What’s Going On in 2026
🌼 What’s On at Our Care Home – 2026
Below is our planned programme of key events for 2026. Dates marked TBC will be confirmed closer to the time. Family and friends are welcome to join in with activities and events.
❄️ January – March
January
New Year’s Day Social – 1 January 🎉🥂
Winter Warmer Coffee Morning – mid-January ☕🍰
Burns Night Supper – 25 January 🥃🎶
February
Valentine’s Afternoon Tea – 14 February 💖🍓☕
Pancake Day – Shrove Tuesday (date TBC) 🥞🍯
Craft Club: Spring Wreaths – late February 🌸✂️
March
Mother’s Day Tea Party – date TBC 💐🍰
St Patrick’s Day Social – 17 March 🍀🎵
Easter Crafts & Afternoon Tea – late March 🐣🎨☕
🌸 April – June
April
St George’s Day Celebration – 23 April 🏴🦁
May
May Day Flower-Making – early May 🌼🌿
VE Day Remembrance & Tea – 8 May 
🕊️☕
June
Annual Summer Garden Party – weekend in June (TBC) 🌞🎪🎶
🌼 July – September
July & August
Boat Trips – throughout summer (TBC) ⛵🌅
Cream Tea & Summer Music – August (TBC) 🎼☕🍰
September
Harvest Festival – late September 🌾🍎🎶
🎃 October – December
October
Halloween Tea Party – 31 October 🎃🕸️☕
November
Remembrance Day Service – 11 November 🌺🕊️
December
Christmas Tree Decorating – 1 December 🎄✨
Christmas Party – mid-December 🎅🎁🎶
Christmas Day Celebrations – 25 December 🎄🍽️
New Year’s Eve Social – 31 December 🥂🎊
🛠️ Ongoing Improvements – 2026
We are committed to enhancing comfort, accessibility, and overall living standards throughout the home. Below is our planned programme of upgrades running from late 2025 through 2026.
December 2025
Completion of Ensuite in Room 79 🚿🛁
Final installation and finishing touches to improve privacy and convenience.
January 2026
Additional Ensuite Added to Room 79 🛁🔧
Further improvements made to increase resident comfort.
March 2026
Upgrade of Downstairs Toilet Facilities 🚽🔨
Modernisation and refurbishment of the ground-floor toilet for improved accessibility.
April 2026
Bedroom Flooring Upgrade – Phase 1 🪚📏
Replacement and improvement of flooring in selected bedrooms.
July 2026
Bedroom Flooring Upgrade – Phase 2 🔨🛏️
Continued bedroom flooring improvements as part of our upgrade schedule.
October 2026
Bedroom Flooring Upgrade – Phase 3 🧰🪵
Final flooring update of the year to enhance comfort and safety.
November 2026
Further Ensuite Improvements in Room 79 🚿🔧
Additional enhancements to ensure high-quality, modern bathroom facilities.
Philosophy
It is our philosophy that keeping people with dementia occupied and stimulated improves their quality of life, this approach is at the heart of all we do and is undertaken through a range of fun and exciting activities. We believe supporting people to engage in this philosophy makes the individual feel valued, enhances the sense of dignity and self-esteem by giving purpose and meaning to their life and promotes feelings of happiness which helps the service user relax, increases their sense of well-being.
“The family are always made to feel welcome and even our children like coming to visit Grandma. HP regularly organises family events and these are always a treat, we see first-hand how good the care is and how well our family members are being looked after. What an amazing place!”
Active for life
Improving fitness through regular exercise helps develop a healthy appetite, increases energy levels and promotes a better night’s sleep.
We encourage and provide opportunities for people to be more active through participation in activities of daily living, for example, helping with gardening, sweeping paths, turning soil, lawn mowing, vacuuming, dusting, washing up, baking and cooking.
Many of our group activities encourage movement and exercise but we also work with each person to plan individual activities that they want to do both within the home and in the local and wider community.
“Where else in Kent would you find dementia residents having nail vanish applied to their hands and feet, their hair done and stimulated with activities every week?”
Finding suitable activities
Our individualised programme of activities focus on the structure of time appropriate to the person and their cognitive impairment but reflects their interests and when their dementia progresses, we develop imaginative ways to adapt service users preferred activities to their changing capabilities and moods.
We constantly encourage a person to try ‘new’ activities which will often bring about a sense of excitement and gratification.
“Hale Place more than exceeded our expectations in restoring Mum’s dignity and zest for life. We will be forever indebted for this and the prolonged life filled with fun and laughter that it inspired.”
Regular Activities
Inhouse Activities
