Activities at Waterside Court Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
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 Waterside Court Care Home
King and Rackham Duo - Classical Concert
What a magical day!
Firstly, a musical performance from the King and Rackham Duo.
With a repertoire of light classics, show tunes and film scores from Gershwin to Vivaldi. David King (piano) and Andrew Rackham (violin) entertained our residents as the inhouse hospitality team served homemade cakes, biscuits and mouth-watering fresh fruit.
We enjoyed a wonderful singalong together of ‘all time classics’ as the duo took us down memory lane through their beautiful playing.
Allotment Fox by Simon Watts
Earlier in the week our residents were treated to a personal showing of the remastered ‘Allotment Fox’ presented and narrated by Simon Watts - WILD Presentations.
Filmed on the Hearsall Allotments, Earlsdon, Coventry Simon told us the tale of 6 year old vixen Frankie, her cubs Smudge and Dash, their 'nanny' Whisky and dad Spot.
We were all taken on a journey of discovery and learnt so much about the life of this special urban fox family. They truly are ingenious, beautiful wildlife survivors.
It was fabulous to have a close up view of the many wild animals in our midst, as they secretly search through the allotment plots, throughout the night and even in the day!
Thank you Simon, we loved it, and will be sure to take a closer look around the Waterside gardens to see who we can spot.
To find out more about Simon Watts and his amazing wildlife videos, visit WILD Presentations 024 7601 6471
Cody Entertains
Our residents started the week with a little rock n’ roll courtesy of the super star solo singer and guitarist – Chris Ody - CODY.
He performed all the classics, with singalong songs from the 50/60s and a dash of glam rock from the 1970s era. Our residents and staff were up singing and dancing throughout his amazing set.
Happy Birthday 'Therese'
Over the weekend we had the pleasure of celebrating beautiful Therese's birthday. She enjoyed a lovely visit from some of her children; her room is now filled with love, gifts, cards and flowers.
Chef made, and iced a homemade cake which Therese adored and shared with her fellow residents during a special afternoon tea.
Happy birthday Therese from all at Waterside Court!
Community pulls together for lovely cuppas!
Residents at Waterside Court had an unconventional evening yesterday when Storm Eunice caused a power cut throughout Winterbrook. But due to the wonderful support from local community members, our residents were able to still enjoy their much-loved cups of tea and coffee as we waited for repairs
A huge thank you to 2nd Wallingford Beaver Scouts for lending us a camping cooker that the amazing Eve from Cholsey Day Centre volunteered to man for us! Eve worked tirelessly to ensure our tea trollies were stocked continuously with nice, warming pots of tea and coffee.
As you can see from the pictures, residents were overjoyed to enjoy their warm cuppas, especially on such a blustery day!
Bread Baking Sensory Demonstration
There's nothing quite like the smell of freshly baked bread around the home, and our chef is always happy to create sensory activities that help our residents take a trip down memory lane, reminiscing of the times they would bake bread.
Watching and interacting with chefs demonstration they shared recipes and stories of times gone by, remembering cooking in the kitchen as the children played outside, only coming in when the smell of freshly baked goods hit their little noses!
