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Activites at Thistle Hill 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.

Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.

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Read our brochure ‘Life-enriching activities’ for more information about life in our care homes.

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Celebrating life at Thistle Hill Care Home

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Trip to the Garden Centre
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Trip to the Garden Centre

What a wonderful day out as the garden cente we had.  Looking at all the wonderful plants and colours and finishing with a coffee and a cake. 

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Fathers Day Cream Tea
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Fathers Day Cream Tea

In honour of Father’s Day, we held a Golden Ticket Afternoon Tea, and the very talented Richard & Honey entertained us with a selection of popular songs. It was wonderful to see so many visitors, once again joining us in Ripley’s dining room, for our second Golden Ticket event.

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VE Day Celebrations
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VE Day Celebrations

Thistle Hill in Knaresborough marked the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day in style by throwing a 1940s afternoon tea party to remember.  The home was decorated in red, white and blue and residents and staff dressed up in their 1940s-inspired glad rags and enjoyed an afternoon of big band music and dancing.

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Garden Centre Trip
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Garden Centre Trip

It was a beautiful day when we visited Moorland Nurseries and Garden Centre to look at all the lovely plants and ornaments. After a good look around we also visited The Lime Tree Cafe, Knaresborough for a refreshing brew.

Home gives back to local Emergency Personnel

Home gives back to local Emergency Personnel

Staff at Thistle Hill Care Home in Knaresborough have opened up their doors to welcome the emergency services personnel in their local area.  

As a way of saying thank you to the paramedics, nurses, police officers and other emergency services workers who don’t always have time to go home or back to their workplace on their break, the team and the residents of Thistle Hill will provide free food and drink to all emergency service staff.

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Flower arranging
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Flower arranging

Wonderful day creating flower arrangements. Susie created a beautiful two-tone vase of roses to decorate our reception desk, while Malcolm and May created a mixed vase, and Hazel worked mainly with the carnations to create a large vase of pink and red.

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Richard & Honey dazzled us again at Thistle Hill
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Richard & Honey dazzled us again at Thistle Hill

The very talented Richard played guitar and sang for us, while Honey, his gorgeous cockapoo, stole the show at the end with her tricks.

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Easter Memories
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Easter Memories

We had a visit from Red Kite Nursery for an Easter Egg Hunt; Richard & Honey wowed us with their show; we had a Bucks Fizz Easter Quiz residents had lots of laughs at their own Easter Egg Hunt; we had a Golden Ticket Easter Afternoon Tea; on Sunday every resident was visited with an Easter Egg or cuddly toy and in the afternoon we had a Prosecco Party and a Bowling Competition!

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'Lets dance the night away'
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'Lets dance the night away'

What a wonderful afternoon spent singing and dancing to all the oldies.  Rebekka really knows how to get us all up dancing and singing.  Residents enjoyed some of the old favourite songs. Wonderful time had by all!!

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Trip to the Garden Centre

What a wonderful day out as the garden cente we had.  Looking at all the wonderful plants and colours and finishing with a coffee and a cake. 

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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

English National Ballet
Together With Music
Blenheim Palace
Oomph!
NAPA
Bloomin Haus
Vegetarian For Life
Sea Life Trust - Beluga Whale Sanctuary
Historic Environment Scotland
Five Sisters Zoo
Damian Bailey Photography

Life enrichment

With us, it's all about making every day meaningful for our residents. We do this through our Life Enrichment programme, designed to suit the needs of each person in our care, and support individuals in retaining their joy, purpose and life skills for as long as possible. We offer a range of daily activities for individuals to get involved in, whether that's socially as part of a group, solo or with a team member, ensuring everyone receives the support that adds enrichment to their life.

Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

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