Activities at Four Hills Care Home

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.

Barchester care homes and hospitals nationwide linked together for a fantastic quiz in celebration of Barchester’s 100th live virtual event.

Residents engaged in a variety of questions ranging from historical trivia to visual puzzles and brainteasers.

For those joining everyone had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.

Staff and residents are celebrating because their wonderful Managing Director, Fiona Fagan, from Barchester’s North East and Scotland Division, has stepped completely out of her comfort zone to compete in the Barchester Charitable Foundation Cook Off 2024.

Fiona went head-to-head with the Managing Directors from Barchester’s four other divisions and cooked up a storm to raise a phenomenal £24,595 for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation which helps connect vulnerable people and those living with a disability to community groups in their local area by providing grants to improve mobility and quality of life.  Each year the Foundation distributes thousands of pounds to individuals, small community groups and charities across England, Scotland and Wales.  

Residents across our homes had a fantastic time exploring the Eden Project virtually - an educational charity and visitor attraction based in Cornwall, featuring sprawling outdoor gardens and breathtaking biomes that house the largest indoor rainforest in the world.

During the session, residents who joined were reconnected with nature through their senses, memories and stories.  A big thank you to the community team at the Eden Project for the wonderful event.

Residents of Four Hills have been delighted to welcome the children from High Park Primary every Friday morning for arts & crafts sessions, every week we have been working on different projects from card making to decorating candle holders and making flower pom poms from wool, the residents have loved getting to know the children, their hobbies and interest and sharing stories about their lives and their favourite subjects at school, there has been lots of fun and laughter and we are really looking forward to our future projects with them after their summer holidays.