Activities

At Kate Sheppard we believe that caring is about the whole person. Activities and pastimes that suit individual needs and preferences are critical to ensuring physical and mental wellbeing no matter what your level of functioning and help to keep life stimulating and enjoyable.

Our team of 4 full time Diversonal Therapists (activities officers) care planning process enables us to personalize resident’s participation. This means no matter whether independence and private time is your preference or you are seeking social connections and a more active life, we can meet your needs.

In designing our activites schedule we provide a balanced programme of activities and outings. This plan is varied monthly and advertised in house and through our regular newsletters.

Regular activities include:

• Inter facility bowls competitions
• Billiards
• Regular group exercises
• Petanque
• Quiots
• Quizzes
• Movie nights
• Word building, bingo and card housie
• A range of crafts
• Live entertainers and speakers
• For those of you who like a tipple, happy hours
• Current events
• Walks in our beautiful setting
• Rugby fans have an active club (Crusaders supporters of course!)
• A full range of guided outings

For those seeking a quieter way of life, we have large size TVs with sky in the main lounges, access to the library is made easy through our book club and for those with green thumbs we have raised planter boxes for your enjoyment.

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