What types of care does Hickathrift House Care Home offer?

Hickathrift House Care Home offers Residential care, Dementia care, Respite / Short stay.

Activities at Hickathrift House Care Home

Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.

We have two Activities Coordinators here at Hickathrift House. We have a wide range of activities within the home, including musical entertainment, arts & crafts, clubs for like-minded people, such as flower arranging and gardening, board games, baking (where the best bit is the eating afterwards!), and we celebrate special events throughout the year. We also have trips out on a regular basis using our own minibus, where we find out places of interest each person would like to visit.

It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these activities as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join in with activities and events as often as they can.

For the less mobile residents, we unique one-to-one session, such as simple chats over a cup of tea, reading or listening to music. Activities are some 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 Hickathrift House is fun and active.

Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

Kat Colangelo

Activities Lead

Hello, my name is Kat and I am the Activities Lead here at Hickathrift House.

Since 2017 I have been working in the field of well-being and I am passionate and enthusiastic about enriching all our of residents' quality of life.

As the Activities Lead at Hickathrift House, my focus is learning about each of our resident's likes and dislikes and supporting them to remain receptive and active in addition to supporting them to engage with our local community friends.

I organise activities to stimulate the mind, body and soul in an enjoyable, comfortable way. My aim is to diversify and increase activities ensuring that there is something for everyone - from Wine and Cheese events, excursions on our home Mini Bus as well as individual bespoke person-centered activities.

Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.

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 Hickathrift House Care Home

Barchester’s Big Quiz of the year!

All over the country our care homes and hospitals linked up for Barchester’s Big Quiz of the year!

Residents tested their knowledge with a variety of questions, from historical humdingers and musical musings to pictorial puzzlers and connective conundrums.

Everyone who participated had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.

Pantomime Time at Hickathrift

It's behind you! Oh no, it's not! Oh yes, it is! Residents had an incredible time when the pantomime visited us at the beginning of December. We had a spectacular pantomime production of ‘Cinderella' by Eva Long Productions. The room was full of laughs and constant smiling as these performers were making us giggle with their punchlines and amazing acting. The staff, residents and loved ones all joined in with the performance with their amazing singing and interacting with the traditional pantomime calls. At the end, we sang carol singing and everyone was singing along and in the Christmas spirit.

Deck the Halls

It's nearly Christmas! We have finished decorating the home and I'm sure you can see from visiting and the photographs it is just beautiful! At the end of November, we invited staff and their families to join residents in decorating our 11 trees for an evening of fun and pizza! A huge thank you to those who attended and helped make Hickathrift look just perfect this time of year. We're a big family at Hickathrift so it was ever so much fun doing this together.
I'm sure you can all agree the beautiful tree in reception is just spectacular! A huge thank you to Chantelle our Head Housekeeper for making our new 10ft Christmas Tree just beyond our wildest dreams.

Santa's Arctic Adventure at Worzals

Residents had a magical time at Worzals visiting Santa's Arctic Adventure and finishing with a Christmas lunch that we'll all remember for years.

Residents had a brilliant time immersing themselves in the festivities, enjoying the animatronics, jolly music and decorating gingerbread men, that they donated to the children waiting to see Santa. After exploring the Arctic, we indulged in the most delicious festive dishes that filled the air with tantalising aromas. Everyone was able to pick what they liked from scampi to festive pies, and it was all superb. The meal was made even more special by the incredible Worzals team who provided presents for resident alongside their Christmas crackers.

The atmosphere was filled with laughter, joy, and the spirit of the holiday season. The residents truly embraced the young-at-heart vibe and revel in creating cherished memories together.

Meet The Reindeers

Across our homes we got into the Christmas spirit of things by joining a festive live virtual experience, led by Des and Kelly from Performing Pets.

Our residents were thrilled to meet the charming furry friends and get up close and personal with the reindeers. We certainly learnt some interesting facts about the animals and had a fantastic time.

Bingo Fundraiser Night

We had an incredible night at Walsoken Village Hall last Friday hosting a fantastic bingo fundraiser with several residents! We are thrilled to announce we raised an outstanding £1,600.

All of the funds will go towards supporting residents to live life to the fullest through our Post-A-Wish Initiative and incredible outings, entertainment and community events.

Barrie, Hickathrift's Resident Ambassador said, "I'm astonished by the turnout. It was brilliant to see so many people come and join us for this amazing event. We had a brilliant time and I won some prizes which was the cherry on top".