Activities at Tewkesbury Fields Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Paula Lourenco
Hello, my name is Paula and I’m the Activities coordinator at Tewkesbury Fields care home. I’ve joined Barchester healthcare in 2020.
As part of the lifestyle enrichment team, I will be organising daily activities, ensuring that residents have varied activities to choose from each day. I love enriching our residents’ lives, creating memories and be able to provide meaningful activities to each one of the residents living at Tewkesbury fields.
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 Tewkesbury Fields Care Home
Cinema Night at Home
Tewkesbury Fields was transformed into our very own luxury cinema. What a wonderful night everyone had with chocolates, gin and wine are It was such an enjoyable relaxing evening including a sing a long to some of the songs.
Walk along the Locks
Tewkesbury Fields residents enjoyed a lovely walk to Upper Lode Lock. The views are stunning of the River Avon. Lock keeper Trudie was on hand to give lots of information on how the locks work and told us about all the different boats that pass through. We are so lucky to have such beautiful surroundings within walking distance here at Tewkesbury Fields.
Sylvia and friends!
This afternoon we were joined by Sylvia Harrington and friends who came along to us. They are a vibrant, bubbly bunch of ladies who enjoy music and singing for residents In care homes across the area. Little dog Bertie also came along and received lots of fuss. A big Thank you to Sylvia and friends and we look forward to welcoming you back in October
Postcards of Kindness scheme
This morning we were excited to receive a reply from our new penpals Sue and Steve via the Postcards of Kindness Scheme. Sue and Steve took the time to write to us telling us about their naughty dog Charlie and also sent us a lovely doggy photo.. we can’t wait to set to work responding !
Call to Mind
The Call to Mind Board Game is a specially designed game that helps get to know and understand the thinking, likes and dislikes of someone
Researched at University College London to stimulate memories and encourage conversation An entertaining, non-threatening game to play, yet can uncover thoughts, memories and opinions quickly, easily and enjoyably Helps the whole family connect in a relaxed and stress free way, even loved by teenagers who don't know what to say You can discover more about someone in 40 minutes playing this game than hours and hours of unstructured conversation or filling in formsResident John, enjoyed telling us about when he used to work at Buckingham palace, he was lucky enough to meet the queen and the Duke who of course was as cheeky as ever
Every day is a school day!
Today at Tewkesbury Fields Care Home, Retired School Teacher Vivienne has learnt that every day is a school day no matter the age! Vivienne was intrigued to find out the names of some of the beautiful trees here on in the grounds of our home. Our activities coordinator Amanda introduced Vivienne to the Google Lens App which Vivienne happily downloaded on her own phone. The pair then set out on a country walk armed with binoculars, sun hats, sun cream, water and of course google lens, they were soon able to identify the many different trees and flowers that Tewkesbury Fields has to offer our residents.
