry Assistant, Melissa Smallman, who recently received her 15 year Long Service Award from General Manager, Davina McLoughlin. Incredibly, Mel has been with us ever since she left school.
Pet Therapy
Everyone enjoys seeing Murphy every time he comes to say hello – and he likes the attention too!
Murphy makes sure that all residents, staff and visitors that want to say hello get to see him – he won’t leave until everyone is happy!
Murphy makes regular visits to the home and we look forward to seeing him again soon.
