Activities at Henford House Care Home

Residents and staff were thrilled to see Mr & Mrs Claus and Gordonky the Elf visit Henford House Care Home in Warminster. 

They left their grotto in Frome to come and wish everyone a Merry Christmas! 

Throughout the afternoon mince pies and sherry were enjoyed which led to a good old sing along which the residents adored, it was a fun filled afternoon and got Henford House in to the festive spirit.  

Mr & Mrs Claus and Elf spoke with all the residents that were in the lounge before going off to visit residents in their rooms. 

Their theatrical costumes really made it a magical time and lit up many faces.

Henford House Care Home came alive on Sunday 1st December when they held their Christmas Market.

Henford House have been putting the Christmas market on for a few years now and it brings the community in to the home which is lovely for the residents.  

The stall holders take over the dining room with their wonderful creative crafts, artwork and jewellery and much more, giving people the opportunity to be able to purchase an unusual handmade gift for Christmas.

Many residents relations supported their loved ones by attending which is a great way to help the residents make purchases.  It was a very festive atmosphere with Christmas songs playing and mince pies and mulled wine were enjoyed.  

A Christmas raffle took place and the proceeds of £230 will be donated to breast cancer. It was a fantastic afternoon.

Henford House residents and staff have always been quite passionate about Remembrance Sunday. As a military town, over the years we have been lucky to share the service with some of the soldiers and Royal British Legion and the residents have enjoyed their company over lunch.  

Rev Lorraine Dobbins and Eva Burton from Christ Church have always delivered a wonderful service which means so much to many of our residents and can be quite emotional for some of them.  

A remembrance parade takes place through the town on the Sunday afternoon and the Royal British Legion are very busy counting the money made through the sale of poppies for two days after the parade, so we aim to organise the service for them to be able to attend.  

Unfortunately, no soldiers could attend this year's service, but we were delighted to have members of the Royal British Legion join us for service and they joined the residents for lunch.

Henford House baby and toddler group has really taken off since it started in August.  

The residents find it so delightful to watch the little tots playing with the toys and swaying to the music and interacting with each other. The mums are also enjoying it, bringing the little ones together to play with each other, and be able to chat together.  

The residents say it brings the home alive and brings so much joy. They find the little ones amusing and we think the toddlers are just as amused visiting the older generation too. We are pleased it is continuing to grow with new mums each month.

Wendy, from Alpaca Adventure, brought Alfie and Bruno in to Henford House to visit us all. 

What an amazing afternoon it was, these wonderful animals got up close to our residents allowing them to stroke their necks.  

They spent some time in the lounge with the residents before heading off to do room visits, they walked beautifully along the corridors and even enjoyed a ride in the lift.  

Room visits continued and Alfie took a shine to the budgies in one of the resident's rooms, which was very amusing to watch.  

Before saying goodbye, Wendy had brought in a selection of Alpaca merchandise which made lovely gifts so the residents and staff were able to buy some items if they wished to.

This year we had a fund raising afternoon for Macmillan, previous years we have held a coffee morning inviting the community.

The idea was to have a relaxed afternoon indulging delicious homemade cakes washed down with tea or coffee and sit back and enjoy Jane Bennett performing a great song list.

Posters and invites went out to the community and we were very pleased to welcome visitors in.

This charity is very close to many hearts and everyone donated generously by purchasing cakes and entering a small raffle.

It was a jolly afternoon with some singing along and tapping their toes to the music and we were really pleased to announce to everyone that just in the space of a couple hours we had raised over £200, and everyone applauded.