Activities at Hethersett Hall Care Home

Our residents enjoyed music from the fabulous Splash Duo for their Halloween party. During the performance, we served spooky-themed cocktails such as Vampires Kiss and Witches Brew. It was a fantastic atmosphere and everyone enjoyed themselves, it was very special to see our residents and staff singing and dancing.

Residents also got creative designing some fantastic pumpkins to display in our home. Not forgetting our lovely staff who dressed for the occasion!

To further our Halloween activities we invited Hethersett’s Local scientist Lucy to host some spooky science experiments along with some little ones via Friend in Deed.

It was great fun, with the children all in fancy dress and always a pleasure to see them!

On Thursday 14th of October we part in a Virtual Cruise with Unilever as part of Barchester's regular Live Virtual Events.

Residents gathered in the library where activities staff had put up holiday themed decorations. Our chef Tony had made some delicious taster dishes from the different countries. Our residents enjoyed the selected menu and hearing all about the different locations Germany, Holland and Belgium. This event sparked some great conversations to reminisce.

Last month residents of Memory Lane were invited to the lounge for a sensory session with Juli, a local drama teacher.

Juli had prepared a story of going down to the river with appropriate props such as pebbles, a fish net, a picnic and blue chiffon material to represent a river. We also had the water sounds to enhance the scene. Residents were fully engaged throughout and expressed how much they enjoyed it. One lady acted out paddling through the stream, it was amazing!

The session ended with residents reading a lovely poem about a river by Valerie Bloom.

We can’t wait for the next session in December!

After such a long time, we were so pleased to welcome back Little Visitors from Friend in Deed on Friday 8th October. The atmosphere in our lounge was wonderful, with so many happy faces. Our residents had such a lovely time making new friends and playing games.

We will have a Friend in Deed session each Friday morning at 10:45am, all welcome to join us. To keep everyone safe all visitors must complete an LFD test and register online prior to arriving at the home.

Residents enjoyed an art exhibition showing off the amazing work 4 of our budding artists have produced over 14 months.

The quality of the work speaks for itself and it's astounding to think some of the artists have never done any type of artwork at all!

There was cheese and wine to be enjoyed after the event, and Lucinda the harpist was playing in the foyer as people arrived.

The support our residents had from not just their relatives but the local community and Friend in Deed was outstanding and was an amazing well-being boost for everyone involved – we’re so proud!

Lee Sharpe has beaten all the competition to be crowned Dementia Champion in the Barchester Care Awards 2021.

The Barchester Care Awards celebrate the staff who go the extra mile for the benefit of the 12,000 residents living in Barchester’s 248 care homes and private hospitals across the country. Categories range from ‘Registered Nurse of the Year’ and ‘Carer of the Year’ to ‘Dementia Care Champion’ and ‘Activities Coordinator of the Year’.

More than 2,900 nominations were received from homes and hospitals across the UK. All entries were a very high standard and Lee is over the moon to have been named the national winner in this category.