Activities at Red Oaks Care Home

Red Oaks recently installed a wish tree for residents to request things they'd like to see or experience. One of the residents wished to see some motor bikes, so resident hairdresser, Marilyn, arranged for some of her friends to turn up at Red Oaks with their motorbikes and have a chat with them.

Congratulations to our Home Team, who have been named as Divisional Winners in the Team of the Year category at this year's Barchester Care Awards.

Once again, the Henfield Theatre Company decided to hold an outdoor production within Red Oak's gardens. This year, they decided to put on a performance of Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew'. Every night was a complete sell out and many of the residents stayed out to watch the entire play. Everyone had a very good laugh.

Following on from last year's very successful concert, Red Oaks once again opened its gardens to the general public for the Proms in the Park concert.

This year, the concert was held on Sunday 26th June, and it was open to anyone who wanted to attend. Lots of people brought their picnic hampers and bottles of champagne. It was a quintessentially British affair, with lots of Union Jacks and a great Pimm's tent.

Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a great way to stimulate the minds and senses of both the young and elderly. We have experience working alongside people of all ages with various conditions, such as dementia, autism, down syndrome and the visually impaired. Residents had the opportunity to have close physical contact with the animals, which can bring happy childhood memories of past pets.

Pictured is 'Skinny,' a hairless guinea pig also known as a 'skinnypig,' who received lots of attention from residents.

For the 10th year running, Red Oaks have taken part in the annual Henfield Garden & Arts Festival. This year, 32 gardens were open to the general public to view with many having exhibitions of various arts forms on display. Red Oaks had 5 concerts in the grounds this year with many exhibitors displaying their various crafts. We also had a sculptor, 2 artists and several craft people, as well as a landscape photographer - all with displays for sale. The whole purpose of the weekend was to raise money for local charities and this year's main charity was The Haven, a charity that provides day care for elderly people of Henfield. Among the performing artists this year, we had Lori Standen, The Silver Sounds Samba Band, The Steyning Grammar School Jazz Band and the closing concert was performed by Three Penny Piece.