A warm welcome to our home
This home is set in an attractive residential cul-de-sac in the rural village of Adderbury, close to Banbury. Lake House offers a welcoming,warm atmosphere and is divided into four households.
- Long Term Residential
- Residential Respite
- Day Care
The specialist home environment has been designed to enhance the quality of life for people in their later years and incorporates features to promote reminiscence as therapy.
Residents can enjoy the daily social activities going on in the central communal areas with the hairdressing salon open during the week. The cinema/entertainment room is used partly for activities but also for individual and personal use. For those that would like a little more privacy, we have a family room and a summer house that both offer a peaceful oasis for family and friends whilst visiting.
Services & Facilities
The team
Food
Activities
Events
About the team
Our friendly, professionally trained team are on hand around the clock to support our residents, ensuring they spend their day how they wish and enabling them to enjoy a fulfilling and independent lifestyle.
The attentive care team focus on the individual needs of the residents, with a tailored care plan for each person. Their aim is to improve the quality of life for our residents by creating lovely, comfortable, homely surroundings and by providing care, activities and other services designed around each resident’s needs and wishes.
The team at Lake House includes a Home Manager, Head of Care, Dementia Lead, Activities Co-ordinator, Carers, Admiral Nurse, Care Leads, Housekeeping Team, Chef and Handy Person.
Meet the teamFood
The talented chef and kitchen team prepare tasty, home-cooked meals on site daily from our own kitchens. We source quality produce for our excellent breakfast, lunch and dinner menus. All-day dining is available for lighter meals and snacks and all dishes are carefully balanced to get the best nutritional value and cater for individual dietary requirements and preferences.
Seasonal produce is chosen whenever possible, and of course, relatives and friends are always welcome to join us. The menus change daily and the kettle is always on. Our chef bakes every day so there is always a fresh cake for residents and families to enjoy.
Each of the households has their own small kitchen dining room where residents can take their meals if they wish. Residents are also encouraged to help prepare their own food and to make snacks whenever they choose.
Activities
Whether it’s wet or dry outside, we at OSJCT feel that activities are essential in providing the best caring environment to live in.
Hobbies don’t simply stop when living with us at Lake House. We have a dedicated Activities Co-ordinator who works closely with our residents to create a programme of fulfilling activities and events, tailored around each resident’s requests, hobbies and interests. The programme of events and activities provide a source of fun and laughter, to help each resident live their life to the full and make new friendships.
We are also fortunate to have the support of many volunteers of all ages from the local community, strengthening our links to this thriving market town. Here is a sample of activities on offer:
- Trips to garden centres, cafés, pubs, sporting events, National Trust parks, wildlife parks, aquariums and museums.
- Visit from Pets as Therapy Dogs
- Exercise and wellness activities, for example Seated Yoga, Zumba
- Fun activities with the local toddler and nursery groups
- Board game competitions and quizzes
- Music therapy sessions
- Gardening
- Arts and crafts
- Communal Church services
Download sample activities schedule
With so many well-being activities for body and mind on offer, we also recognise that everyone needs some personal space for relaxation and mindfulness for personal reflection. The cosy lounges offer an opportunity for some quiet time or to host family and friends.
And that’s not all:
We’ve had silent discos, hoe downs, Chinese banquets, Oscar parties and so much more.
Many of the activities feature Reminiscence Therapy to aid those living with Dementia to remember events, people and places using sight, touch, taste, smell and sound.
Events
Located within a vibrant community, there's never a dull moment. We run regular activities for all to join in:
- Coffee mornings
- Care Home Open Day
- Summer and Autumn fetes
- Christmas parties
View our full events calendar to see more upcoming events taking place at Lake House.
Meet the team
The team consists of a Home Manager, Care Services Manager, Dementia Lead, Senior support Workers, Support workers, Activity Co-ordinators, Admiral Nurses, Housekeeping, Handy person, administrators and the home's Chef and catering team.
Alex Grindle
Sarah Chilton
Micia Lydon
Home Manager
Alex joined The Orders of St John Care Trust in 2018 on the Trust’s trainee manager programme and is now Home Manager of Lake House Care Home in Adderbury. Alex began her career in care working for a domiciliary care provider and achieved levels two and five NVQs in Health and Social Care and Adult Health and Social Care Leadership and Management.
Alex found the trainee manager post an extremely beneficial way to gain experience and support from her colleagues in the Trust as she learned more about the role. She found her past experience of domiciliary care gave her an awareness of what it means to work in someone’s home and to be courteous of their space and surroundings: an ethos that she ensures is applied to the care residents receive at Lake House.
Being fully immersed in the day-to-day running of the home, Alex’s busy schedule can be different every day. She enjoys the diversity of the role and values moments with residents. Alex enjoys the challenge of heading up a team of colleagues and takes great pride in the care they provide together at Lake House.
Alex is sometimes joined in her office by willing residents offering to help with paperwork and is often found at the heart of an activity such as learning the waltz for a birthday tea dance or serving bacon rolls to emergency service personnel at a ‘Blue Light’ coffee morning.
In her spare time, Alex ensures family time is kept a priority by organising monthly ‘Sunday Fundays’ where she brings four generations of her family together for days out with their dogs to different local attractions.
Admin Assistant
Sarah is Lake House’s Admin Assistant and will be the first to offer a very warm welcome to all visitors. She joined Lake House in 2015 and brought with her many years’ experience of working in care and nursing. Along with nursing qualifications, Sarah holds an NVQ Level 4 (Management) and Certificate in Health and Social Services Management.
Sarah enjoys the varied and busy nature of her role; whether she is organising staff rotas, reviewing residents’ financial accounts or meeting a new resident and their family, Sarah is often the go-to person for information in the home and she is always willing to assist where she can.
Sarah feels privileged to work in the residents’ home and is dedicated to fulfilling residents’ wishes, whether that involves popping to the shop for them or something as simple as making them a cup of tea. She even donned an Easter bunny onesie and hopped around the home for their Easter party. For someone who, by her own admission, “doesn’t do fancy dress”, this speaks volumes about the lengths that Sarah will go to for the home!
Activities Coordinator
As Lake House’s Activities Coordinator, Micia works hard to enable each resident to continue doing the things they enjoy. This begins with activity questionnaires that encourage residents to outline their likes and dislikes, hobbies, interests and how involved they wish to get with activities. Based on this information and any seasonal events, Micia plans activities month by month, ensuring a vast range of topics and interests are covered in the activities that are run each day. Residents are welcome to join in as much or as little as they wish and Micia loves the fact that each day is different.
Since joining the Trust in 2013, Micia has completed the Trust’s level three Dementia Award and is the home’s Dementia Lead. Knowing that the residents count on her is something Micia finds rewarding about her role, and she values the moments they share together. Some of Micia’s highlights include having alpacas, penguins and donkeys visit the home.
In her spare time, Micia enjoys having days out with her young family who keep her busy when she is not at work.
What's happening
Aug 2019
It’s not every day you turn 99 and for Alison Prew, resident of Lake House Care Home in Adderbury, her birthday wish was granted with a waltz from the CEO of The Orders of St John Care Trust.
Jul 2019
We are delighted to share our Summer 2019 Trust in Care magazine, free to download. A varied selection of articles spanning both external and internal topical matter is available for you to enjoy. From heart-warming stories such as our cover story 'A Reunion of Pure Chance at Longlands' to the exceptional care quality ratings bestowed on recently inspected homes. Also, highlighted are the Trust's strong links with our local communities who we work closely together with to help support our residents and to provide wonderful experiences.
Come and visit us
The best way to find out all that we can offer is to come along for a chat, look around and meet our team and residents. Contact us to make an appointment - we'll be delighted to welcome you.
Call: 01295 811183The Green
Banbury
OX17 3NG
United Kingdom