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

Happy 103rd birthday, Norah!

Celebrations have been in full swing at Hickathrift House as one of its residents reaches her 103rd birthday at the end of September.

Norah was joined by staff, relatives, friends and other residents as she celebrated her birthday in style, making her the oldest resident at Hickathrift House Care Home. A baileys reception was held at the home and guests enjoyed a special birthday lunch made by the home’s chef Nicci Groves. After the meal, Norah and her loved ones enjoyed a very special visit from Brenda and her therapy pony Darwin, one of Norah’s favourite visitors.

Virtual afternoon at the theatre

Residents across our services had a fantastic time enjoying the virtual screening of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. Frank Spencer’s comical misadventures had everyone laughing and it was wonderful to see so many happy faces.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and a special thanks to The Barn Theatre in the Cotswolds for bringing this stage adaptation of the beloved sitcom to our screens.

Macmillan Coffee Morning

Our annual Macmillan Coffee Morning was a huge success! Macmillan Cancer Support does incredible work and we are proud to support this wonderful charity in raising funds and awareness for them.
Residents and their loved ones enjoyed the array of cakes and sweet treats while chatting over a hot beverage. We all thoroughly enjoyed learning more about coffee from Oomph Wellness activity pack. Together we completed the themed word search and wrote coffee poems alongside reading some fabulous facts and stories about this everyday essential drink.
It has been a great chance for everyone to get together and do something good for an amazing charity. A huge thank you to the amazing family, friends and staff who joined us and donated baked goods! We greatly appreciate it!

Back to School

As the school year starts, residents have shared their funniest, most inspirational and motivating words of wisdom to help the children kick off the term with a smile. Residents also shared fond delightful memories and wished all the children the very best for their first day. Our Hickathrift team made the day even more special by dressing up for the occasion, which brought the residents so much joy and laughter. Our collective Hickathrift wisdom is "Make the most of every moment!

André Rieu Power of Love Concert

What an exceptional show we saw at the beginning of September! Several residents headed to The Luxe Cinema for their event screening of Andre Rieu! All the residents and staff were in awe and absorbed in the music and atmosphere. It was a passionate experience that we were all delighted to be part of, especially as he is a firm favourite amongst many of the residents.

Cornish Seal Sanctuary

A big thank you to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary for the fantastic live virtual event today!

Residents across our services loved seeing the seals up close and learning about the incredible work the sanctuary does to protect them and other wildlife in Cornwall as well.

Everyone truly enjoyed the experience.