Activities at Hempton Field Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Nina Mullerworth
Hello, my name is Nina and I have had the privilege of working at Hempton Field in my role as Activities Coordinator for over 15 years and I am looking forward to many more! I have enjoyed continually developing in the role with a variety of training courses, including a Level 2 NAPA and Aromatherapy Massage.
I love interacting with the residents and organising a varied programme of activities with a person-centred approach based on Barchester's Life Enrichment Programme of enhancing the wellbeing of mind, body and soul. This includes ensuring residents can continue to enjoy hobbies, life experiences and keep active through exercise and music. We are involved with local clubs and welcome in members of the community as well as a variety of outings in the minibus - these are always very popular!
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 Hempton Field Care Home
Meet Our Manager Day
Our 'open day' event on Saturday went so well. We'd like to thank all those who attended, and took the time to chat with our home manager; Sharon and the team. It was an absolute pleasure being able to showcase our beautiful home, and get to know you.
We were so fortunate to be entertained by the beautiful Anita Watman on her weekend visit to Chinnor, from her home in Edinburgh. Our residents and visiting guests were treated to a variety of songs from the 50's and 60s. With lots of hand-jives and singing, Anita really did us proud!
Domino Championships
Our little domino group gathered today for their next match; Ian, George, Mabel and Elizabeth really enjoy playing a game or two before lunch.
Supporting John's Solo Cyclethon
We were so pleased to meet John Coles, Senior Carer from Barchester Healthcare in Chipping Norton on his 'Longest Day solo Cyclethon' at lunch time today, he's already achieved 70+ solo cycling miles!
General Manager, Sharon Thursby greated John with refreshments and goodwill from all at Hempton Field for his onward journey to Middletown Grange Care Home in Witney.
Please join us in wishing John a safe journey to his next stop off point. Keep your eyes open for John as he cycles through Oxfordshire on his travels, he'll need as much encouragement as possible to achieve this mammoth challenge; may the sun shine and the roads remain clear.
John’s mantra throughout has been to inspire the older generation in our homes and, raise money for Be Free Young Carers (BFYC) to help give back to these amazing young carers, to make life a little easier, and give them a chance to be children, make friends and have fun away from the pressures of their caring roles.
If you can, please donate and help John achieve his goal. All donations go directly to our amazing Oxfordshire young carers.
Visit to Local Garden Centre
Our wonderful gardening group took another trip out this week to Hartwell Nurseries for more Sensory Garden supplies and vegetables for our raised beds.
Whilst taking tea & cake, Elizabeth and Betty got straight to work on giving Tim his orders on which vegetable plants should go where!
Open Air Holy Communion
The spiritual wellbeing of our residents has been extremely important throughout the past year. We are fortunate to have a close relationship with our friends at St Andrews Church, Chinnor.
Their virtual, and pod based services have kept our residents part of the community. This week, as the sun shone, our residents joined together in prayer and thanksgiving as the church group held their first 'outdoor' holy communion service in the gardens of Hempton Field.
Sensory Garden Goodies
Our residents enjoyed another trip out during the week, this time to gather more sensory plants and items for their garden project. We popped into Haddenham Garden Centre with its superb range of plants, our residents loved wondering through and choosing colourful and bee friendly blooms for their courtyard.
All thirsty work! The Gardener’s Retreat team at Haddenham garden centre looked after our little group so well; serving to the table freshly made tea and cake... simply delicious. On return, the group, along with their resident friends got to work. Planting and filling the new pots and cajoling John, our maintenance man to stop what he was doing and join them in the garden to put up the newly purchased ivy-clad trellis.
The sensory courtyard is really taking shape and becoming one of our resident’s favourite places to meet and spend time together. Our residents and staff would be pleased to welcome you for a show round of our beautiful home. We have a Meet the Manager event taking place on Saturday, 26th June 2021; please call us on 0204 5338957 to make an appointment*
*Covid safety protocols are in place throughout for the protection of our residents, staff and you; our wonderful visitor.
