Activities at Harper Fields 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.
There is always something to do here at Harper Fields and always someone to assist the residents in any activity they wish to take part in. We have entertainers come into the home to sing and play instruments on a weekly basis, as well as visits from PAT dogs, hairdressers, massage therapists and nail technicians to pamper those who live here. Residents' spiritual needs are taken into account at Harper Fields; we have regular services from the Catholic and Methodist church, in addition to the Church of England, and for our non-religious residents, we have a weekly calming and peaceful ‘mindfulness and meditation group,’ which is very popular, especially for those living with dementia. Residents often like to attend cinema evenings to watch their favourite films on the big screen (complete with sweets and popcorn), or develop new skills at our computer classes, where they can learn how to Skype their families in other countries. Our activities are tailored to suit the individual interests and capabilities of residents and our specialised equipment enables those we support to enjoy everything we have to offer.
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 Harper Fields Care Home
VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations!
What a lovely VE-Day we had for the celebration of 80 years. WOW! The weather was against us yesterday, but we adapted and moved to our concert room. Everyone had a blast! We all sang along to 1940's tunes to remember the war. Residents said how much of a great time they had and talked about it this morning!
“You did us proud yesterday, a lot of effort went in, and you could really tell. It was lovely to have a room full of people, and my family came”- Agnes
Thank you to everyone in the team that put the effort in yesterday to make it fab. The food and drinks from the hospitality were great! Thank you to Mark James, our singer, for another amazing performance!
A trip to Spencer's retreat
What a fantastic day we have had at Spencer’s Retreat, part of The Langdale Trust. So calm and relaxing, our residents loved seeing and feeding the animals, taking in the peace and quiet.
We saw goats, horses, sheep, pigs, alpacas and tortoises! Beautiful from start to finish. Thank you so much for allowing us to attend your wonderful farm.
Today we granted a wish...
Our resident, Lesley, was granted her wish. I asked her if you could go anywhere, where would you want to go? She said to see animals. I said to Lesley we are going to make that happen. She said “really”. Lesley hadn’t been out for a while. We were determined to make this wish fulfilment happen!
From start to finish, Lesley was really happy. She loved seeing all the different animals, from monkeys to sloths, emus and meerkats. Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park is such a lovely place to visit if you’re ever in Birmingham. Lesley loved the minibus ride there and back and was taking it all in her stride! She said “it’s all so exciting”. I couldn’t be prouder of what we do for our residents to enrich their lives, making it all worthwhile!
Residents came along to enjoy the day with Lesley, and they said they had a great day! Thank you to our host and wish Champion Charlie and Dementia Champion Joyce for accompanying me.
International Women's Day!
Pamper and relaxation afternoon, prosecco and chocolates, hand massages and nails painted, an inspirational movie, quotes from powerful women!
Happy International Women’s Day to all our women!
"A woman's voice is her greatest power—never let the world silence it."
Monthly Gents Club
At the end of every month, we will hold a gents club, where lots of different games can be played, or off out to the pub for lunch.
Today, the gents refreshed their memories on the game cribbage, drank beer and had a great time with our male staff members! Looking forward to the next one!
Alpaca comes to visit!
We had the students from Brighter Life join us for a pet therapy visit from Prancer the alpaca. Our residents were intrigued by his beautiful appearance and calm nature.
They loved feeding him and petting him. The Brighter Life Care students did a random act of kindness and made heart-shaped signs and brought bags of sweets for our residents. Thank you so much for your generosity. We have had such a lovely day at Harper Fields.
