Activities at Field House Care Home
The Activities Coordinators here at Field House are always keen to learn about residents' interests and hobbies, tailoring meaningful activities to the likes and dislikes of those we support. Our mission is to ignite the past, appeal to current interests and embrace new ones, improving quality of life whilst stimulating the mind and senses. Activities are carried out via small groups or individually, supported by local volunteers. We have access to a range of local community facilities and nearby places of interest, prompting community engagement, and hold special events at the home, where we are entertained by guest vocalists and performers, with 'The Quiz Master' being a fan favourite.
Caroline Davis
Hi, I'm Caroline and I joined Field House in 2021 from another Barchester home. I have worked in care for the last 30 years and a big part of that has been with Barchester.
Here at Field House, I organise a variety of activities and social events within the home and in the community, such as gardening club arts and crafts, weekly exercise sessions along with live singers and musicians every month. We are also keen on regular outings to local landmarks, museums, cafes and shopping centres.
In my job, I'm able to develop excellent relationships with residents and their families providing the support they need. I am very passionate about my job role as it is very important to us as a team that every individual is able to live the life they wish and feel fulfilled in their everyday activities maintaining past hobbies and finding new ones.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Field House Care Home
Peter Pan Panto
All Stretton Amateur Dramatics gave us an afternoon of fun, laughter and memories. Such a fantastic performance of peter pan! Janet said “it was great being out and about seeing all the children have a lovely time”. In the interval we enjoyed an ice cream, and was such a lovely afternoon and when we returned home the residents couldn’t wait to tell all the others about their outing.
Natrional Pizza Day
Residents at Field House celebrated National Pizza Day! We had a group discussion about our favouit pizza topping after they prepared a selection of toppings, pepperoni, sweetcorn, pineapple, peppers and grated mozzarella. Mary said she couldn’t wait to try them as it had been ages since she had tried pizza as it wasn’t something her husband likes she said “ my husband likes his roast dinners so didn’t really like trying different meals “ she laughed!
So at tea time the residents tucked into their pizza, Howard said “it the best pizza he had tried for a while, and he asked the chef if we could have it once a month!
Chinese New Year
Residents at Field House celebrated Chinese New Year! They started with the Oomph activity book and a Chinese New Year quiz. Then we all enjoyed a fantastic Chinese inspired lunch with homemade prawn toast, spring rolls to start d for main course we had chilli king prawns, Cantonese sweet and sour chicken . we finished off with banana fritters with ice cream for dessert. The residents couldn’t wait to open their fortune cookies.
Little Acorns Nursery Visit
Residents at field house had the best gift of all, so they said. A visit from the staff and children from Little Acorns Nursery. The children enjoyed colouring in valentine cards and showing the residents their finished work. Then we all enjoyed some beautiful songs from the children. After they had left I asked the residents if they had enjoyed the children visiting? One lady answered with “ I’ve really enjoyed seeing the children and felt so much joy in my heart hearing them sing” what a fantasic afternoon we can’t wait until our next visit.
Our first Book Club
Residents at Field House started their own book group with the help of Ross from Burway books in Church Stretton. Starting the book group was the idea of resident Elizabeth as many years ago she started her own book group at Burway Books. The book this week was a Benjamin Myers “Cuddy” the residents really enjoyed hearing short parts out of the book and there was lots of interesting discussions followed by, of course tea and cake. We look forward to next month as the residents asked to hear some poetry.
Quiz afternoon with Kerry
The residents at Field House settles down with wine and nibbles and the lovely Kerry Young and her fabulous Kerry’s quiz! With our four teams of staff residents and visitors the quiz began! Picture rounds and name that tune were just a few of the rounds. It was very close at the end but the All-stars were the winners and didn’t the men enjoy the winning!
