Activities at Kings Park Care Home

Residents were recently entertained by the lovely Tony Edwards, who came along to sing for everyone here on our Memory Lane floor...

Tony also happens to be related to one of our lovely residents, Wynford, who was delighted to see some family, as well as enjoy some wonderful music and song from yesteryear!

Thank you, Tony!

Pet therapy is everything to the residents here at Kings Park and they really enjoy the visits from Roady, our therapy dog...

Roady brings the lovely Terry along to our home with him and together they go on a wander with the lovely Lauren, our Activities Lead, to hunt down all the dog lovers in the home, of which there are many!

The sheer joy he brings when they see him and in return, he is often given the odd treat by some of the residents he meets, as a thank you for his visit.

Thank you, Roady & Terry - Long may the visits continue!

What a way to start an afternoon, with a very special visit from some youngsters who are clearly bringing joy and happiness to our community this summer in a variety of ways...

We were joined by the children's summer club from Sunnyhill Church Ferndown, and boy were we pleased that they came to see us!

It was explained to us that the children, who are all on their summer break from school, had spent the past couple of days working hard and giving back to the community in a variety of ways; gardening & weeding, painting planters and also through their song and dance, which is what they offered to us upon their visit.

There were so many smiles and such a presence of joy that they brought to the home as they sang, clapped and wiggled through their songs, for which we are VERY grateful for indeed.

Thank you all for such wonderful singing and movement - The residents have not stopped smiling since you left!

You are all welcome back and visit any time!
WELL DONE Sunny Hill Church for all your efforts and for making our community a wonderful place for all - Young & old!

What a wonderful afternoon we had recently up on our first floor...

The aim of the game was to get the blood pumping and spread some smiles - Something that we were easily able to achieve!

It was one side of the lounge vs. the other and it got pretty fierce at times, as our residents became very competitive.

Nothing brings a laugh and some fun, like a good old game of balloon tennis - Great for our fitness too!

The fantastic Ollie was on hand recently to host a fabulous Pub Quiz evening for some of our lovely Kings Park residents...

With our ground floor lounge, turned into a make-shift pub for the evening, word soon got out and there was a wonderful gathering of residents who turned up to take part, before forming smaller groups so they could work together and try and beat off the competition!

Ollie, being the very prepared Quiz Master that he was, created a fantastic quiz with something for everybody and even used modern technology and projected questions onto the big screen for all to see.

There was beer, cider and wine available for all, along with the obligatory bar snacks - crisps being the favourite, which they enjoyed very much. (There was, of course, non-alcoholic drinks also available too.)

The team names were: -

The duffers (Their choice!)

The Twinkle Toes

Charlie's Angels

Another Level

It was a very close match, but it was The Twinkle Toes who finally pipped The Duffers to the top spot - Better luck next time The Duffers, but big congratulations to The Twinkle Toes!

Here at Kings Park we recently welcomed the lovely Sheila's friends and family into our home for her wonderful birthday party...

Along with Sheila's family & friends, there were also lots of younger family who were all around to wish Sheila many happy returns of the day, much to her delight! The residents at Kings Park were utter delighted to watch the younger ones playing and giggling.

There was a wonderful afternoon tea provided by our wonderful chef, Wyn, who also made Sheila a delicious cake to share with everyone too.

We were so glad to welcome you all here in our home and we hope you all had the very best day with all your nearest and dearest, lovely Sheila.

CHEERS to many more fun-filled birthdays!