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
Cream Tea Afternoons
The residents had a wonderful time indulging in homemade scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream for cream tea day, the weather was not quite warm enough to be outside but was enjoyed indoors all the same!
Pottery
Our residents have enjoyed doing pottery over the years with our local potter Alvin. Pottery takes place every Wednesday morning, projects are created then kilned, glazed and kilned again until ready to keep. Recently Alvin has introduced the wheel and the residents have been taught how to use it! Our kiln on site has finally had it and kilning is taking place in Radstock so Henford is going to start raising funds to be able to purchase a new kiln to have on site and support pottery to continue.
Bee Bombs
Anna and Bev from Iles & Vincent visited to donate handmade Bee Bombs they had made to help encourage bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects in to our beautiful gardens. The residents are quite passionate about projects like this so they will enjoy observing the gardens.
Cakes!
Lisa and Catherine arrived from Barney Lodge Nursery with trays of delicious homemade cakes, made by the children, the residents will enjoy these with afternoon tea, we were very thankful for the children’s hard work!
Jubilee Celebrations
The residents had a fantastic jubilee weekend with entertainment with Sophie Eden on piano and accordion, singing and dancing with Mike and Muriel from Imperial Charity and Dan and Paul from Wiltshire Music Centre, traditional afternoon tea and Roast dinner was enjoyed along with prosecco, Pimms and lots of cake! In between the entertainment the residents relaxed and viewed the television coverage on BBC 1.
The Perfect Afternoon
Both residents and staff here at Henford House, think there is no better way to spend an afternoon than enjoying a cheese and wine tasting with your friends. Perfect
