Activities at Atfield House Care Home

Our Christmas party at Atfield House this year was truly one of a kind. 

Kind family members and residents were sharing the tables and made more and more room for more visitors. All possible places were occupied by these one of a kind people, chatting and enjoying the food that our chef had prepared. 

This year our Christmas party was also a Christmas market and we had two stalls: one stall consisted of Madiha's handmade glass jewellery. Each piece was one of a kind and looked stunning in the light, changing its colours when turned.  

For our second stall: Sally brought the paintings of her father, and our resident artist Stephen was delighted to sell more pieces of his original artwork. Many staff members took the opportunity to acquire some of his paintings! 

It was wonderful to see so many family members and friends sharing these special moments with their loved ones and are looking forward to sharing more happy moments together in 2025! 

Atfield House was buzzing with Christmas spirit and festive cheer this Christmas day. 

Already early in the morning, one could hear staff members wishing visitors a very Merry Christmas. Today many visitors streamed in through our doors, to wish their loved ones a Merry Christmas too! 

The lounges and many rooms filled up with kind family visitors sitting around the beds and gathering around their loved ones! The Christmas tables were set and everything looked festive and beautiful.  

Soon the special Christmas lunch will be served and our Chef will also appear. Many thanks to his hard work. I am so proud to be one of our staff members today, truly everyone is busy, making this day a special day to be part of at Atfield House. 

Santa was also there and distributed his gifts from room to room, and person to person. He had a little helper with him who brought smiles to our residents faces. Merry Christmas to every one!

This year we decided to have our Christmas afternoon tea in Adrien`s Hall in Feltham. There is a newly opened cafe with great cakes and the atmosphere is buzzing with happy children ready to go on the North Pole Express.

Ice bears entertain with Christmas songs and on top of that there are hundreds of Christmas decorations to feast the eye upon in every possible colour.

Christmas trees and Santa`s are all on display, to lift visitors into the Christmas spirit. Our tables were already booked, when we arrived and we all chose our afternoon tea, to warm us up! On our tour through the halls, everybody found some of their best loved Christmas Dolls and Santa`s to hold and cherish, plus some lovely baubles to buy.

The fresh air on our journey outside was invigorating, but we were still happy to return to the warmth of Atfield House after a trip everybody said they enjoyed.

Family members, who accompanied their loved ones also enjoyed the opportunity to roam around the halls and we are happy for everybody, who made this outing a success.

A group of Residents from Atfield House went to see the Exhibition of two local artists, who work at the Redlees Park Studios. 

The artwork of Amelia Wood and the Ceramics of Peter Smith were on display. The Residents took time to view the different works and style and liked the work quite a lot. 

Sylvia purchased a small original piece of art from Amelia`s work and added another painting to her collection. Stephen, our resident artist brought some of his work along to show to the artists at the studio. He was welcomed with great respect by the artists and was able to showcase some of his artwork. 

Photos with the artists were taken and our Residents enjoyed looking around, accompanied by their family members. We all enjoyed some tea and coffee afterwards and we brought along some cake. Pamela said, she really enjoyed the outing.

Memorial Day Sunday holds a special sentiment to all as it gives us all an opportunity to commemorate those who guard us on the front lines and those who defended us in the two world wars and subsequent wars.

This is an occasion of great reverence among us, and we at Atfield wished to contribute our prayers and gratefulness.

Our residents have been preparing for this day for a while now, hand making poppy flowers to be a part of the display. We recycled old egg cartons and painted them to make the lovely poppies that adorn our premises. 

In addition, we have also been hosting regular choir practices in preparation for the event. We sang some lovely hymns.

Also, we spent the last few days leading up to Sunday making marzipan poppies to decorate all our confectionery.

On the day, we had a Councillor (a relative of our resident) come in and greet and talk to our residents. We also held 2 minutes of silence in respected memory of all those who fought in the two World Wars. We held a special service for our residents and family with hymns and poetry.

Our special visitors Jane and her group of three scouts joined us for the Commemoration in their uniforms. They played along with shakers, tambourines and bells to our ending hymn, which filled our hearts with Joy. Residents and family members placed lights into the field of poppies, remembering and saying the names of loved ones out loud, that had passed away in the 1st and 2nd world war, a truly moving moment.

The Children also joined our Residents and family members, by lighting a candle and placing it in our poppy field of remembrance. At the end they gave each Resident a poppy that they had made during our Commemoration. It was a truly meaningful time for us all, our Residents and their family members, and our special visitors!

Thank you to all, who made this  time so special!

Atfield House opened its doors to our small visitors this year for a trick or treat tour through Atfield House. Many of our residents were excited to welcome our small visitors.

There were skeletons, masks and all sorts of Halloween costumes, but our Residents felt happy and cheerful to see them and fill up their buckets with chocolates and sweets. 

They were greeted by Jean, our former deputy Head-teacher and were encouraged to dip their  hands into the basket and say thank you! Gillian had a big smile and Rosemary handed out the sweets, keeping a few for later. What a wise decision!

Our Manager Subin was at hand with more chocolates too, and when the children left, their buckets were well filled!