Activities at Four Hills Care Home

We love our animal therapy here at Four Hills and residents really love their monthly visits to The local Riding for Disabled Stables, where we get to meet and groom all their lovely horses. 

Betty had been reluctant about going as she said she was a bit scared of the horses so wouldn’t want to touch them but she would like to see them, It turns out Betty was not afraid at all as soon as we got there and she seen the beauty of the horses she couldn.t help but want to stroke and groom them, spending lots of time with every horse. Upon getting back to the home Betty said it was a great experience and she now had nothing to be fearful off. 

Residents at Four Hills absolutely loved basking in the glorious sunshine on one of our three canal boat trips during September.

We set of early in the morning with our packed lunches in hand to soak in the beautiful scenery and wildlife on our local canal as we sat on the deck thanks to our friends at the Seagull Trust.

We saw some beautiful young heron birds on the banks, there were lots of ducks and swans and we even stopped to chat to a few fisherman on the way overall we have had 3 glorious days to enjoy

A big thank you to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary for the fantastic live virtual event today!

Residents across our services loved seeing the seals up close and learning about the incredible work the sanctuary does to protect them and other wildlife in Cornwall as well.

Everyone truly enjoyed the experience. 

Residents at Four Hills loved taking part in World Photo Day, lots of them brought along albums, family photos and were keen to share their stories with each other about where they were taken and what they were doing at the time, some residents were out in the gardens using cameras to take their own photos of the flowers, plants and trees and some of each other, we are hoping to get enough together to start our own gallery.

We were all shook up at our yearly garden party with a special visit from Elvis, residents loved being serenaded by him, listening to all their favourite hits and even having a dance.

Residents loved the cocktail theme and trying lots of new flavours, along with  enjoying some delicious ice- creams and nibbles.

We also held a raffle and tombola which residents and families helped us put together with lots of effort we managed to raise over £700 for our residents funds, which will be put towards more live entertainment and a pool table some of the residents have requested.

Residents were delighted with a recent trip to our local fire station.  Ian one of our residents had requested this through our make a wish come true tree.

Ian was a firefighter for 17 years, at all of our reminiscing sessions that we have in the home Ian would chat about how much he missed it and was always sharing stories about his life in the service and wondered what changes would have happened since he left. We arranged for Ian to have a tour of the fire station, see how the equipment had changed. Ian took along his book from his time in the service to share with the current firefighters, they were delighted to listen to Ian stories and share some of their own experiences with him. Ian said it was a fantastic day and one he wouldn’t forget, since being back Ian has been telling all his family about what happened on the day and how great it was.