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
Waterside Court's First Christmas!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at Waterside Court!
The team have been busy getting the Marketing Suite decorated for the festive season. We are eagerly awaiting the Christmas art competition entries from local primary schools to complete the festive look.
We’ll be collecting artwork on Thursday 17th December, so follow us on Facebook to have your vote: @BarchesterWatersideCourt
Making Wallingford Dementia Friendly
Waterside Court are striving to make Wallingford and the surrounding communities Dementia Friendly. We have been busy making contact with the local community, including Wallingford Town Council, to help support us with this goal.
Wallingford Town Council gave our Home Services Advisor the opportunity to speak at the full council meeting on Monday 7th December. We are thrilled to say that they have agreed to help us with this very important cause!
The Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends programme is the biggest ever initiative to change people’s perceptions of dementia. It aims to transform the way the nation thinks, acts and talks about the condition.
With the pandemic affecting people’s abilities to socialise and connect with their local community, creating this network of understanding is more important than ever.
If you would like become a Dementia Friend, sign up to one of our following sessions:
Monday 21st December, 18:00 – 18:45 (virtual)
https://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/WEBSessionDetails?id=a055I00000ECaxXQAT#.X9GIbtj7Q2w
Wednesday 23rd December 10am – 11am (face-to-face)
https://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/WEBSessionDetails?id=a055I00000ECauGQAT#.X9GJmtj7Q2w
Wednesday 23rd December 1pm – 2pm (face-to-face)
https://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/WEBSessionDetails?id=a055I00000ECaiLQAT#.X9GKE9j7Q2w
We look forward to working alongside the Mayor and local councillors to start making Wallingford Dementia Friendly! If you are an organisation who would like to become Dementia Friendly, please contact us for more information - we would love to hear from you!
Waterside Court's Christmas Art Competition!
Six local primary schools in Wallingford are taking part in our Christmas competition!
We have asked children to design festive drawings and write warm messages to residents in our sister homes. Entries will be collected by our General Manager on Thursday 17th December and drawings will be displayed in our Marketing Suite for a week, before being delivered to residents in our nearby homes.
Voting will take place over the Christmas break and winners will be announced on Tuesday 5th January, with prizes being delivered on the same day. Each of our homes will pick three winners and there will also be a Facebook prize-winner, so follow us now to have your vote! @BarchesterWatersideCourt
Special thanks to:
St John's Primary School - Wallingford, St Nicholas C.E. Infants' School, Crowmarsh Gifford Primary School, Cholsey Primary School, Benson CofE Primary School, RAF Benson Community Primary School.
Intergenerational links between schools and care homes have incredible benefits to both residents and children; we look forward to working with these schools in future and our residents eagerly await lots of creative entries!
Upcoming events
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.
