Activities at Woodhorn Park Care Home

Residents at Woodhorn Park had a great afternoon freelance dancing around the may pole and taking advantage of the glorious sunshine.   Residents regularly enjoy gentle therapeutic armchair exercises to music, which everyone really enjoys and took the fun outdoors to the homes garden for an afternoon of fun.

Everyone joined in to create different sequences, which were really easy to follow and the Residents had a great time participating, they especially loved the props, commenting:   “That was so much fun! I used to go to dance school and this activity reminded me of that.”

As residents embrace new technology and keeping in touch with their loved ones via Skype, they also been busying with traditional methods and sharing messages with postcards to send to their family and friends, who doesn’t love to receive a postcard! Residents have also been making use of Skype and FaceTime so that they can video call their relatives – although some still aren’t too sure about the new technology!

The staff and residents surprised Julie this morning with a lovely birthday surprise after the morning stand up meeting. Julie should be sunning herself in Turkey today, but is instead spending it with her work family. We all sang 'Happy Birthday' to her and gave her presents of flamingos for her garden and vouchers to buy more shoes!

Residents of Woodhorn enjoy senses and feelings that many of us take for granted. As part of Dementia Awareness Week, the home has created a pop-up sensory tent to test the 5-senses of smell, touch, taste, see and hear. The residents thoroughly enjoyed finding their way around the tent and exploring the various display items, especially the tasting table. A lovely time was had by all!

Residents of Woodhorn Park celebrated the 75th anniversary of VE Day in style. Residents took advantage of the good weather, enabling them to mark the milestone on May 8th, commemorating the end of the Second World War in their garden with a party.

Despite the coronavirus outbreak restricting visitors, residents managed to hold their own ‘street’ party in the comfort of their own garden while adhering to social distancing guidelines. The garden was decked out in red, white and blue decorations, and everyone enjoyed their time outdoors, sharing stories and enjoying slices of home-made cake and tea.

Residents and colleagues at Woodhorn Park were delighted to receive a beautiful gift from the family of a former resident, which was a small gesture thanking the home for the care shown to their mum, and to residents now during this challenging period.

Residents have been hard as work creating cards as a surprise. They have decorated the front and written personalised messages on the inside. They have also had great fun posing for pictures with our love message board, which will be printed and put inside the cards.

Residents have also been making use of Skype and Facetime so that they can video call their relatives – although some weren’t too sure about the new technology