Hempton FieldBarchester Healthcare

Activities at Hempton Field Care Home

Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.

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

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Daisy Milne

Activities Coordinator

I previously worked in a nursing home as a receptionist. I really enjoyed this job, and it was there that I started to help out and get involved with activities.

I left the job to go travel around Australia. After I returned from my travels, I was so lucky that the activities position became available at Hempton Field when it did… I feel it was meant to be.

Celebrating life at Hempton Field Care Home

Mothering Sunday

We enjoyed celebrating Mothers Day with some of our favourite cakes made by our wonderful kitchen team whilst being serenaded by Richard the saxophonist. It was a lovely afternoon shared with family.

Place your bets!

We spent the last few days getting into the spirit of the Grand national, from making our very own fascinators on Ladies day to cheering on our chosen horses on the big day with family and friends.

Everyone had a lot of fun and the winners enjoyed their prizes

Did you get lucky?

Open Day Fun

On Saturday we opened our doors to our local community, we were entertained by performers throughout the day and were joined by two special guests - local councillor's Georgina Heritage and Ed Sadler.

Our residents enjoyed a question and answer session with them and found the experience very informative.

It was our pleasure welcoming you into our home and lovely to see so many new faces!

Easter at Hempton Field.

Easter bonnet parade.

We hope you all had a lovely Easter....we certainly did!

Sticking with tradition we made Easter bonnets during our arts and crafts session and enjoyed parading them around the home.

Easter bonnets date back centuries and is believed to have originated from European springtime festivals that celebrated the arrival of spring and new life.

Happy Valentines Day

Love was definitely in the air at Hempton Field this Valentine’s Day.

Residents received personalised gifts and themed balloons and were serenaded with love songs from our visiting vocalist.

We hope you all felt as much love as we did.

Celebrating National Pizza Day

On Sunday 9th February we celebrated one of life's greatest joys - PIZZA!

Residents had a fantastic time choosing their favourite toppings. From classic margherita to loaded veggie and meat delights, there was something for everyone to enjoy!

Seeing the smiles and laughter reminded us that good food and great company make the perfect recipe for happiness.

Seated Boxercise

Keeping our joints and muscles moving is important. There are plenty of opportunities to do this at Hempton, with a variety of exercise classes for all tastes.

Some of our ladies have been keeping fit by taking part in seated boxercise classes. It is a great low-impact workout and comes with many benefits including, building upper body strength, balance and co-ordination as well as improving motor skills and it also supports mental well-being.

Healthy body, healthy Mind!

Festive Visit to the Garden Centre

Residents and Staff enjoyed a festive visit to Haddenham Garden Centre. It was the perfect opportunity to tick off those final gifts off our shopping lists.

After taking a leisurely stroll around the Christmas lights and displays, they stopped off to choose some new baubles for the home's Christmas tree.

Being out and about in the community is important for our Residents and equally as important is stopping off in the coffee shop for a tea of tea and piece of cake!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Royal Family Historical Talk

To mark the King's Birthday we invited a guest speaker into the home to tell us about the Royal Family and his time working for the police force alongside the most famous family in the world!

We learnt about some of the special moments and events he attended that were exclusive to those working for the family, meeting some of the tourists that travel from all over the world and more importantly the history of the Royal's and his time in the police force.

It was lovely to see all of his medals and hear so many exciting stories.

Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Sunday is always an important date in our diaries as we mark the day by joining the country in a 2 minute silence and remember friends and loved ones that supported the country proudly in the forces. We also took some time to make some homemade poppies before proudly displaying them in the home ahead of the national silence on Monday 11th November.

Halloween at Hempton Field

We celebrated spooky season in style by pumpkin decorating in Hempton Field. Joy our lovely Manager got stuck in with the messy job by carving some spooky creatures before putting them outside the home ahead of the children of Chinnor heading out for an evening of trick or treating.

SCAM Prevention Talk with Age UK

"Curiosity pulls people into the Scam"

We were eyes and ears open this morning as Mandy from Age UK delivered a very important talk to us here at Hempton Field on the sensitive topic of SCAMS. The talk provided guidance to our residents, staff and families about how to be on alert and prevent yourself from being SCAMMED, whether that be through email, phone or even at the front door.

It was very informative and particularly helpful for those living at home and feel vulnerable.

Grandparents Day

“Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven’t thought of yet.”

Our lovely resident Robin welcomed her family into Hempton Field and celebrated Grandparents Day....or in this case Grandparent & Great Grandparent Day!

It's amazing to see generations of family come together and share special moments in our home. On this occasion it was cake making, which looked like a lot of fun....and mess!!

Creepy Crawlies

A Spooky Halloween Surprise

We had an early Halloween treat at Hempton Field as welcomed Lottie from Zoo Lab for a morning of spooky creepy crawlies!

Our residents were brave enough to touch, feel and hold some of the eight legged visitors that came to see us including 'Pumpkin' the snake who was slithering around the lounge.

At Hempton Field we love being able to bring all types and species of animals in the home. As one of the foundations of our Life Enrichment program, we know that animal therapy can help reduce blood pressure and improve overall cardiovascular health whilst also provide informative talks and learnings for us all.

Macmillan Coffee Morning

Macmillan Coffee Morning!

On Friday we invited our resident's fan favourite Nick along to entertain our Macmillan Coffee Morning held in Hempton Field. It's the UK's biggest coffee morning of the year, raising money and supporting the incredible work the people do at Macmillan Cancer. A big thank you to the team for baking some delicious treats and for everyone that came along despite the awful weather on Friday! Bring back the summer