Activities

 Living in a care home should not mean that people no longer enjoy getting out and about.  We feel passionatley that opporuntities for outings and excusions are an important part of quality of life.  We have outings every week.  All residents and day care clients have the opportunity to join us, no matter what their care needs.

Weekly outings always include a trip to the local pub.  Every forntight we attend the Alzehimers Society Singing for the Brain group at Huddersfield Town Hall.  Every month there is a trip to Shall We Dance community tea dances in Colne Valley.  We also have other weekly outings such as shopping trips in Huddersfield town centre, visits to local garden centres and museums, theatre and cinema trips as well as regular excusions further afield such as Knowsley Safari Park, Harrogate, Halifax Piece Hall, Blackpool. 

Please note that the coronavirus pandemic has meant that all outings and excusions are temporarily suspended  [See Covid-19 statement].  We hope to reintroduce them soon.

In addition to our own in-house activity staff, we hire external entertainers once a week.   This adds something special for our residents and day care clients to enjoy.  We have singers, musicians, reminiscence therapy, performances and visiting animals.

  For people with advanced dementia, it is no longer possible to engage in many of the normal activity sessions organised in the Home. This can easily lead to isolation and loneliness. Namaste Care provides an opportunity for such residents to still experience human closeness, comfort and stimulation, in a loving and comforting environment, for a large proportion of their waking hours.

Namaste Care is a structured programme developed by Joyce Simard in the USA which provides compassionate, individualised care activities for people with advanced dementia in the last year of life. Sessions run for 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon, 7 days a week. There are spaces for up to 4 residents in each session. 

The purpose is to give comfort and pleasure to people with advanced dementia through sensory stimulation, especially the use of touch. Activities such as gentle massage, music and scents are utilised, and the carer running the session is able to spend dedicated focused time with residents in the programme.

For people who are unable to leave their bed, the Namaste Care Programme can be brought to their bedside.  We schedule time twice a day to provide this care and attention to people who are in the later stages of end of life.

Our in-house activity programme runs 7 days a week and is continuing as normal through the pandemic.  We have a full range of activity sessions to meet a variety of needs.

Birthdays are a day to be celebrated.  At Crimson Manor we make make every birthday special. 

Crimson Manor is one of few pet friendly care homes in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.  There is a growing body of research showing the therapeutic benefits of animals including reducing blood pressure and improving physical and emotional wellbeing.  For people with dementia, pets can provide the opportunity for connection with another being, without the mental stress of language and communication difficulties.  In our experience, even people who showed no interest in pets prior to their dementia, can gain much enjoyment from them at this later time in life.

Our animals have been chosen so that they will not hassle people who do not wish to be involved with them.  We keep a friendly and affectionate cat called Vera-Lynn, egg laying chickens, tropical fish, and a regularly visiting greyhound called Scooby.

We also understand the emotional attament many older people have for their own pets.  Wherever possible we will support residents entering long term care to continue to keep their pets with them.