Activities at The Fernes Care Home
At The Fernes we endeavour to make our care as personal as possible, including when it comes to activities. We will give you a 'Getting to Know Me' booklet for you to fill out with your loved one before they arrive, which includes a little life history and a tick sheet for a vast amount of activities. This enables us to offer the activities we know they will enjoy and enables us to learn valuable information about their lives and what might stimulate them in conversations and trips.
Our specialist Activities and Lifestyle staff make sure there are always meaningful activities to take part in, such as helping in the garden, baking some bread to have with our dinner, and trips out to various locations nearby such as the beach and the garden centres. Residents are encouraged to take part, but it is always the resident’s choice to participate or not as we believe that having choice is very important to help our residents feel in control of their lives. There are activities on offer every day (and night for those night owls) in the form of word puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, arts and crafts, needle crafts and board games to name a few. We have entertainment that is organised at least twice a month such as Music for Health, Zoolab or musicians, and also have a wonderful Yoga instructor who comes every other week.
Activities are provided by everyone in our home from carers and specialised activities staff, right through to our admin team. If there is a task that needs doing and a resident would like to do it, such as sealing envelopes and putting stamps on or handing out popcorn for our Movie Mondays, they are very welcome to help out which enables us to give them a better feeling of purpose and self-worth.
We are a registered member of the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA), which means that we are always working to make the quality of life of all of our residents as high as possible by working with person-centred activities that aim to stimulate our residents, both mentally and physically.
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 The Fernes Care Home
Flower Arranging
To celebrate the start of the RHS Chelsea flower show our lovely ladies here at The Fernes were busy making some beautiful arrangements for the home.
They handpicked their flowers for their arrangements and had a wonderful time designing beautiful displays that have brightened up our home!
ZooLab Animal Therapy
We had a fantastic afternoon with ZooLab. Our residents enjoyed holding many different creatures whilst learning interesting facts about each animal. There was lots of laughter and smiles as our residents were educated and introduced to all the creepy crawlies ZooLab brought in to meet us.
Pimm’s O’Clock
What better way to enjoy the sunshine than to have a refreshing glass of Pimm's!
Our residents loved going on a minibus trip to our local pub for an ice cream and cocktail. There was lots of laughter and fun had by all!
Father’s Day Celebrations
Our residents enjoyed socialising together over a delicious afternoon tea.
We raised a glass to all the wonderful fathers we have here at The Fernes and shared memories of our residents' fathers, paying homage to them.
Donating to our local Food Bank
The Fernes recently presented Waypoint Hub/Fareham Foodbank with a basket full of food which had been donated by residents family’s and staff.
Penny from Waypoint Hub, said “we would like to thank everyone who has donated”.
The Fernes has built up excellent reputations within its local community, regularly holding events and activities for residents and surrounding neighbours.
Barchester Care Awards 2023 - Divisional Winner!
We're so happy to announce that Hayley Harris has been crowned Learner of the Year for the South Division in the Barchester Care Awards 2023 and is through to the national round of judging.
The Barchester Care Awards celebrate the staff who go the extra mile for the benefit of the 13,000 residents living in Barchester’s 252 care homes and private hospitals across the country. Categories range from ‘Registered Nurse of the Year’ and ‘Carer of the Year’ to ‘Dementia Care Champion’ and ‘Activities Coordinator of the Year’.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead and we extend a warm invitation for you to join us as we get into the festive spirit. Merry Christmas!
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.
