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.
Read our brochure
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
Tropical Discovery
The residents had a wonderful afternoon making a fuss of rather unusual characters that were not the fluffy type of pets!
Kris who is the head ranger for Tropical Discovery delivers workshops to schools, care homes and private parties, so individuals can learn, observe and handle many different reptiles and giant insects.
Kris has visited Henford House a number of times over the years and each visit is just as interesting as always.
St David’s Day
To celebrate St. David’s Day our Welsh resident got together with our chef to offer a special Welsh dish for the residents to enjoy. Many opted for the Cawl and not to forget it was also Shrove Tuesday, so traditional pancakes were on the dessert menu.
Valentine's Day
Residents were swarmed with beautiful decorated hearts created by the children from Barney Lodge Day Nursery. Lisa and Tracy arrived at Henford with boxes of biscuits and Valentine's art work, which the residents enjoyed observing, followed by a delicious romantic meal made by our home's chef.
At supper time love was in the air with a piano sing along with Sophie Eden singing many romantic songs!
Donation of Hanging Basket
We are happy to announce that the home delivered a beautiful hanging basket to the Wessex MS Therapy Centre, created by our residents during their weekly gardening club.
Wessex MS Therapy Centre
The Wessex MS Therapy Centre has benefitted from vital funds thanks to a Christmas raffle held at Henford House.
General Manger ,Charles Osgood, presented the donation to centre's manager Rosie Eliot and after a tour of the centre said he was very impressed with the facilities for the community.
An empty space for a hanging basket was noticed, so Charlie suggested the home's gardener would run garden club with the residents to provide them with a lovely hanging basket.
Garden stroll!
Its chilly but dressed up warmly its great to get some fresh air, just look at the smiles! Our gardener Kathryn is still working it the garden preparing it for spring and enjoyed a chatting with residents over plans for the coming months
