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.
Read our brochure
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
Enable is live!
What a journey we've been on here at Field House!
We are officially the first Barchester home in Shropshire and Wales to go live on digital care planning.
The residents have given so much input into this going through their existing care plans and ensuring that we had everything just right so that this system could work for them as its designed to.
We will have more time to spend with our residents and not paper work.
We have Celebrated in true Field House style with fizz, singing and dancing, cake and a barbecue. Yes we know how to party at field house!
Shrewsbury Flower Show
Field House entered the Shrewsbury Flower show this year as they opened a class for care homes. We had the most fantastic day out at the flower show. The day before, Peter and Caroline the activity coordinator went along and set up the competition piece for field House. Peggy and jean joined us on show day at Shrewsbury flower show, we had a fantastic day out and residents couldn’t wait to rush to the gardens to see how we got on! We were over the moon to see a second place on our garden. The weather was lovely. We watched Clarissa in the cooking tent and the sheep dogs herding runner ducks in to pens, then enjoyed our picnic in front of the brass band.
Our First Pudding Club
We hosted our first pudding club. The first puddings for this month were Clifford's Ginger sponge pudding and custard. Doris chose a Rhubarb tart as she remembered her mother made it for her and she loved the the sour of the fruit against the sweet custard. We had a lovely afternoon and we're looking forward to the next one.
Mad Hatter's Tea Party
Residents at field house celebrated Alice in wonderland day by having our own Mad Hatters Tea Party. We played games and enjoyed having visitors to share our day. Our chef prepared a fantastic Hatters High Tea, enjoyed by all! Such a fun and fantastic afternoon had by everyone!
Hawaiian Day
Residents and Staff had a fantastic time celebrating our Hawaiian Day! A fantastic afternoon was spent in the garden. We played fun games and enjoyed music and finished off with a delicious tea: Homemade Hawaiian pizza, fries and a tropical ice cream sundae! Perfect!
Football Crazy
Continuing with Get Barchester Moving, we had a kick about in the garden before an England game. Peter and Jean chose to go in goals and wow did they make some great saves! It all got very competitive and the residents were shouting on the side lines! We all enjoyed a wedge of orange at half time then settled down for the real match.
