Activities & Events

At Tupwood Gate Nursing Home we offer a wide range of activities to cater for all tastes and interests and abilities.

Keeping active is important for all-round health – so our expert recreational therapist is on hand five days a week to help with activities such as crafts, letter writing and reading newspapers.

We regularly hold meetings with all the residents to keep them informed of future events and changes as well as distributing a newsletter publishing the dates of forthcoming events so that they are able to choose which interest them.

A typical month at Tupwood Gate could include some of the following activities:

Baking sessions

Are held at least twice a month.

Resident's booking reading

Every week with tea and biscuits.

Craft sessions

Using a very wide range of materials and textures.

Music sessions

Sing-along sessions as well as the use of different instruments and gentle exercise to familiar tunes.

Quiz afternoons

Afternoons spent playing bingo, doing quizzes, crosswords as well as discussion about current affairs. Reading quotes and poetry in groups.

Personal care

The hairdresser is available twice a week. Topical conversation. Reading together, writing letters to the family. Looking through photo albums.

Sport and games

Ball games such as skittles and catch, target practice on a mat using bean bags. Snakes and ladders, dominos, jigsaw puzzles.

Film Sessions

Every Wednesday is film night with a glass of wine and nibbles.

Pet session

Patting the dog and playing the ball with him as well as taking him out for a little stroll in the garden.

Gardening

We have raised beds suitable for wheelchair access. Planting seeds and herbs, awareness of the seasons and the birds that visit the garden.

Outdoor and nature

When weather permits enjoy walks around the garden and grounds of the home or just relax quietly under our Gazibo. Watch the various wildlife and birds around the garden and the variety of trees, shrubs and flowers.

Outings

Days out to various places of interest, shopping trips, picnics, visits to the garden centre for coffee and freedom to take the residents out.

Annual Events

Seasonal change awareness. Important social events, we can use a theme to include the residents in what is going on in the world around us. Halloween, Easter, Fireworks night, etc. Entertainment from outside companies come in from time to time and are most enjoyed. Fetes and social evenings.