All Activities

Our Residents have all taken part in various fun Activities during the last few months. We have been doing some Cake Baking at the Homes which the Residents enjoyed, Fruit Tasting and Chocolate Tasting. Making Pizzas, which was enjoyed by the Residents, Chair Yoga, visits from Pets as Therapy Dogs and Relatives Dogs. Quiz sessions in the Lounges and Music Therapy and Reminisce Sessions, all of which were enjoyed.

We are planning more fun Activities for the coming month of April as its Easter, so we will be having an Easter Afternoon Tea Party at all Homes, plenty of Hot Cross Buns to be enjoyed, a Tea Party to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Birthday, more Baking, Music Therapy, YouTube sessions of choice plus more.

General Information

We are very pleased to inform you all that at our Homes we are having extensive works done, both inside the homes and outside the homes. We have upgraded all our Homes electrical systems which includes new lighting/chandeliers, where needed.  Some rooms are currently being redecorated and upgraded. Woodside have had a new Heating System installed and are currently undergoing a facelift on the Lift. Wray Park have had a new Stair Lift installed recently. We will update you all on further improvements.

Birthday’s Celebrated

During the last few months, we have been honoured to celebrate some Birthdays with our Residents across our Homes and they have all enjoyed visits from families, trips out with families and of course a celebratory Birthday Cake with the other Residents and Staff at each Home and had a Birthday Tea Party.

The next Care Homes of Distinction Ltd Newsletter will be out end of May 2022.

We currently have one room available here at Wray Park. The room is very light and spacious with a lovely view looking out onto our courtyard/garden.  It is an en-suite and all our rooms can be customised to each personal style and taste. We always encourage families and residents to make their rooms as homely as they wish. To get more information about the room and any general questions you may have, please call Wray Park Care Home on 01737 242778 or email us at manager@carehomesofdistinction.com. We look forward to hearing from you soon, plus we can also send you our Brochure along we any other details about Wray Park Care Home.

We have one lovely room available here at Woodside View Nursing Home, which is an en-suite wet room and has recently been upgraded to a high standard. The. The room is very spacious and light and has a low-profile hospital bed for maximum comfort when resting and adjusts accordingly to personal preference. The rooms available can be customised to each personal style and taste and we encourage relatives to personalise the rooms as much as they wish. To get more information about rooms available or to arrange a visit, please call Woodside View on 01883 346313 or email us at manager@carehomesofdistinction.com. We look forward to hearing from you soon and we can also send you a Brochure along with other details of Woodside View Nursing Home.

We have Memory Boxes in place for all our Residents at both homes and have been busy filling the Boxes with items of personal meaning and with the purpose to bring back happy times for them. We ask the relatives for their input and have been sharing personal belongings from their loved ones.  A couple of our Residents have told our Activities Co-Ordinator “That they thought the boxes are lovely and brought back many happy memories for them”. The purpose of the boxes is to stimulate the senses which will then encourage creativity and more brain activity and can even calm some agitated Residents and prompt them into conversation, they can recall faces from the past and memorable events too. We are always adding memorable items to their boxes and it’s lovely to engage with them and have wonderful conversations about their past and they always enjoy chatting about it too with our Activity Co-Ordinator.

The Residents at Woodside View enjoy various Activities throughout the year. They have been enjoying Chair Yoga Sessions with our regular Teacher Judy who we have the pleasure of twice a week and the Residents who take part always enjoy it and look forward to the next time. They have also been having fun playing Games in the Lounge such as Indoor Skittles, Scrabble, Connect4 and more. We have regular Pamper Sessions for our Residents, where the ladies get a hand massage and nails painted if they chose to, and the men are offered a hand massage too. The Residents enjoy a fortnightly themed Afternoon Tea Party, and some partake with props if they chose. We also celebrate Birthdays and any special day, such as Valentine’s, St. Patricks, Easter, Halloween and many more. Our Residents enjoy Music and therefore, we have regular Music Therapy Sessions, and this is always a hit with our Residents. We have occasional cooking activities and various fruit tasting sessions, where they get to taste fresh fruit and decide which they like best. We hold regular Group Residents Meetings where we discuss Activities so that they are very person centred.

The Residents at Wray Park Care Home have been enjoying  Fun and Games here at Wray Park. They have been enjoying Chair Yoga twice a week which is always a great hit with our Residents. We have a Pets as Therapy Dog that comes to visit, and she is always very popular with our Residents, and they always enjoy her visiting us. We take our Residents out on various trips, such as Morning Coffee and Cake to local and surrounding Garden Centres, visits to the local Cinema, shopping Trips to Shopping Centres, walks around Parks, Tea and Cake in Coffee Shops to name but a few. Flower arranging is a popular Activity with our Residents, and we have had produced some lovely arrangements for everyone to enjoy. We enjoy Music Therapy with the Residents, and they chose the artist and we play it on our Alexa, and they enjoy a dance and a sing song.Our Residents also  enjoy a good old Afternoon Tea Party, and we celebrate any special day including, Birthdays, Valentines, St. Patricks Day, Easter and many more. Our Residents also  enjoy our yearly Summer BBQ and Christmas Party.