Activities at Woodhorn Park Care Home
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.
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 Woodhorn Park Care Home
Armistice Day
Both the residents and the team at Woodhorn Park wished to honour Armistice Day and be part of our local community. We decided to decorate our window to celebrate the centenary of the end of the First world War, in addition to remembering all of those who have fallen since that day.
We hope you are proud of our memories like we are.
Halloween Spooktacular
Staff dressed in their Halloween finery for our spooktacular party and residents enjoyed some singing and dancing. A wonderful time was had by all!
10 Years of Service
Well done to Tracy McMillan, who recently received her 10 Year Long Service Award. Thank you for your loyalty and commitment, Tracey, to Woodhorn Park, the residents and your colleagues.
Library Week
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mark for taking time to visit us at Woodhorn Park. Mark is the chief librarian in Ashington and, as part of Library Week, he brought along reminiscence boxes for both residents and staff to view and discuss. Irene enjoyed looking through the books and discussing the ration books.
Memory Walk
Here at Woodhorn Park, we care passionately about ‘making a difference’ for residents, so we organised a Memory Walk for the Alzheimer’s Society.
We planned our route and walked for five miles with some of our ladies walking with us for a short while, before they called into the local pub for their dinner whilst we kept on walking. We were overwhelmed by the support of the Ashington people, who stopped cars and donated to us during our walk in addition to all of our lovely sponsors.
We have raised approximately a grand total of £600. It was a wonderful day for all of us and emotive to say the least.
Goodbye & Happy Birthday
Some happy beginnings and sad endings occurred at Woodhorn Park recently. We would like to wish a huge congratulations to our Apprentice Care Assistant, Jordan, who recently celebrated her 18th birthday.
It is with great sadness to say that, on Jordan’s special day, the team also said a fond farewell to Housekeeper, Marlene, who worked at Woodhorn Park for 17 years. We all wished her a happy retirement!
Upcoming events
July
Hello July! We extend a warm welcome for you to join us as we look forward to a fun filled month ahead. All welcome.
