Activities at Field House Care Home
The Activities Coordinators here at Field House are always keen to learn about residents' interests and hobbies, tailoring meaningful activities to the likes and dislikes of those we support. Our mission is to ignite the past, appeal to current interests and embrace new ones, improving quality of life whilst stimulating the mind and senses. Activities are carried out via small groups or individually, supported by local volunteers. We have access to a range of local community facilities and nearby places of interest, prompting community engagement, and hold special events at the home, where we are entertained by guest vocalists and performers, with 'The Quiz Master' being a fan favourite.
Caroline Davis
Hi, I'm Caroline and I joined Field House in 2021 from another Barchester home. I have worked in care for the last 30 years and a big part of that has been with Barchester.
Here at Field House, I organise a variety of activities and social events within the home and in the community, such as gardening club arts and crafts, weekly exercise sessions along with live singers and musicians every month. We are also keen on regular outings to local landmarks, museums, cafes and shopping centres.
In my job, I'm able to develop excellent relationships with residents and their families providing the support they need. I am very passionate about my job role as it is very important to us as a team that every individual is able to live the life they wish and feel fulfilled in their everyday activities maintaining past hobbies and finding new ones.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Field House Care Home
Community night out
Here at Field House, our residents love a night out, especially when there's live music and dancing involved!
We ventured out on Saturday evening to support Culmington Village on an evening of being entertained by the fabulous 'The Bluebird Belles', performing the classic style music from the 1940's.
The residents also enjoyed music from the 50's, 60's and 70's, and Janet couldn't wait to get everyone up dancing!
All the other guests at the event welcomed us and thanked us for supporting their village and joining them on this fantastic evening of live music, dancing and entertainment.
Pudding Club is another success!
Here at Field House, we love our puddings, so are very excited when it comes to Pudding Week!
Our 'Pudding of the Day' this time around, were chosen by Jean and Brenda.
Jean chose a steamed plum pudding with custard - just the way her mum would have made it for her family!
Brenda chose warm scones with homemade damson jam, which were delicious. Brenda told the other residents about all the fruit she used to grow in her garden. Her family would always look forward to harvesting it so she could make special treats for them all. Jam with scones would always be the family favourite .
It was lovely having visitors to our monthly pudding club, too.
Little Acorns Nursery visit
This afternoon at Filed House, the residents wishes came true, as the children from Little Acorns Nursery were back for a visit.
Our visit started with crafts, creating leaf pictures which the residents had suggested, so we had been collecting leaves from the garden prior to the children's visit.
The children had been painting dry pasta in the morning, so brought it along to make necklaces with the residents, which they thoroughly enjoyed.
The afternoon ended nicely with nursery rhymes, which the residents loved. They all sang to the top of their voices.
We truly love our visits from the children and can't wait for the next time they come to see us.
First mini bus outing to Gigrin Red Kite Centre
Today the residents at Field House didn’t waste any time getting out and about together.
Thanks to Barchester for our own mini bus, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and decided to take a trip out to Gigrin Red Kite Feeding Centre.
The sun was shining and one of our residents, Peggy, said it was one of her favourite things to do and she said the drive was so beautiful.
Our resident, Peter, had a 'Wishing Well Wish, to go and see the wildlife, so that's what the residents did!
We can't wait to use our Minibus more often!
Fire Training
We have had another great evening with Church Stretton firefighters, they asked if we would like to join in with them for a training session.
So volunteer residents Peter and Janet stepped forward to be rescued first! Not knowing what to expect they waited patiently in their bedrooms for the order. Followed by senior staff members Kira who was so brave in volunteering to use the ski mat! After Kira said that unless you tried it you cant imagen the thoughts that would go through some ones head if they had to be rescued for real.
Two firefighters rescued a dummy from the cellar, everyone got chance to use the hose and look around the engine and as usual we finish up with cake and tea We would like to thank Church Stretton Firefighters.
Church Stretton Arts Festival
Residents popped down to St Lawrences C of E Primary school for the church Stretton Arts Festival Exhibition. What a display of arts and sculpture. Residents were amazed at how many different pieces were in the exhibit. We were all made to feel very welcome by everyone there.
