Activities at The Wingfield 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 Wingfield our activities team provide a varied and interesting range of activities for all residents. We are registered with the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) and we take pride in delivering activities that will enhance residents lives and bring happiness and a sense of purpose. Our cooking activities are very popular, as well as the regular book clubs, coffee mornings, skittle matches and bus trips. We provide one to one support for those who are unable to attend activities and we have tea dances, musicians, quizzes, music and movement, as well as our giant scrabble board! But most importantly we have fun! Relatives are always welcome and there is always much laughter and smiling faces during our activities. We take pride in what we do and we continually strive to enhance residents lives through meaningful activity.
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 Wingfield Care Home
VE-Day Celebrations
We had a wonderful day celebrating VE-Day at the home this year. A morning spent reminiscing followed by a party in the Pavilion in the afternoon. A live performance from James Hogg who regularly sings for us and delicious refreshments provided by our Chef. It was lovely to hear stories from the residents about that momentous day back in 1945. Lots of them recalled having street parties and celebrating with family and friends, some even travelled to London to be amongst the crowds in Trafalgar Square.
A Dream Come True
The Wingfield granted another one of our resident’s wishes this month, by taking her ice-skating! Resident, Margaret had not been since she was about 18 years old and expressed that it was something she had always wanted to try again but felt her mobility now restricted her from doing so. The staff at the home were able to prove to both Margaret and her fellow residents at the home that the home will do all it can to support them in overcoming any limitations to achieve their dreams.
Staff supported Margaret and a close friend of hers, also a resident from the home to the Link Centre in Swindon. The ladies thoroughly enjoyed gliding across the ice and even did a couple of spins! In response to this wonderful experience Margaret said: “I was shocked and overwhelmed that after all these years I was back on the ice again. I last went ice-skating when I was about 18 years old and I wasn’t very good back then! I didn’t think it would be possible for me to go ice-skating again now that I use a wheelchair but the staff here at the home helped make that happen for me.”
Flower Arranging
Using fresh flowers to create our own flower arrangements is always a big hit with our ladies here at The Wingfield. Look at the beautiful arrangements our brilliant residents produced this week that are now proudly displayed in their rooms. This activity is brilliant for creative stimulation, dexterity, relaxation and the senses.
As a result of this being so popular with the residents here we have decided to start hosting ‘Flower Arranging Classes’ on a regular basis, welcoming relatives and the local community to join us. This will run on a fortnightly basis with more details to follow very soon.
Garden Centre Visit
Our residents recently enjoyed a trip to ‘Prior Park Garden and Pet Centre’. We had a lovely time looking at all the beautiful flowers and tropical fish, followed by tea and cake at the ‘Secret Garden Café’. Even the bus trip proved lots of fun involving a couple of sing a long’s and also reminiscing over our memories of the local area.
St George’s Day Celebrations
We had a very busy day here at the home celebrating in honour of St George Patron Saint of England. The residents started off the day with a St George’s themed quiz and in the afternoon we enjoyed a live performance from ‘End of the Track’. We were joined by relatives and members of the community, it was so lovely to see everyone come together and have such a good time. We finished the day off in typical English fashion with a nice cup of tea!
Pudding Club
This month we launched our Pudding Club and what a success it was! The residents enjoyed a variety of delicious puddings prepared by our Chef here and we were joined by members of the local community. This club will run on a monthly basis and everyone is welcome, please get in contact if you or someone you know who be interested in joining us.
