Activities at Kings Park Care Home

Recently in our home we explored one of our most favourite senses - That of taste!

With it being World Bee Day, a day for us to think about how we can protect our bees and other important pollinators and the essential job that they do, we thought it only right and proper to celebrate by sampling the sweet deliciousness that is...HONEY!

Residents from all of our home gathered together to taste some yummy honey and share their thoughts.

The conversation that followed, then turned to songs with 'honey', 'sweet' or 'sugar' mentioned in them, which then turned into an impromptu sing-along!

'Kiss me, honey, honey, kiss me!  Thrill me, honey, honey, thrill me!'

The afternoon ended with a bee documentary for everyone to watch in our lounge.

What a fantastically sweet afternoon it was.

It's so lovely to be able to get out and about with our residents...

Enabling the people we care for to have a change of scene is so valuable, to allow them the opportunity to get out of the home for a short while and reminisce and chat about their favourite places to visit, as well as explore new ones - even ones on their doorstep that they have never seen!

Getting out is so wonderful for everyone's mental health, especially to see the beautiful countryside around...

So today we ventured to the other side of Wimborne for a leisurely drive through the avenue of trees, up to Badbury Rings, then back to see Kingston Lacy House, before heading home for a very well deserved cuppa and some cake!

We even learned a little bit about the history of it all.

We interrupt Dementia Action Week to bring you some news HOT off the press...

Here are Kings Park we are VERY pleased to announce that following our environmental health inspection of the kitchen, that Head Chef, Wynn is celebrating: -

5 STARS!

Massive congratulations to Wynn and his team for a job very well done indeed! Very well deserved.

Recently here at Kings Park, some of our residents have been getting green-fingered as they pot up some sunflowers to add some brilliant rays of yellow sunshine into the garden...

Gardening is said to be really good for mental health and is the perfect tonic for many of our residents to lift their mood.

Sensory activities are a wonderful way to engage and really beneficial with or without dementia and so gardening is just one of the many ways we are able to enrich the lives of those in our care.

Nurturing and growing plants in and around our home also enables our residents to be involved in the garden and the best bit is... They absolutely LOVE it!

We cannot wait to see whose sunflower grows the tallest in our sunflower competition - Let the games begin!

Here at Kings Park we are acknowledging dementia in a big way this week as it's Dementia Action Week!

'Dementia Action Week 2023 will run from 15-21 May1 and is Alzheimer’s Society’s biggest and longest running awareness campaign. The week is an opportunity to raise awareness of dementia as well as highlighting all the great support available in the UK. You can find more information about the events taking place during the week by visiting the Alzheimer’s Society website.

Learn more:

1. alzheimers.org.uk

2. ageuk.org.uk

3. alzheimers.org.uk

To kick the week off, here at Kings Park our residents up on our Memory Lane floor were getting very active indeed during a very excitable game of balloon tennis this morning.

Balloon tennis is really enjoyed by our residents and really breaks the ice, gets everybody moving and engaging with each other and more importantly brings a lot of joy to our home!

Balloon tennis; exercising both body and mind!

Connecting the generations!

We are now beyond thrilled to announce that following a truly heart-warming first mini session of babies and toddlers here at Kings Park, that we will be hosting two bi-weekly drop-in sessions for all the mums, toddlers & babies in the Ferndown area...

These sessions will be as follows: -

Starting the week commencing 5th June 2023

Every Monday & Thursday

10.30am - 12pm

Come and join us for fun & laughter, along with some delightful interactions between the generations!

Help us to fill our lovely home with giggles and smiles aplenty, as you makes some wonderful new friends of all ages.

In order that we might monitor numbers, please give us a call if you would like to come along on: 01202 863 630

Please SAVE THE DATES and share with your family & friends who may wish to join us.

So that everybody has the best possible experience at our sessions, please ensure that your little people are fit and well if they wish to come along.

Huge thanks to Kayla & Chloe, our student volunteers from Ferndown Upper School who were a great help during this first session, as well as to the wonderful mothers, childminders & babies who came and kindly gave their blessing to share these beautiful images with you all!