Activities at Hollyfields Care Home
Our Activities programme is formulated using resident requests and feedback from resident meetings. Residents are involved in planning the programme with things they they would like to do throughout the year. There is a mixture of activities that take place including both group and 1-1 engagement. Residents at Hollyfields particularly enjoy movement to music activities enabling them to increase their level of physical abilities and have fun at the same time, whilst others enjoy musical singalongs and food based activities throughout the week.
We have a mini bus that enables us to reconnect our residents with their community in ways that suite themselves as individuals. This can be achieved by visiting local farms, Georgian towns, local attractions and even the local public house for lunch with friends. Hollyfields have a great relationship with their local community and have visits from local organisations such as The Wyre Community Land Trust and are currently undertaking a 12 week funded project from Arts Etc. Residents at Hollyfields enjoy Pet Therapy visits from their pet rabbit 'Thumper' and like to help clean and feed him daily. Relatives can be encouraged to join us for activities and again are very supportive with delivering theme days and fundraising events within the home.
Kaylee White
Hi, my name is Kaylee and I joined the Hollyfields care team in February 2021. I love getting to know our residents and I'm extremely passionate about their continued wellbeing and life enrichment through tailored activities. I became part of the Activities team to develop more in this area and expand the type of fulfilling activities and events we provide.
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 Hollyfields Care Home
Rekindling Friendships
This week I had the pleasure of escorting one of our residents to her old church.
Mary was apart of so many groups and had a lot of friends. One of her friends reached out to us about an afternoon tea being held at The Church of England St Bartholomew's Areley Kings Stourport on Severn asking if we could bring Mary along for a catch up. Cake would be involved so of course we said yes!
It was so wonderful to see so many of Mary’s old friends and hear the stories and memories they shared. We had afternoon tea and then had a look inside the church and where Mary always sat.
We look forward to visiting again for the next afternoon tea in the new year!
Having a 'Hoot' at Hollyfields
Residents at Hollyfields and Ivy House love the animals from domestic to wild! Today we had a visit from North Yorkshire Moors Birds of Prey who brough in a parliament of Owls for our residents to meet.
We learned some amazing facts ... Did you know an owl is soundless in flight, allowing them to catch their prey and that they have supersonic hearing and can even hear our heartbeats!
As one of the foundations of our Life Enrichment program, we know that animal therapy can help reduce blood pressure and improve overall cardiovascular health. Our residents loved being able to see them up close and were even brave enough to hold them.
Employee of the Month - October
It is with great pleasure that we recognise Rebecca Baynham for Employee of the Month award for October. Rebecca has consistently demonstrated exceptional dedication and commitment to our home, she always goes above and beyond to support our residents and colleagues. We commend Rebecca for her outstanding work ethic and unwavering commitment to excellence.
Congratulations Rebecca, everyone at Hollyfields and Ivy House hope you enjoy spending the £25 voucher and celebratory bottle of sparkling wine!
Friends Together for Fireworks
Our residents and staff thoroughly enjoyed our trip tonight to Hagley Place Care Home in Ludlow. The homes activity coordinators put on a wonderful firework display and we enjoyed some tasty food too!
Thank you to Mandy for inviting us all to join you at your beautiful home, Mary’s smile did not falter and Martin talked about building bonfires in his younger years. All of our residents agreed it was a wonderful display.
King's Birthday Card Crafting
Our residents and staff had a wonderful today Bells Farm Shop cafe, the lovely ladies Mandy, Jo and Pat. We had such a warm and welcoming reception and our residents loved chatting about their past and the things they enjoyed doing. And of course, there was cake! There has to be!
We made skilfully crafted cards, with direction from the professionals that we are sending off to Buckingham Palace for the Kings upcoming birthday. We do hope he enjoys recieving them, as much as we enjoyed making them.
All of our residents expressed their thanks and joy for a lovely afternoon out, we look forward to welcoming Mandy, Jo and Pat to Hollyfields to guide us through our Christmas card making. Keep your eyes peeled for dates if you would like to join in.
Happy Heads of Hair Thursday!
This week we welcomed Emma Church Lane Salonto the Hollyfields & Ivy House family as our official Hairdresser. Emma spent most of Thursday in the Hollyfields salon; washing, setting, blow-drying, cutting and applying a bouffant to many of our lovey ladies hair.
Everyone left with that wonderful VIP feeling for the weekend ahead. Keep an eye out for the poster confirming when she'll be back and get booked in...Her availabilities slots will full up fast!
