Activities at Woodhorn Park 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. Activities make up the most important part of all our days at Woodhorn park, so we ensure a variety of social events are available that reflect the interests of all the people we support. In our Memory Lane community, we have group conversations and regularly reminiscence about past experiences, which is something that people living with dementia really enjoy. Many residents love gardening, baking, outings, pet care and gentle exercise, which we provide, along with many other wholesome activities, as it is essential that life at Woodhorn Park is fun and active.
Lauren
Hello, my name is Lauren, and I am one of the Activities Coordinators here at Woodhorn Park.
My job is to physically and mentally stimulate our residents by offering a range of activities for them to enjoy. I want to get everyone involved and make our home community and atmosphere as positive and welcoming as possible.
Making sure that our residents have things to do that they really enjoy doing is something that I hold very close to my heart. It is so important to make sure that they are happy and enjoy all the activities and events that we host for them.
A lot of our residents also enjoy our special trips out on our minibus as we create new, special memories together.
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 Woodhorn Park Care Home
Happy Birthday Elvis!
Today we celebrated what would have been the King of Rock & Roll’s birthday.
It’s estimated Elvis sold over one billion records worldwide, so we enjoyed a day of music, fun and dancing in his honour and found out some interesting facts about him too.
Residents then enjoyed a movie about how Elvis became the king of rock and roll on our cinema screen and enjoyed snacks and refreshments.
Gentleman's Club
Today we introduced our weekly Gentlemen’s Club. The men chose to engage in a games afternoon and decided a shandy would go perfectly to suit the theme.
Fun and enjoyment was had by all, from reminiscing about the town they grew up in to working down the pit and in the workshops.
Home donate to local Foodbank
Staff and residents at Woodhorn Park continue to support The Wansbeck Food Bank, a local charity situated in Ashington whose mission is to offer as much practical help as they can to the surrounding community.
Over the past three weeks, staff collected tinned items along with pasta, rice, breakfast cereals, tea and coffee as well as little extras including chocolates, toiletries and small gift sets. The staff at Woodhorn Park Care Home know their donations will be put to good use by supporting the community.
Christmas card crafts
Today our residents got involved in fun-filled Christmas card making activities. We spent the day making, decorating and writing cards to loved ones, friends, staff members and members of the local community.
Everyone was encouraged to work on their skills, some residents preferred to draw on their cards, other to write festive poems and Christmas wishes.
It was a lovely day, which got us into the Christmas spirit and the cards turned out beautifully.
Festive Open Day
Here at Woodhorn Park we are happy to share our open day/meet the team event, which was hosted at the home.
This was an opportunity for you to meet our friendly and dedicated team and to find out more about the care services available at our home, alongside our person-centred well-being and life enrichment programmes.
Residents enjoyed a visit from a special someone and took to crafts and festive fun.
National Elf Day
We swapped our uniforms for costumes on National Elf Day in an effort to raise funds to help people living with dementia.
Launched by the Alzheimer’s Society and delivered directly from the North Pole, Elf Day was created to sprinkle some festive cheer on fundraising towards finding a cure for dementia.
We were able to enjoy elf-themed games, quizzes and delicious sweet and savoury treats, prepared by our talented chef.
Upcoming events
Could you be a Volunteer?
We are looking for friendly and compassionate volunteers to help make a difference to our residents day to day lives.
Meeting Room for Hire
Are you looking for a room to host a meeting? Pop in and see what we have to offer.
Calling all Emergency Services - take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel, come a take a break on us! We offer a warm welcome and a refreshing drink - there may be a cake or two too!
Carers Cafe - Last Friday of the month
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our monthly, Carers Cafe - last Friday of the month from 2.30 pm. All welcome.
