Activities at Hickathrift House Care Home

World ocean day is a day to raise awareness about ending overfishing and protecting our oceans. Several residents had a spectacular time at the Sea Life Hunstanton and strolled along the Hunstanton promenade. This incredible trip helped increase our understanding and knowledge about how we can help ocean life.

Joan said, "What a beautiful place full of vibrant colour and so much information. It's truly inspired me".

We're looking forward to putting what we've learnt into practice at Hickathrift House.

Across our services we had a lovely time joining Rhiannon Watkinson from the RAF Museum London for an interactive talk exploring the exciting and innovative aviation history of Hendon.

Our residents were able to learn about the first flights from the fields at Hendon, the creation of the London Aerodrome and Battle of Britain pilots who flew from RAF Hendon.

The talk also included photographic and film material from the Museum’s archive. Residents across our homes had a fantastic time and we truly enjoyed the virtual experience.

Hickathrift House Care Home staff in Marshland St James organised a community bingo night to raise money for outings, entertainment and special events.

The money raised is for the home's life-enrichment programme, it includes the ‘post a wish’ initiative where residents write down ‘wishes’ they’d like to have granted, from listening to a harpist for the afternoon to a trip to Hunstanton for the day.

The bingo night took place at Walsoken Village Hall and saw the entire community attend in the hundreds. Donations were provided by residents, their families and staff from Hickathrift House as well as several great local businesses. Local businesses that provided spectacular prizes, include Blended Monkey Craft, Sea Life Centre Hunstanton, Play 2 Day Wisbech, the Majestic Cinema King’s Lynn and Paragon Motor Company.

Residents across our services had a delightful time during a special virtual sensory storytelling event, led by Art Historian Jon Sleigh from the Historic Royal Palaces.

Jon took us on a journey to discover some of the more unusual and unexpected inhabitants of the palaces and the Tower of London, sharing fascinating stories about the pets at the palaces.

Whilst enjoying the virtual experience, our residents were treated to hot beverages, delicious biscuits, berries and cakes.  It was a truly lovely time for all.

Staff at Hickathrift House care home have been hard at work creating memory boxes for residents at the home to enjoy.  This inspirational idea came about because staff were thinking about those residents who are living with dementia and what they might really enjoy, and they came up with this reminiscence idea to mark Dementia Action Week which takes place between the 15th – 21st of May.

Many of the boxes have been donated by staff from various departments as well as our local Shoe Zone located on Wisbech Retail Park. A week before the project Shoe Zone employees have been collecting up shoe boxes to support with the project.

Den's wish was granted by our home's 'Post A Wish' initiative. Den enjoys reminiscing about fishing, his greatest catches and early mornings at Buttonhole Lake, so our team worked on preparing a beautiful fishing trip for him and his friends. Chris, owner of Buttonhole Lake was more than happy to have us and joined us all morning chatting away while fishing by the lake. The gentlemen thoroughly enjoyed sitting in the sun, looking at the catches of the day and reminiscing about life.
Den said, "The trip has taken me back. I helped dig this lake many years ago and fished it many times. I've had some beautiful fish out of it. This has inspired me to dig out my tackle and get fishing again."

To continue Den's passion for fishing we've designed a fishing sensory box and planning on many more fishing trips.