Activities at Winchester House Care Home
Our activities team are constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we support by organising group and individual activities for anyone and everyone to participate in. There are regular outings in the minibus to nearby places of interest, including the local priory and garden centres, as well as visits from musicians, a wide range of entertainers. We are lucky enough to have a enthusiastic team of volunteers who regularly visit the home throughout the week, and our yearly pantomime is a real crowd-pleaser and is well-attended by residents, relatives and members of staff. Activities are one of the most important aspects of a care home, so it is essential that our team are dedicated to ensuring that residents are entertained, and that life at Winchester House is fun and active.
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 Winchester House Care Home
Royal Ascot
Royal Ascot came to Winchester House! Residents loved wearing their DIY fascinators and enjoyed a refreshing glass of Pimm's from our specially decorated cart! Here’s Margaret saying a huge 'cheers' as we celebrated Ladies Day!
Pet Picture Therapy
Everyone at Winchester House has been really missing our weekly visits from Rosie, our pet therapy dog, so we were overjoyed when Kathy, her owner, sent us over these lovely photographs with an update on how they are during this lockdown. Residents loved seeing Rosie and are looking forward to a time they can pet her again!
VE Day Celebrations
On Friday, Winchester House celebrated VE Day’s 75th anniversary all over the home. Residents enjoyed a wonderful afternoon tea of classic British cakes and scones that were prepared by the kitchen team, while waving their flags and singing along to all the old war time hits! Some staff even dressed and up and everyone came together in high spirits for this wonderful occasion.
Happy Easter
This Easter at Winchester House we got every department involved in our Easter decorating competition. Each department had their own areas and resources to improvise with.
We had dishcloth flowers by the kitchen, a housekeepers flower trail and even a beautifully decorated Easter tree on one of the units. It really was wonderful to see everyone pulling together and getting into the Easter spirit! Here’s one of our residents proudly showing off the work that went into our residential units display, which paid off as they won the prize for “Best resident participation”!
Music Therapy
With the absence of our regular entertainers, Winchester House continues to provide musical therapy to all of our residents as best we can. You can imagine our joy when Barchester’s very own Clinical Development Nurse, Patrick McCrossan, came to work one day, guitar in hand, and conducted the most wonderful singalong with some of our residents. Here’s hoping he’s as eager to entertain us all again as we are to hear him.
Stay Home, Stay Home
All of us from Winchester House would like to send good vibes this Easter week to everyone and contribute in telling people to ‘stay at home’. This past few weeks, it's been very hectic and we would like to put smile on people's faces.
