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.
Sophie Wasteney
Hi, I'm Sophie, I am the Activities Lead at The Fernes. I've worked in the care sector for 26 years and here at The Fernes for 3 of those. When I started here I worked in care so really got to know the residents, relatives and home very well. When the Activities Lead role arose I naturally jumped at the opportunity as it was one aspect of care I really wanted to do as I really enjoy making people happy. As you cannot put a price on a 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 The Fernes Care Home
Cocktails at Florence Court
Who doesn’t love a cocktail? We took some of our residents and headed over to Florence Court's rooftop bar for a cocktail or two. Our residents loved meeting the residents of our sister home and they all hit it off straight away with a WOO WOO in hand!
A visit from the Children of St Columbia School
The students of St Columbia came into our home to ask our residents about their memories and experiences during and after WWll. They loved getting a chance to tell their story and really show the younger generation the differences between then and now.
Mini Bus to the beach
We are all making the most of the last few days of summer so we headed to the seaside on the minibus to enjoy a walk on the pebbles and a classic 99.
Raspberry Mojito
This month’s cocktail favourite was a Raspberry Mojito. They were enjoyed by some on the balcony overlooking our fields of sheep and those in their room wanting to enjoy the delicious aperitif but wanting the comfort of their room but we can safely say it went down a treat throughout the whole home.
Afternoon Tea
We all enjoyed a special cream tea in honour of Queen Elizabeth II, we had memorabilia around the room which sparked many memories and stories between our residents. Many of them remember camping to see her arrival at her coronation. It was a lovely afternoon to share their greatest memories and honour her rein.
Mini Bus Trip
Everyone loves a good trip out and we went to our local pub to sit in the sun and enjoy a drink or two in their beer garden. This is what summer is all about.
