Activities at Highfield Care Home

We support our residents in continuing their hobbies and daily lifestyle preferences. There are plenty of opportunities to attend new activities too and make friends along the way. 

To help us celebrate Crufts week in our own fun, unique way, we were recently visited by some very friendly furry friends. We know that many of our residents love animals and have kept pets throughout their lives. So what's better than a visit from these little guys?

Residents celebrated Mother’s Day with visits and video calls from family members near and far. The home was beautifully decorated with fresh flowers and bunting for the occasion.

Staff at Highfield arranged an extra special treat from a couple of surprise visitors. Teddy and Franklin went around the home giving out flowers to all of the residents, visitors and staff. The residents thoroughly enjoyed spending time with these two delivery boys. The boys even managed to find the time to play some games with the residents and enjoy some sweet treats

Did you know we have regular events at our home? Recently one of our favourite local singers, Belle Velvet, performed for our residents.

They were on their feet dancing and enjoying the wonderful entertainment. Belle covered a wide variety of genres, styles and decades. She mixed up her set list so well. She will definitely be invited back again in the future!

Fitness instructor, Mark, visited Highfield again to host an armchair fitness class for our residents. He focused on training their flexibility, hand-eye coordination and reflexes in a safe and accessible way, by getting them involved physically and mentally with fun and interactive mini-games.

Sessions like this are so valuable for our residents, and engaging their minds and bodies is a great way to support their physical and mental wellbeing. Even something as simple as Mark's football mini-game was a fantastic way for our residents to enjoy some exercise, in a safe way that allows them to develop their coordination, movement and flexibility.     

Did you know our activities team create a weekly schedule of activities based on residents’ interests? 

We love planning activities and this week we’ve prepared something special with the Barkston Ash Nursery. They came for a wonderful visit and as you can see from the photos, everyone had a ball! 

There was lots of singing, dancing, bubbles. Somehow, the children even found time to stop, relax, chat with the residents and enjoy some refreshments.       

We have been listed by Knight Frank in a prestigious property guide – the top 100 Luxury Care Homes in the UK.  The home has been chosen out of hundreds of other entries from across the entire country.

We are an award-winning property with sumptuous interiors created by Barchester’s in-house design team.  The home opened in May 2024 and offers bespoke person-centred residential, dementia and respite care in delightful surroundings for 66 residents. Amongst its fantastic facilities, Highfield has a café for socialising and enjoying freshly baked treats, spa bathrooms for a luxury bath time experience, beautiful en-suite bedrooms with smart TVs, a choice of comfortable lounges, a dedicated activities room, a cinema for an authentic movie experience, and an in-house hair and beauty salon for a little bit of pampering. And, with its well-designed terraces and gardens overlooking the adjacent Grade II listed church and estate parkland, residents can really make the most of the outdoor space. 

This month, we had a lovely visit from the Rev Anne Fox. She visited us in our Greenfield Lounge and delivered a lovely In-Home Service to many of our residents. We know that for a lot of our residents this is a deeply special activity.

We support our residents in continuing their hobbies and daily lifestyle preferences. There are plenty of opportunities to attend new activities too and make friends along the way. 

To support our resident's spiritual needs, we invite the wonderful Rev. Ann Fox regularly to lead us in our very own In-Home Service. It clearly means a lot to our residents as they found it very moving. They sang their hymns at the top of their lungs! 

We welcomed visitors from Tadcaster and Selby at our weekly Chatty Café, which we host in partnership with the Chatty Cafe Scheme UK. This was a fantastic opportunity for visitors from the local area to stop by, enjoy a cup of tea and some cake, and have a chat with our team and residents. Michael and Phillip enjoyed having a chat with our visitors and even made a new friend after meeting David! 

The Chatty Cafe Scheme UK is a leading non-profit social enterprise created to tackle loneliness in local communities. To achieve this, the scheme creates safe and welcoming environments where people can visit and meet new people for a friendly chat. This is open to everyone. However, it is particularly valuable to elderly people who may not have the opportunity to meet many new people and have a friendly chat when they live at home.          

We enjoyed a wonderful Mother’s Day with flowers, bunting and special treats for our female residents. 

Everyone enjoyed a lovely surprise from our two delivery boys, Teddy and Franklin, who were there to hand out flowers. The boys even managed to find time to play games with the residents and enjoy some chocolates with them.

Did you know our activities team create a weekly schedule of activities based on residents’ interests? We love planning activities and this week we’ve prepared something special to commemorate this year's Winter Olympics. 

We have been hosting a series of our own Highfield Winter Olympics, and we recently had Ice Hockey! It wasn't just the residents getting stuck in either. Some of our ladies had their daughters join us in the bar for fun and games. Sylvia scored the highest points, followed by Elizabeth then Mike.          

We were busy celebrating Pancake Day with delicious pancakes and yummy toppings.

Residents had a wonderful day, filled with pancake-inspired activities, they prepared homemade pancakes and decorated them with fresh fruit, berries, syrup and chocolate.

We watched some hilarious pancake races and some of our residents took part in our very own pancake flipping competition.

It was a fun day, enjoyed by all. 

Calling all quizzers! On Wednesday, 28th January, at 2.30pm we kicked off the New Year with an exclusive virtual quiz.

We linked up with all Barchester care homes and hospitals across the country for Barchester’s Big Quiz of the Year.

We took on our sister homes to find out which care home or hospital has the best quizzers.

The event was available to watch via YouTube live.