Activities at The Warren Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Here at The Warren, our activities team are always very busy thinking of new ways to keep residents active, both physically and mentally. We have regular trips out in the minibus, both locally and further a field, including the London Eye and the Thames River Trip), at least once a week during the summer months. We also enjoy visits from PAT dogs and have professional exercise sessions and live entertainment, which are always popular.
Kirstie Bush
My name is Kirstie and I am lucky enough to be the Activities Coordinator here at The Warren.
I have many years of experience working in care homes in Activities and leisure and lifestyle roles.
I love being part of The Warren team and supporting our residents to live their best lives with fun, interesting, and varied activities available every week. I always feel that the importance of residents' input into our weekly planner is important giving all residents equal opportunity to explore new interests as well as keeping up with previous interests and hobbies.
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 Warren Care Home
Messing about on the river and the Norfolk Broads
We had a wonderful trip on the Norfolk Broads. We found a boat company that had accessible boats, so our residents with less mobility than others could also enjoy this amazing trip. It was great, the weather was perfect, we took a picnic and our own tea and coffee to make on board.
The nature we saw was great. One lady used to go bird watching with her husband, so her decision to do this again just made her day. She educated us about the Kingfisher and told us that their feathers changed colour in the light, and they are normally all black.
Intergenerational Morning
Today we had a fantastic intergenerational session with Debutots and Once Upon A Time Nursery School. All I can say is....just look at the faces of our residents and the children!! Nothing but happiness, fun and laughter.
They played, they listened to a story, the coloured in and the interaction with the residents was just amazing.
Trip to meet Paddington!
Norwich city trip and Paddington, of course!!! After we saw that Norwich had gained a Paddington statue, we couldn't wait to visit him. He's an all-round favourite and he sparked so many great memories.
Reading the books to their children, watching the cartoons with the kids and even his new films with grandkids too.
So when we got to meet him in person… we were all delighted!! We started our day with a coffee at Bread Source, a walk around the cloisters, the meeting of the infamous Bear, followed by lunch and then a walk down memory lane in Looses. We found an old jukebox, and I'm surprised they didn't ask us to leave as we sang nearly all the songs we found there. We had great fun.
Hera the PAT Dog
We welcomed a new 'Pets as Therapy' dog to the home, and we are delighted to introduce the gorgeous Hera.
She is a Belgian Shepherd Dog, and she is so well-loved already. The joy a PAT Animal brings to our residents is amazing. She doesn’t know the power she holds and the love that she brings.
Valentine's Day Celebrations!
We started off Valentine's Day with a Morning Service from our local vicar, who told us the story of St Valentine as well as a prayer and the residents' favourite hymns.
We then walked into our local community and handed out love hearts to all the people we saw. Followed by a delicious lunch and a beautifully decorated dining room… Who said romance was dead!
Feeling Crafty
The residents enjoy crafts and to have them make their own personalised cards for their loved ones really makes a world of difference.
John is an amazing artist so he always turns out the most wonderful cards. His loved ones are very lucky to receive them from him too.
