Activities at Henford House Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators are constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we support by organising group and individual activities for anyone and everyone to participate in, as well as visits from PAT dogs, musicians and entertainers. We also host evenings such as our cheese & wine nights, pub evening, quiz nights and special occasions such as, Guy Fawkes, Easter and Christmas where we like to encourage relatives to come to. Activities are one of the most important aspects of a care home, so it is essential that our team are dedicated to ensuring that residents are entertained, and that life at Henford House is fun and active.
Debbie Phillips
I joined Henford House in March 2014; after five and a half years of domiciliary care, this position became available at Henford and I decided that it would be great to do more of the fun things in life with residents! It is great here at the home; we get along so well and truly have some laughs. Residents have a wide range of activities to participate in each week, including armchair exercises, bingo sessions, singalongs, musical entertainment, pottery, manicures, celebrations and much more. It is very rewarding knowing that people are grateful for the work I've done when I go. Working here has also given me the opportunity to gain my Level 2 NAPA certificate.
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 Henford House Care Home
Volunteers celebration
Volunteers celebration took place luckily outside in the garden as the weather was so glorious, chef Adrian provided a traditional picnic of various sandwiches, sausage rolls, quiche, crisps and some delicious sweet treats, it was lovely for the residents to join them and have a chat and enjoy the refreshments in the sunshine. Volunteers are very precious for their amazing work they do helping out in so many valuable ways and deserve to be recognised and spoilt! Three of our volunteers pictured have given a combined 20 years of dedicated support to those living at Henford House Care Home, they have brought kindness, games, conversation, fun and friendship. We really value our volunteers and appreciate everything you do and we thank you for all you have done and do.
Ladies Day!
We have been celebrating Ladies Day at Royal Ascot at Henford House!
Our lovely ladies donned their fanciest of hats to celebrate the occasion.Of course the celebration had to be toasted with a glass of bubbly and some tasty nibbles.
It was an afternoon of laughter and joy as we watched the anticipated races.
Here is to many more days of fun, friendship and fabulous hats!
Birds of Prey Visit
Henford House, had a special visit from some majestic guest's recently!
Sharandys Birds of Prey visited our home with a variety of bird's, from wise old owls to speedy falcons. It was an afternoon where our residents could really get up close and personal with these beautiful animals.
Their handlers shared facts and stories about each bird. The highlight of the day was when our lovely residents had the opportunity to hold these magnificent creatures.
We cant thank Sharandys Birds of Prey enough for their extraordinary visit.
Pudding Club & Christian Aid Walk
Pudding club was enjoyed by many this month, indulging in fruity trifles, cheesecakes and gateaux and to work off the puddings some of the residents wanted to join volunteer Penny Bradshaw complete her Christian Aid walk. Penny has been visiting residents in their rooms for some time now and been telling them that she was fundraising for Christian Aid in their 70K in May annual event. Penny is an Anna Chaplin minister to the elderly linked to Christ Church in Warminster and had to walk 70K in a week and over time invited some of the residents to join her to walk the last quarter KM to finish the challenge. The residents walked the final to the finishing line and very happy to have been part of it, Penny hoped to raise £200 with the support of Christ Church and Henford House and has managed to raise £551 so huge congratulations to Penny for raising so much money for Christian Aid.
VE Day celebrations
VE Day celebrations are very important to some of our residents, and it is special to recognise this day. The fascinating part about these celebrations is hearing stories from those that can actually remember it and tell you their memories, for some it is hard to believe that people went through the war. For a group activity an activity book is printed which displays the facts and photographs of that history which sparks many conversations and reminiscing. The residents enjoyed a good old traditional sing along with Sophie playing piano and accordion singing all the war time favourites and the sun shone for everyone to enjoy high tea outside on the patio.
April Pudding Club and Bike-athon
Aprils Pudding Club was an exciting eventful day!
Head of Maintenance Colin Marsh at Henford House is taking part in the Ride-100 cycle race across London and Essex to raise money for Barchesters Charitable Foundation which supports hundreds of vulnerable individuals and small charities in local communities, helping to prevent isolation and loneliness. Colin is a keen cyclist but admits it has been a while since he took on a challenge this big! The 100-mile challenge is one of the uks most famous challenge rides, taking place on Sunday 26th May this year. We are all very proud of Colin and wish him luck and to support Colin we had a day of fun in Henford where everyone could do some cycling! The bikes came in and throughout the day staff, residents and relations peddled like mad! The sponsor form is filling and donations are greatly appreciated. The reward for all the cycling was to indulge in the delicious puddings brought in for this month’s pudding club, the theme this month was Colin the Caterpillar, we thank all involved who took part to make the day such fun.
