Activities at Hampton Grove Care Home

Resident, Olive, at Hampton Grove wanted to celebrate her 99th Birthday with a splash, wishing to get back into the pool and have a swim. Staff at the home were more than happy to make her wish a reality proving the old adage, age is but a number.

Olive has lived at Hampton Grove for the past 11 years and is beloved by staff and residents alike. Staff at the home were delighted to be a part of making her birthday wish come true, as they knew how much it meant to her, and they all wanted to be there to see the smile on Olive’s face when her birthday wish was realised.

Staff asked Olive what she would like to do her her special birthdays wish a couple of weeks ago and, ever since then, they have been dedicated to helping her get into the pool. Olive was also supported by staff from Hampton Grove who were  there to witness this momentous occasion.

In response to this birthday wish, Olive said: “I was on the verge of tears, its been a long time since I last swam". She took to it like a duck to water. Olive, who has always been an active swimmer in her youth, want to get back in the pool and start swimming again. Olive had a great morning, followed by having a lovely birthday cake presented to her in the afternoon.

Vivacity marketing leader Claire Smith quoted "We are delighted to give Olive a day pass for Vivacity Premier Fitness so that she can come along and enjoy a relaxing swim. Our mission is to keep Peterborough Active and strive to ensure that our venues offer something for everyone and are accessible to all. It was great to hear that Olive used to be a keen swimmer and we look forward to helping her get back in the pool at the brilliant age of 99 !"

Ewa Drzewicka, General Manager at the home, said: “We believe that every moment is worth cherishing.  We want everyone we care for to know how important they are to us here at Hampton Grove. It is testament to the hard work and dedication of the team here in making our residents’ wishes come true.  It was wonderful to see how happy Olive was – and the staff loved being a part of this as well.”

Today a couple of our residents from Hampton Grove took a little trip to the pub, to watch a little football.

We also celebrated Martin's birthday today presenting him with a little gift and a lovely birthday cake on his return to the home.

Happy birthday Martin from all at Hampton Grove.

LGBT Pride Month, often shortened to Pride Month, dedicated to celebration and commemoration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender pride. Pride Month was inspired by the Stonewall riots, a series of gay liberation protests in 1969.

Here at Hampton Grove we proudly support equality and diversity.

Celebrating Carers Week & Ewa achieving her Registration for a Care Home Manager.

Staff are over the moon for Ewa completing her home registration and that she is officially a registered manager.

Margery Dino our regional area manager was there to present Ewa a bouquet flowers to congratulate this with the team & Ewa.

Marjorie also thanked the staff for their hard work, personal centred care & support they deliver to the residents at Hampton Grove.

For the last two weeks we have worked extremely hard with our new systems called 'Enable', with transporting all care plans over.

Well this week we are celebrating have gone live, and now become paper free.

This is a very exciting times as Hampton Grove, as we are the first home in our region to have undergone this huge transition.

Today Hampton Grove residents visited Stanground Fire Station.

Dale from Blue Watch gave the residents a tour of the station and showing us all the equipment on the engines and what the Firefighters have to wear, they even showed the ladders.

Residents were asking questions, like how much does the equipment weigh that you have to carry?, what do you do if a hydrant is not there?

We spent about an hour and half there, residents totally enjoyed the tour.

Residents presented the Firefighters some goodies to say Thank You for risking their lives and everything they do.