Activities at Harper Fields Care Home
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.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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
Life at Harper Fields Care Home
Maurice Celebrates his 100th Birthday with wife Vi
Maurice celebrated his 100th Birthday, he spent the day with Vi his wife of nearly 78 years, his family & friends. Maurice was a pilot in bomber command in WW11, the RAF organised a flypast from a Dakota DC3 in his honour.
Wild Science & Animal Event
Emily from Wild Science brought in lots of animals for us to meet and pet, if we were brave enough! Some of them were cute such as the guinea pigs & hamsters, others animals were snails, snakes and millipedes
Summer Fete a Success
The weather didn’t stop us from having a superb summer fete. We would like to thank everyone for supporting us. Thank you to everyone who ran a table, all your handmade gifts & cakes were beautiful. Thank you to every helper especially Jay for selling lots of raffle tickets & Emily for helping draw the raffle. Thank you also to Christy Pepper for entertaining everyone.
Trip to Local Garden Centre
We enjoyed a lovely afternoon at a local garden centre. We saw some amazing fish and plants then had coffee accompanied by delicious lemon drizzle cake in the cafe. We already have many requests to visit again!
Olympic Challenge
As the Olympics drew to a close some of the residents decided to join in a National competition for the elderly in care homes. We enjoyed the 5th round of the Olympics against other homes across the UK. This challenge consisted of 20 seated breaststroke’s, once again we came 1st!
Fun & Fitness Session
We enjoyed a visit from 'everyone4sports' for our Friday Fun & Fitness session. We played two new games, archery and boccia as well as skittles. We even managed to hit the target a few times!
