Activities at Vecta House Care Home
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
Tanya Everson
Hello, My name is Tanya and I am the Lifestyle Leader here at Vecta House.
I started work at Vecta in June 2018 as part of the housekeeping team. I have worked as part of Activities Team for over a year and have grown very passionate in ensuring our residents have stimulating, life enriching activities available every day. I feel proud knowing I have brought smiles and laughter to our residents and love working with the great team we have here at Vecta House.
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 Vecta House Care Home
Trip to Forest View Nursery
Residents visited the local garden centre to look at the wide variety of plants and met a very friendly cat along the way who loved attention from our residents. We finished the morning with a delicious lemon cake and chocolate milkshake.
Easter Celebrations
Vecta House staff and residents celebrated in style this Easter with a whole host of activities. An Easter themed coffee morning with delicious hot cross buns, Easter themed art classes. On Easter day residents were given a chocolate bunny from all the staff before embarking on an Easter egg hunt in the garden.
A Trip to the Wight Military and Heritage Museum
Residents enjoyed an outing to the Wight Military and Heritage Museum. We got to view the memorabilia on show, Doreen told us of the time she packed riffles in the factory and drove the lorries, and Harold told us of the time he was corporal. After enjoying all the wonderful treasures staff at the museum gave a talk about the variety of arms where residents got to hold and fire some of the riffles.
Mother’s Day
Residents enjoyed an afternoon at Mother’s Day Delight Spa. The ladies had a relaxing time with face, hand and foot masks. Hand massages and nail painting were also on the list of treatments. All finished off with a glass of chilled bubbly.
St. Patrick's Day Celebrations
Residents had an eventful day celebrating St Patricks day, they started the morning making Shamrock shakes and listening to Irish music.
For lunch the chef prepared a tradition Irish stew washed down with Guinness or whiskey. Later in the afternoon residents had a special visit from Eden who is a dancer at the local dance school. Residents got to enjoy Eden Irish dancing and had lots of questions to ask at the end.
A visit to the local pub
Residents enjoyed a trip to the local pub for a relaxing afternoon. We enjoyed a refreshing pint of beer with our delicious pub lunch. A very enjoyable afternoon was had by all!
