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
Food Bank Cause
More Radio are running a campaign to collect 10,000 tins of food for Sussex food banks and Red Oaks Care Home in Henfield have volunteered to be a collection point for the village.
Unfortunately more people are having to rely on food banks every day to feed themselves – and their families. According to the Trussell Trust, food bank use in Sussex has increased by 40% over the last 5 years
More Radio are working in conjunction with charities and food banks across the county, including the Trussell Trust, Fare Share, Doms Food Mission, Surviving the Streets, and Empty Plate Café.
Linda Ryan, General Manager at Red Oaks said "Donations are needed more than ever before so until Sunday 29th September Red Oaks we will be collecting tinned foods and donating them to the More Radio appeal. We are pleased to offer our services to this wonderful cause and support the local community in this campaign. Anyone that would like to donate tins can simply drop them at the Red Oaks reception.
International First Aid Day
HART (Henfield Area Response Team) joined us to deliver a demonstration & talk. HART responders are all local volunteers from the Henfield area, committing time on a regular basis to offer support to the local community. They are dispatched by the South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) to provide immediate care to those in the area who have fallen ill. HART responders are trained to attend emergency calls received by the ambulance service, giving life-saving care in the minutes before the ambulance arrives.
Chapel Royal in Brighton
Some of our residents were treated with an outing to Brighton. The residents went to see a recital at the Chaper Royal at the end of August. They listed to 'Songs for Summer' by Yvonne Patrick – Soprano and Gary Prior – Pianist.
The recital was thoroughly enjoyed by all, with a picnic lunch and an additional treat of driving by Brighton's race course. The races were a hit among the residents. Joan said that the music was lovely to listen to and a real treat. Kate said that she had a ‘fabulous time’.
A Wish Come True
One of our residents made a request to have a meal with a captain of a cruise ship. Having dressed up for the occasion, the resident not only had lunch with the captain but sat on the captain’s table in our dinning room.
Our nurse enjoyed swapping his career and becoming a captain for a day. This event made everyone smile and a wish came true. Making wishes come true, listening to our residents and understanding enhancement of well-being is important to the whole team.
Pet Therapy Pony
Red Oaks Care Home, in Henfield was full of animal mischief when Dooley the 3 year old Miniature Shetland Pony came to visit the home.
Residents at Red Oaks were pleasantly surprised to see Dooley roaming around their garden as pet therapy.
General Manager, Linda Ryan said: “Our residents have really enjoyed their unusual visitors today. We knew that having Dooley here would be a bit of fun for all our residents, especially as some find it difficult to go on many outings in our minibus. We are always looking for new activities for the residents and today we have seen the seen the enjoyment and the therapeutic influence animals can have on people.”
The residents were very excited and touched by the Pet Pal Therapy's pony: “As a child I used to love all the animals on the nearby farm. Today was very enjoyable and it was wonderful that the animals were free to roam amongst us.”
Village Proms in the Park
Red Oaks Care Home in Henfield once again hosted the “Village Proms in the Park” event which has been going for the past 6 years. The event was organised by the Henfield based Brass Fusion Band and Royal Opera Singer Sidonie Winter.
This started as a jubilee concert and has now become annual event which raises funds for local charities. Red Oaks provides the venue and the legendary Red Oaks Pimms Tent.
This was a quintessential English summer event with everything from contemporary music from Abba to unusual songs from Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory, Sussex by the Sea and finally ending with the National Anthem.
Over 250 people attended the event, had a great time and enjoyed our food and drinks selection.
