Activities at Highfield 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.
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Kim Quean
Hello, my name is Kim and I am the Activities Coordinator here at Highfield Care Home.
I joined Barchester in June 2024 and I am passionate about ensuring our residents have a varied life enrichment programme and a fulfilling lifestyle here in our home.
The residents' wellbeing and quality of life are important to me, and I enjoy singing, dancing and having fun on a themed day. I graduated from University of Derby BSC, in integrative health and social care in January 2021 and completed NAPA Level 2 Activity Provision in Adult Social Care the same year.
I look forward to working closely with you all, to ensure residents are happy, healthy and thriving.
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 Highfield Care Home
Medical Detection Dogs
Across our services residents had a fantastic time during a special live virtual event, led by Emilia from Medical Detection Dogs. Emilia took us on a journey to discover how the organisation began training dogs to support people with complex health conditions, saving their lives on a daily basis.
Using their amazing sense of smell, these dogs can identify odour changes emitted prior an episode and alert the person to take preventative action.
We were introduced to the wonderful dogs and the science behind the sniff. It was a delightful experience for everyone, especially our canine-loving residents.
Build Progress
Excitement is building for our stunning new home opening!
Highfield Care Home is situated close to the lovely market town of Tadcaster and our marketing suite is due to open soon.
Highfield is set in beautiful and tranquil open parkland, overlooking a lake and in close proximity to the historic Roman Catholic Church of Scarthingwell Park.
These images have been captured through the build progress.
Upcoming events
Menopause Coffee Morning
Please join us for our Menopause Awareness Session on Saturday 25 January starting at 10am to understand more about its impact on mental and physical health.
Financial Planning for Later Life
Join us on 27th January at 10am for an informative session on Financial Planning for Later Life.
January
Hello January! We have lots of exciting things planned throughout January and we hope you can join us - all welcome.
Meet the General Manager
We would like to invite you into our home to meet our manager, Luke Owens.
This is a fantastic opportunity to get to know our manager and ask any questions you may have.
Newsletter - Winter & Christmas edition
We are delighted to share our latest newsletter - Winter & Christmas edition - we hope you enjoy reading!
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
Looking for a place to host a meeting? Pop in and see what we have to offer!
Could you be a Volunteer?
Could you make a difference to someone's day to day life? If you are interested in volunteering and would like more information, we'd love to hear from you!
Calling all Emergency Services - take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel! Come and take a break with us and enjoy a slice of home made cake and a warm welcome.
Dementia Coffee Morning
Free dementia coffee morning, everything fourth Wednesday at 10am.
Join us to make new friends whilst enjoying refreshments and our homemade sweet treats.
Don't Dine Alone - 1st Friday of the month
We know meal times can be lonely for older members of our community. Join us for a nutritious meal and make new friends. To reserve your place call 01937 221 720.
