Tel: 0333 013 5438
Free taster session available
Book nowWelcome to ECL Braintree Day Centre! Our day centre offers a friendly, social environment where older people can come to meet others and take part in a range of daytime activities, offering respite to carers and reducing feelings of loneliness and isolation.
Activities we offer
Arts & crafts
Baking
Board games
Boccia
Bowling
Cooking
Customer forum
Gardening
Hair & beauty
Life skills
Lunches out
Makaton
Music & movement
Nintendo Wii
Physiotherapy
Pool
Quiz
Seated exercise
Sensory relaxation
Shopping
Singing
See all our activities
About us
Our dementia-friendly day centres are designed to maintain and enhance the independence, wellbeing, and relationships of our customers. We believe in enabling people to live fulfilling lives through our holistic range of activities and services.
As well as delivering unrivalled care for our customers, we also understand the need to support carers and provide them with vital respite. Our ultimate goal is to help people to continue living happily with their loved ones in their own homes for as long as possible.
Our experienced team and inclusive setting mean we’re well-placed to provide specialist dementia and Alzheimer’s day care, as well as offering support for those with Parkinson’s, learning disabilities and other complex health needs.
At ECL, we recognise the importance of keeping our customers connected to the communities they live in. Braintree Day Centre is just a short walk from the heart of the town, where boutique shops, cafes and restaurants are plentiful. The High Street is largely pedestrianised, making it accessible for all, so customers can often be found enjoying a coffee or light lunch nearby.
The day centre backs onto Braintree recreation ground, and we’re close to the River Blackwater where we accompany customers on picturesque riverside walks.
Braintree Museum is also within easy reach, displaying a treasure trove of artefacts and running regular themed days which are always popular with the customers we support, as is the on-site café.
Getting to ECL Braintree is easy thanks to excellent public transport links. With a bus stop just outside the day centre, journeys into Braintree or further afield to neighbouring Halstead and Witham couldn’t be simpler.
We are fully accessible, with wheelchair-friendly facilities and a trusty Sara Stedy transfer aid to make moving around the site safer, as well as an overhead tracking hoist for assisting customers in the bathroom.
We can adapt our staff support ratios to the needs of our customers and are also able to assist adults with medication during their days with us. Among our team, we have professionals qualified in enteral feeding and can provide care for people with Alzheimer’s or dementia. We also care for people with Parkinson’s, mental ill health and learning disabilities.
All the facilities at Braintree Day Centre are designed to cater to the diverse needs and interests of our customers, who include those with Alzheimer’s, dementia and learning disabilities, as well as older people with complex health conditions.
The centre has a small but perfectly formed garden where soft fruits and tomatoes are grown, as well as an array of herbs to provide a lovely, sensory experience.
The main room is always a hive of activity. A hub for entertainment, here you’ll find a large TV on which customers can view their favourite films, as well as iPads for internet browsing and Alexa devices for listening to music.
OMI, an interactive LED light is also available, flooding the surfaces with colour to create a stunning kaleidoscope effect, known to increase participation and social engagement for people with dementia.
Our schedule of activities at Braintree Day Centre has been designed with all our customers in mind, whether that be an older person with limited mobility, someone living with dementia or Alzheimer’s, or an adult with learning disabilities.
We want to ensure that all our customers can actively participate, which is why we encourage input from the people we support to shape our activity programme. The schedule is regularly reviewed and adapted to suit the individual’s evolving needs and interests.
Braintree Day Centre hosts daily Chair Fit sessions, organises lively games of musical bingo and arranges guided trips into town.
Customers can also join in with cookery and baking lessons, take part in fun quizzes, and get stuck into a whole host of arts and crafts projects. Our flexible roster of activities aims to promote the maintenance of cognitive skills, provide opportunities for valuable social interaction, and allow people to express their creativity.
We’re pleased to be able to offer doll therapy sessions at Braintree Day Centre, allowing customers to nurture – an activity proven to encourage therapeutic engagement, increase happiness, and reduce episodes of distress. Our regular visits from local therapy cats and dogs are also hugely beneficial in dementia care, never failing to raise smiles and spark conversation about customers’ own beloved pets.
Our highly skilled specialists are dedicated to creating a warm, positive atmosphere at Braintree Day Centre. They are experienced in supporting older people with sensory impairments, learning disabilities, dementia, and Alzheimer's but also understand that caregivers require support as well. That’s why our services cater to the needs of our customers and carers, recognising the importance of taking time out to reset and recharge.
Both the day centre and the schedule of activities we’ve curated have been carefully conceived to foster independence and improve the overall wellbeing of our customers. You’ll always find a hot two-course meal on offer, because whether on or offsite, we want everyone to feel fed, fulfilled and happy during their time with us.
Everyone is different, so we’ll work with you to identify what your objectives are and create a tailor-made plan to meet them. Whether you’re looking for invaluable respite care, regular dementia support, or simply a place to go where you’re always guaranteed a warm welcome, ECL can help.
After an initial consultation, one of our team members will assess the level of support required and provide an individual care plan, with the price based on those recommendations and the number of sessions you would like to attend.
Book a free taster session today and start your journey with ECL Braintree Day Centre!
Meet the Service Manager
Vanessa has worked for ECL for over five years, originally joining the team as a Trusted Assessor before taking on the mantle of Braintree Day Centre’s Service Manager.
Currently studying for a master’s degree in dementia, she has extensive experience in social work and social studies and brings all that experience to bear providing exceptional, person-centred care for ECL Braintree’s customers.
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