What types of care does Hickathrift House Care Home offer?

Hickathrift House Care Home offers Residential care, Dementia care, Respite / Short stay.

Activities at Hickathrift House Care Home

We have two Activities Coordinators here at Hickathrift House. We have a wide range of activities within the home, including musical entertainment, arts & crafts, clubs for like-minded people, such as flower arranging and gardening, board games, baking (where the best bit is the eating afterwards!), and we celebrate special events throughout the year. We also have trips out on a regular basis using our own minibus, where we find out places of interest each person would like to visit.

It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these activities as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join in with activities and events as often as they can.

For the less mobile residents, we unique one-to-one session, such as simple chats over a cup of tea, reading or listening to music. Activities are some 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 Hickathrift House is fun and active.

Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

Kat Colangelo

Activities Lead

Hello, my name is Kat and I am the Activities Lead here at Hickathrift House.

Since 2017 I have been working in the field of well-being and I am passionate and enthusiastic about enriching all our of residents' quality of life.

As the Activities Lead at Hickathrift House, my focus is learning about each of our resident's likes and dislikes and supporting them to remain receptive and active in addition to supporting them to engage with our local community friends.

I organise activities to stimulate the mind, body and soul in an enjoyable, comfortable way. My aim is to diversify and increase activities ensuring that there is something for everyone - from Wine and Cheese events, excursions on our home Mini Bus as well as individual bespoke person-centered activities.

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 Hickathrift House Care Home

Keeping active together!

Every week residents enjoy a variety of physical well-being games that link to their interests and are suitable for their capabilities. Residents enjoy parachute games, beach ball toss and a game of kick about.

We had a lot of fun tossing, kicking and catching the balls whilst residents listened to their favourite tunes. Everyone has a great afternoon – a fun way to keep everyone fit!

Physical well-being games are not only great fun, they help maintain strength, improve moods and build esteem and confidence.

Eyes down! Residents and Relatives bingo night

Residents and their loved ones joined us for a fabulous night of Bingo hosted by the wonderful KJ Entertainments !

The night was filled with laughter, interesting bingo calls and delicious refreshments served by our superb kitchen team. The winners walked away with sweets, chocolates, biscuits and wine. Joan was over the moon to win her favourite Milk Tray!

A huge thank you to all the families involved in the event and we hope to see you all at the upcoming community Quiz Afternoon.

Community group

Every month we visit this fabulous book club at Marshland Hall & Tearoom . This month we're excited to be reading, My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal . We hope you'll be able to join us next month to discuss the book over a cup of coffee and delicious treat from the Tearoom. But if you can't make it please feel free to leave your comments below.

We are also pleased to announce we'll be visiting the Luxe Cinema to watch the Nutcracker together in December! If you'd like to join please don't hesitate to get in contact for more information.

Queen's Memorial Outing

In loving memory of the Queen, we paid a special visit to St Peter's & St Paul's Parish Church in order to sign the book of condolences and light candles on behalf of all staff and residents of Hickathrift House. The day before residents made beautiful flower arrangements for the Queen and on Sunday we laid them at the base of the Church's memorial.

We were joined by Robert West, who shared his deep insightful knowledge of the Church and memories of past royal visits to Wisbech. We can't thank the team at St Peter's and St Paul's Parish Church enough for opening up the Church for us in order for us to pay our respects before the Queen's funeral.

Sensory Garden Party

We had the joy of welcoming Marcello, an upbeat 1950s/60s singer to perform in our Sensory Garden. Residents loved clapping, dancing and singing along with staff to the songs.

Betty said, "He was just fabulous. So animated and always moving, dancing with everyone".

Meet Emma

Our newest Empathy Doll has been named Emma by residents in our Memory Lane Community and has been enjoyed by all. Emma's soft, fabric body is great to cuddle and sit on a lap and she can also be dressed and undressed. Residents have enjoyed combing her hair and wrapping her up in knitted blankets.