Activities at Henford House Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators are constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we support by organising group and individual activities for anyone and everyone to participate in, as well as visits from PAT dogs, musicians and entertainers. We also host evenings such as our cheese & wine nights, pub evening, quiz nights and special occasions such as, Guy Fawkes, Easter and Christmas where we like to encourage relatives to come to. Activities are one of the most important aspects of a care home, so it is essential that our team are dedicated to ensuring that residents are entertained, and that life at Henford House is fun and active.
Debbie Phillips
I joined Henford House in March 2014; after five and a half years of domiciliary care, this position became available at Henford and I decided that it would be great to do more of the fun things in life with residents! It is great here at the home; we get along so well and truly have some laughs. Residents have a wide range of activities to participate in each week, including armchair exercises, bingo sessions, singalongs, musical entertainment, pottery, manicures, celebrations and much more. It is very rewarding knowing that people are grateful for the work I've done when I go. Working here has also given me the opportunity to gain my Level 2 NAPA certificate.
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 Henford House Care Home
Christmas at Henford House
Leading up to Christmas the residents had some very busy afternoons with different musicians coming in to play and sing with them including one evening with a fantastic choir and brass band which was organised by one of our nurses and after each of these sessions warm mince pies and mulled wine was served. Besides lots of singing a range of animal visits took place including Charlie the donkey, Sharandys birds of prey, Alpacas and Tropical Discovery with the reptiles and giant insects, the residents were occupied each day with great activities. Our annual visit from Mr. & Mrs Claus and Bubbles the Elf from Frome Grotto also called in to wish all the residents a Merry Christmas. We held our Carol service on the 16th, enjoyed a warm buffet and called the raffle and was lovely to see so many visitors attend this. Christmas Day was a busy day in itself with a traditional 5 course lunch to then relax and enjoy the Kings speech.
Henford House Christmas market
The Christmas market at Henford House on December 3rd went really well, many visitors enjoyed the different variety of stalls including sweets and fudge, wood turned items, floral Christmas decorations, hand knitted decorations, artwork on trays and coasters, body shop, fabric made decorations and more different types of art on wood and more. Warm mulled wine and mince pies were enjoyed after browsing and lots of raffle tickets were sold for the Christmas raffle which will be drawn on the 16th after the Henford House carol service. Was lovely to see some old faces and new, there was a wonderful atmosphere in the home.
Lakeside Garden Centre
We took a little trip out to a local garden centre recently where places like this are getting in the festive spirit. Pretty lights were twinkling and such a variety of Christmas trees to admire let alone all the pretty Christmas decorations sparkling away. So much to look at and enjoy, delicious cake and pots of tea went down very well in the coffee shop before exploring all the beautiful items on sale in the shop. It was a nice change to get out and about and to be amongst the community seeing them having a lovely time. After a little bit of shopping was done we returned back in time for supper.
Rabbits visit our Residents
The residents had a lovely afternoon making a fuss of the beautiful rabbits when they came to visit us, the rabbits had their own little beds so they could sit on the residents lap to be able to smooth them and learn about their breed and for some of the residents it brought back very fond memories of having rabbits as pets when they children, the rabbits visited the lounge and did room visits.
Pottery Projects
The residents continue their projects in pottery, the procedure from creation to going in the kiln and then choosing the colour of glaze to finished product is now so much quicker since having the new kiln on site. The residents are now looking at making items for Christmas to be able to give to their friends and family.
Gardening Club
Our residents enjoy gardening club throughout the year, the changing of seasons always give them something to work on from planting bulbs in pots and plants in hanging baskets and tubs to growing fruit and vegetables, the potatoes go down well after harvest when the residents indulge with butter on the boiled potatoes, they also grow herbs which are lovely to handle with their different fragrances and are very useful for the chef to use in the kitchen.
