Activities at Paternoster House Care Home
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Angela Hawkins
Hi my name is Angela, known as Angie, I joined Paternoster House in April 2016 as a care assistant, I have a passion for enriching our residents lives and being part of the Activities Team means I can help them achieve their dreams, keep them motivated and happy.
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 Paternoster House Care Home
Train Trip to Remember
Today's magical mystery tour took several pioneering Paternoster residents on a trip back in time via the Epping Ongar Railway
Our travellers boarded the train departing North Weald and journeyed onto Ongar before returning for a spot of lunch between train journeys. Then onto and through the picturesque countryside to Epping Forest returning to North Weald.
It was a truly memorable day, full of reminiscence, conversation and fun as the group enjoyed the many interactive experiences; on and off the train as they wondered around the historical pieces on the platforms and heritage museum’s including the super vintage London bus!
Beautiful Art Creations
What would you make from an unused surgical face mask, some modelling clay and a little imagination? Our residents got super creative and very arty using slices of the blue layer to make amazing flower pictures, and majestic swans with the white finished off with pastel feathers to really bring the birds to life. Well done ladies, they are good enough to be in a gallery.
Sweet Tweets
Our residents enjoyed the sweet tweets of these beautiful little creatures as the amazing Performing Pets brought in a basket of budgies!
Each one skipped onto our residents arms one by one and sat patiently waiting for kisses and gentle strokes. Several of our residents used to care for budgies in their younger days, the vibrant flutters of colour brought so many happy memories flooding back.
Thank you Performing Pets for another wonderful pet therapy session.
Open Day Entertainment
Regular exercise means so much to our residents and when Heidi McCaffrey joined us for our Open Day this Saturday we all knew that our fitness session would come with a whole load of friendship, and mountains of fun! Our residents enjoy a variety of life enrichment activities for their minds, body and soul on a daily basis.
Brownie Bakes
Here at Paternoster House care home we love to bake and there is nothing like cake to bring people together. This week, with the help of our care and activities team we got our aprons and mixing bowls out to bake some scrumptious chocolate brownies.
The day was a real treat for our sweet-toothed staff and residents, as we enjoyed tasting our delicious bakes with afternoon tea.
Arranging Seasonal Blooms
Did you know that our residents can take part in weekly handicraft sessions such as art, flower arranging, cookery, knitting, sewing clubs and art classes?
These sessions increase creativity and stimulate the development of new skills. This week, for example, we hosted a table display flower arranging session whereby our residents used seasonal blooms to create the most beautiful displays.
Sitting together in one of our bright dining rooms the sun flowers shone and our residents enjoyed reminiscing about the flowers they used to grow, and how fragrant the roses were in the bouquets today.
Upcoming events
