Activities at Four Hills Care Home

Our activity and lifestyle programme is arranged for all our residents to participate in and is updated regularly based on ideas from our residents group during our resident forum. Our Resident of the Day strategy ensures each person receives at least one day each month where the focus is all about them.

We have a monthly concert and to date this is appreciated and enjoyed by most residents. The Four Hills Taverns is open for business every Friday afternoon and is an area where residents and staff socialise, hold pub quizzes and partake in a little refreshment.

The team at Four Hills try hard to meet everyone's needs and encourage all residents and their families to join in the fun.

Enriching life
Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

Eileen Orr

Activities Coordinator

Eileen joined the Four Hills Family in 1999 and has worked in various roles since. Eileen originally started as a Kitchen Assistant, then moved on to Domestic, before moving on to her current role as Activities Assistant since 2017. 

Eileen loves to bring joy to residents lives from putting on meaningful and engaging activities. From in house entertainment to trips out, our Activities team always have something going on to keep our residents engaged and stimulated. 

Life-encriching activities booklet

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 Four Hills Care Home

A stitch in time

Here at Four Hills we are keen for our residents to participate in community groups outside of the home , persuing interests they had before coming to live at Four Hills. Helen and Jean come to us with the idea of attending the local cross-stitching group as this is something they loved to do. We have arranged for the ladies to join our local group and we attend this weekly, the ladies have built up a great bond with the other ladies who attend and we are working on some great projects together.

Celebrating Cadbury's

Residents across our services had a wonderful time joining Cadbury for an interactive virtual talk on their fascinating 200-year history.

Residents joining learnt interesting facts about the chocolate giant, shared memories, and reminisced about their favourite sweet treats.

It was a heartwarming experience filled with laughter, nostalgia, and plenty of chocolatey goodness!

Long Service Award

A carer at Four Hills has received a prestigious long service award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 25 years.  Esther Hirrell known to her colleges as Ann now care assistant, started at Barchester in February 1999 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.

Eleanor Wilson, General Manager said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 25 years of loyal service with Esther. She has demonstrated her dedication and loyalty to this home and its residents year after year. I speak for all of us here at Four Hills when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Esther!”

Come sing!

Residents across our homes and hospitals had a fantastic time with vocal coach Dan Cooper from Biiah as he led an amazing sing-a-long session for residents to enjoy.

Residents who joined the event were able to learn different techniques as they sang the famous ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ by Jimmy Cliff and ‘Here Comes the Sun’ by The Beatles.

Across our homes there were smiles and laugher all around. The session was such a success and was great for the mind, body and soul.

Beat The Clock

We continue to celebrate a varied life enrichment programme and across our services we linked up with other Barchester care homes and hospitals up and down the country for some interactive Beat the Clock games. 

Our residents truly enjoyed solving word puzzles, conundrums and mathematical problems as part of Barchester’s very own game show series.

Everyone who joined had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.

Harrogate Chocolate Factory

We had a brilliant time across our services with Harrogate Skills 4 Living as they took us on a wonderful virtual visit to their Harrogate Chocolate Factory.

Residents were thrilled to discover details about the chocolate-making process and the fascinating journey from bean to bar, all while enjoying some delicious sweet treats.

The Factory aims to employ people with learning disabilities and autism, involving them in all parts of the process, from sorting and roasting the beans to packaging and sales. The experience was truly enjoyed by all who joined this event.

Upcoming events

July

Hello July! We extend a warm invitation for you to join us as we look forward to a fun filled month ahead. All welcome.