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
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Henford House held their Macmillan coffee morning on Friday 6th October, it was lovely to see members of the community come and support this. A residents daughter has always done us proud with her fantastic baking and has always helped us on this occasion which we are very grateful for. Everyone recognises that this fund raising event is so needed and it is so wonderful that everyone pulls together to make this happen each year. We are very pleased to say we raised £139 for Macmillan and thank everyone involved.
Alpacas Visit Henford House
The residents enjoyed the visit from the Alpacas, Wendy who runs her Alpaca farm in Shaftsbury has been visiting Henford House for a few years now and all her Alpacas behave very well when they come to see us, they start off in the lounge and then go around the home visiting residents in their rooms and do very well having to use the lift to go upstairs, Buddy the black Alpaca was a little shy as it was only his second time visiting a care home but he done very well.
Charmworth Miniatures
The ladies had an interesting afternoon reminiscing with 1970’s fashion. Sandra who created a business displaying modern and vintage fashion in miniature brought a number of outfits actually made from original fabrics from the 70’s. The colours were vibrant and jolly and sparked a lot of discussion between the group about remembering what their favourite outfits were back in the day.
25 Years of Service!
Congratulations to Debbie Matthews for 25 years’ service.
General manager Charlie presented Debbie with a voucher from Barchester with flowers and chocolates for many years of hard work and dedication.
Well done Debbie
Sharandys Birds Of Prey
Sharandys Birds Of Prey brought some very interesting birds with them when they came to visit the residents last week. It is a lovely feeling to smooth an owl, the feathers are incredibly smooth and it is amusing the way they turn their heads, it is a wonderful afternoon learning about the birds, observing and touching them. The afternoon starts with a selection of birds in the lounge then room visits are offered with one bird, this way everyone is offered to see a bird.
Charlie the donkey
The residents had a wonderful time meeting Charlie the donkey who came from Kelly’s donkeys last week. Charlie was so well behaved and brought a smile to all our residents faces! Charlie started off his visiting in the reception area then headed off to the lounge before going round the home to do room visits. Before entering any rooms we asked the resident if they would like to meet Charlie, “who’s Charlie?” some of them asked, and when Charlie walked in their faces were a picture! Charlie brought a great deal of happiness, joy and emotion to our residents.
