Activities at Red Oaks Care Home
We believe in making a difference to the lives of people living here with us and ensure that we provide a lifestyle full of choice and stimulation that is centred around each resident here at Red Oaks. This includes a whole host of varied activities, together with regular trips out around the region, taking full advantage of the home’s minibus. Our aim is to enable each person we support to continue to do the things they enjoy for as long as they possibly can.
Sue McHoy
My role as activity coordinator at Red Oaks is ensuring that all residents have a full and varied activity program. Using our getting to know me books and knowing our residents backgrounds develop our activity program. Having lived in Henfield for the past 10 years I enjoy assisting residents maintaining and forming new the community connections.
I am passionate about my role, the part is having fun and making people smile.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Red Oaks Care Home
Red Oaks welcomes the community in the Garden
Red Oaks is a fundamental part of Henfield’s Garden and Arts festival and this year was not any different welcoming many members of community to celebrate its award winning gardens.
With a full programme of music and many craft stalls and displays residents, families and the community intermingled and enjoyed the buzzing atmosphere.
This was the 25th years that Henfield gardens have opened on the second weekend in June and each year Red Oaks participates. With the main purpose to to celebrate and promote the community and culture of West Sussex village of Henfield it was an extremely busy weekend with Red Oaks at the heart of it.
Carers week
Residents wanted to thank all the wonderful staff at the home, whose hard work and dedication make a real difference to the lives of those living in their care in national carers week.
Carers Week is an annual event to raise awareness of caring, highlighting the challenges carers face, and recognising the contribution they make to our residents, families and communities throughout the UK. The theme for Carers Week this year is ‘putting carers on the map’ to try to raise awareness in an election year for the huge contribution carers make to society.
Staff were treated to a coffee morning with lots of treats and residents gave thanks by giving gifts of water bottles and chocolates alongside thank you messages to carers for all that they do.
Intergenerational Art Club
The bi weekly Intergenerational art club have been concentrating on many different projects this month including painting forget-me-nots.
The group meet forming meaningful relationships and bonds painting together and learning from each. Andreia is always on hand to give advice and support to both the young and old.
International Nurses Day
Red Oaks celebrates international nurses day by honouring all nurses present and past.
We are extremely proud of all our nurses there hard work and dedication to providing outstanding care to residents,
International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world on the anniversary of Florence nightingale’s birth and commemorates the foundational philosopher of modern nursing.
Today we celebrate the kindness and empathy making a difference in the lives of our residents and their families.
Celebrating 40 years of service to Red Oaks
We are extremely proud to acknowledge our long service staff and this month we celebrated 3 staff totalling 40 years service to Red Oaks.
Virginia serving 20 years who is passionate about her senior nurse and palliative care champion position at Red Oaks. Virginia said what makes a difference is when you put that extra smile on residents faces.
Kevin serving 10 years keeps us all safe in his health and safety champion role.
Andreia serving 10 years brings her artistic skills to our weekly art club.
Jeff Levine Regional Director said his personal thank you to all and presented each the staff with their awards.
Red Oaks have many long serving staff amongst the team demonstrating loyalty in the workplace providing knowledge and developing expertise in their chosen area.
Trip to the local garden centre
Residents and staff had a lovely trip out today to a local garden centre for coffee and cake. Residents enjoyed seeing the fantastic Christmas displays.
