If you’re exploring the possibility of a care home, for either yourself or a loved one, you may be wondering just what it’s like. Perhaps you don’t know of anyone else who has received residential, nursing, or senior care and so you’d like to know more about what to expect. One thing that is for … Read more
If you are looking into the possibility of a care home for your loved one, you have probably wondered how this care can be funded. The fees that are charged can vary depending on the type of care that is provided. It could be that your loved one is needing residential care, nursing care, or … Read more
The last 20 months have truly highlighted the detrimental effects that isolation and loneliness can have on the elderly. Figures show that 1.4 million people in the UK, aged 55 or older, experience loneliness, with almost 500,000 going five or six days without seeing or speaking to anyone at all. A professional care setting, such as a … Read more
October festival Only at Oktoberfest, our residents had a chance to enjoy a range of wine, beer, as well as a variety of cheese, biscuits. Normally, due to medication requirements, alcohol is not allowed within the house, our residents, therefore, felt fascinated to taste their previous habits. October beer festival, let’s say, is the only … Read more
In September, our residents had a busy month with lots of activities from the beginning of month. The mini pony visit our home This week, we welcomed back, by popular demand, Jack Brock the miniature Shetland pony!!! Jack visited us back in March where he brought everyone so much enjoyment, that we jumped at the … Read more
August 2021 gave us valuable chances to celebrate birthdays of two residents August can be summarised into one word: colourful & cheerful. At the beginning of the month, we had the chance to celebrate a 100th birthday party and another 89th birthday for two residents. Luckily one birthday was on a sunny day so we invited … Read more
1. Summer beach themed event The peak of summer cannot be complete without a summer beach theme event, even if it means brining the beach to us… It took us a week to prepare all décors and crafts, including our very own sandpit in the courtyard. Oakwood House was decorated with brightly coloured bunting, plastic … Read more
JUNE UPDATE 2021 Wildlife Theme Day – Wednesday 9th June, 2021 We decided to have a wildlife theme day as residents got creative by colouring in birds and butterfly cut outs which we put on our beautiful display tree. One of our residents who enjoys arts and crafts, painted a fantastic drawing of the river and … Read more
The care home sector was presented with an unprecedented challenge when COVID-19 hit in February 2020. As part of the wider national lockdown, all care homes had to close their doors to external visitors as well as rapidly evolving their internal hygiene procedures to prevent the spread of the virus. Over a year later, as … Read more
Chinese Day – Saturday 22nd May, 2021 This week we celebrated Chinese Day as residents and staff dressed in red – the traditional lucky colour in China. Residents were busy creating fantastic Chinese-themed crafts, including lanterns and the flag of China with which we beautifully decorated our home. For lunch, residents were treated to a tasty … Read more
