Activities at Hunters Care Home

At Hunters we are so lucky to be surrounded by such beautiful countryside. For the residents from our Memory Lane Community a walk outside has so many benefits including sensory stimulation. Today we had the added bonus of a curious visitor from next doors stables who came to the fence for a good scratch. The resident really enjoyed the opportunity to get up so close to the beautiful horse and oblige by giving it plenty of fuss.

Yesterday despite the weather Hunters had a distinct Mediterranean feel with all things Spanish. Our Head Chef Leo prepared an authentic Spanish menu including a delicious seafood paella. To round things off the residents enjoyed an afternoon of classical Spanish guitar provided by Steve Franks, whilst sipping a glass of sangria.

During the Easter Holidays Hunters held its Easter and spring drawing competition for local children to enter with the chance to win a prize for the best entries. The residents had great fun choosing the winners and today we were able to deliver the prizes in person in the Pre-school category to the Children of The Duke of Gloucester Nursery Group.

The children were given certificates of eggscellence along with some delicious chocolate treats as a reward for all of their hard work. Senior General Manager Ciprian Groza and Steve Chamberlain Activities Coordinator made the trip to deliver the prizes in person.  A big thank you to Carole for allowing us to come along it was lovely to see the children’s smiling faces.

It was perfect, a cup of tea whilst enjoying the view. This morning at Hunters the residents enjoyed a scenic drive to Crickley Hill where they enjoyed a cup of tea whilst taking in the beautiful surroundings. From the comfort of the mini bus the residents could see the Malvern Hills, with the Welsh Mountains rolling away into the distance.

Hunters are planning to transform our woodland walkway into a sculpture Trail. The residents spend many enjoyable hours walking the beautiful grounds here at Hunters, but recently we decided to a add a new feature to the walk by adding a sculpture trail where residents and visitors can take on the challenge of trying to locate the art work in the garden whilst enjoying their daily walk. Klaudia one of our Care Practitioners here at Hunters has set the ball rolling by creating three beautiful Fairy Houses which the residents will paint in an arts and crafts session ready to take pride of place on the walkway and then we can really say that Fairies live at the bottom of our garden. Thank you Klaudia the houses are beautiful.

It was cocktail time as residents enjoyed a Cocktail Hour, we had a variety of different juices and prosecco while some chose to go for a Mocktail or two.  The cocktails were served with music and conversation.