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
Eyes down for bingo bonzana
Across the country our homes and hospitals came together to find out which care home or hospital had the best Bingo players as we teamed up for Barchester’s Bingo Bonanza.
Residents were treated to some exciting virtual games of Bingo as part of Barchester’ very own game show series.
Everyone who participate had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.
A luxury new care home for you!
Our Marketing Suite is now open - interest is high and we'd love to show you around.
We are offering tailored care in the very best surroundings, we treat everyone as an individual, ensuring residents continue their much-loved hobbies and routines, and are served their favourite dishes in sociable dining rooms and will be welcoming our first residents in mid-May.
Floral Masterclass with Kathryn Delve
Across our homes we had a fantastic time joining, Kathryn Delve, Master Florist, for a Valentine’s-inspired live virtual flower arranging demonstration. Kathryn shared brilliant and creative ways to decorate our tables with beautiful flowers that are sure to make your heart swoon!
Those participating in this virtual event put their skills to the test and followed along with some amazing creations of their own. Residents truly enjoyed the experience.
Insight to our new build
We are thrilled to share an insight to our build journey with you as we look forward to our marketing suite opening soon!
At Highfield we believe every person should be treated as an individual, with personalised care provided in the very best surroundings.
That’s why our home has been designed with our residents’ comfort, well-being and happiness in mind.
We will have a stylish café, which will be stocked with delicious home-made treats and spa bathrooms for luxurious bath time experiences to a well-appointed hair salon for pamper sessions and sociable dining rooms, serving residents' favourite dishes.
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
Meet the General Manager - 27th February at 2pm
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!
February
February may be short but it is filled with lots of exciting plans and we hope you can join us!
Veterans Coffee Morning 6th March @ 930am
We’re opening our doors on March 6th at 9:30 AM for a Veterans' Coffee Morning. If you or someone you know has a military background, we’d love for you to join us.
A Taste of Highfield 26th March @ 12midday.
Join us for a taste of Highfield and sample the delicious, high-quality meals that our residents enjoy every day. Please contact the home to reserve your places.
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.
