Beach Party Brings the Seaside to Sundial Care Home

Sundial Care Home, in the heart of Tipton St John village in Devon, brought the seaside to the home with its annual Beach Party. While Sidmouth Beach is just a short distance away and many family members (residents) enjoy regular visits there, the Beach Party ensured everyone could experience the classic British seaside from home.

The residential care home's three-acre gardens were transformed with beach backdrops, umbrellas, paddling pools, sand pits, buckets and spades, inflatable instruments and a bubble machine. Musical duo Blue Sky Busking returned to perform after proving popular during a previous visit to the home, with family members, relatives and visitors singing along throughout the afternoon.

Team Member Jo served mocktails made with tropical juice, grenadine and lemonade, finished with colourful cocktail umbrellas that family member Geraldine enjoyed helping prepare.

"The feedback has been excellent. Who needs to go to the beach when the beach party is at Sundial with fantastic mocktails!" Jo shared.

The Kitchen Team, led by Liz, cooked burgers and hot dogs, served in takeaway boxes. Relative and volunteer at the home Lindsay, baked butterfly cakes, ginger cake and coffee cake topped with dolly mixtures, while ice creams and fruit kebabs were served as evening snacks.

There were activities for all ages, hook-a-duck was a firm favourite for the grandchildren, along with sand pits with buckets and spades, and paddling pools where family members and visitors could dip their toes and cool off in the warm weather.

One relative shared, "It was absolutely marvellous how people responded to the music. It had a lovely little festival feeling. Best bubble machine we've ever seen!"

The annual Beach Party is just one of the many events held at Sundial Care Home to support continuation of life, helping family members continue enjoying the traditions, celebrations and shared moments that matter most with the people closest to them.

 

If you would like to learn more about Sundial Care Home, please visit: https://www.sundialcare.com/activities-in-care/

 

 

 

 

 

Tipton St John Care Home Hosts Easter Event for Families and Community

A care home near Sidmouth recently celebrated Easter with its own Easter Extravaganza event.

The residential care home in Tipton St John invited relatives, friends and members of the local community to attend, with team members also bringing their families to join. The event had been planned for the home’s three-acre gardens, but due to unpredictable Devon weather, it moved indoors, with visitors gathering in the lounge and dining room. “It was very cosy!” a team member said.

Blue Sky Busking, a two-man band who raise donations for charities including Save the Children, performed during the afternoon, with family members (residents) and visitors singing along and getting up to dance. The pair kindly gifted the home their CD, to which family member Pat was thrilled, and insisted an announcement was made to say thank you for their brilliant performance.

Activities took place throughout the home, including Easter crafts, a sunflower sewing station and an Easter egg hunt, which the home had over 90 crème eggs for the day! Easter Bunny (team member Rebecca) handed out eggs to all in the lounge, as well as to family members who were in their bedrooms, ensuring everyone in the home was included.

Councillor of Ottery St Mary, Janice Aherne who visited with her family shared:

“Three generations of my family, all living in the village joined Sundial Care Home’s Easter Extravaganza. With varied Easter related activities (including chocolate), the grandchildren enjoyed colouring and making pictures with an assortment of Easter craft materials. There was a very friendly and homely atmosphere under the guidance of Home Manager Liz Thompson and her team. A lovely afternoon had by all.”

Sundial Care Home’s Easter event brought together relatives, team members and the wider village, strengthening connections between the home, families and the local community.

 

If you would like to learn more about Sundial Care Home, please visit https://www.sundialcare.com/activities-in-care/