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.
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 Red Oaks Care Home
A Trip to the Farm
Every year, Coombes Farm welcomes the residents of Red Oaks to come and see all the newborn lambs. Residents get the opportunity to hold them, which seems to really put a smile on their faces.
Tickled Pink Productions Presents: 'We'll Meet Again'
This best-of-British show was packed full of your favourite sing-a-long songs that helped us win the war!
Nick the Skittles Man
Nick originally developed his skittles alley when his own mother was a resident in a nursing home. The skittles alley can be configured to suit any home with what ever available space that they have. Nick is a regular at Red Oaks, and all the residents look forward to him coming and bringing his lively entertainment.
Local Schools Need Help with Their IT
St Peters, Jolesfield and Ashurst Junior schools invited Red Oaks residents to help the year four children with an IT project that they were doing. What the schools wanted was for the children to get as much information from the home's residents about their earlier lives and to then utilise this data in an IT project. Both the residents and the children had a great time.
St Patrick's Day at Red Oaks
To celebrate St Patricks day we had a specially prepared Irish Menu and during the Lunch service all the serving staff dressed accordingly.
Music Therapy with Jon McDevitt at Red Oaks
Jon McDevitt is a professional Music Therapist who has been coming to Red Oaks for many years and works with all the residents in groups and one to one where necessary.
Age UK has revealed that one of the most remarkable successes of music therapy is the impact it has on the lives of older people living with dementia. Within care settings, both live and recorded music allows individuals to find an alternative means of expression.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
