Activities at Highview House Care Home

At the start of the year we decided make a small part of our garden into a vegetable plot. This enabled our residents to grow some of their favourite vegetables, as a lot of our residents loved gardening and even had their own allotments, our gardening club has proven to be a great success.

To make it accessible for those residents who require a wheelchair we called on the help of a local gentlemen who was kind enough to make us a raised bed, this would enable wheelchair users to also be able to plant and take care of the vegetables which they had planted.

As the months have gone on we have grown Shallot’s, Lettuce, Radishes’, Strawberries, Tomatoes and Peppers.

Some of our ladies have also planted some sunflowers which are now growing very tall and we or waiting for the sunflower to bloom.

We have had some fantastic weather over the past few weeks,  this has enabled our residents to really enjoy their garden.

We are already planning what we are going to grow next.

Residents of Highview were delighted to welcome back vocalist, Katy-Louise who performed her seaside special show for our residents.  We couldn't have picked a nicer day, the sun was shining and the residents were all looking forward to a good old sing song.

Some of the residents assisted with decorating the garden in a beach theme for the show. The Punch and Judy show also went down a treat bringing back some lovely memory's for our residents. Staff and residents had a wonderful afternoon.

We enjoyed a wonderful virtual introduction to the world of robots with V&A Dundee Curator, Kirsty Hassard.

Kirsty talked us through the history of robots and their early beginnings, the presentation traced the fascination of all things wired and wonderful and considered what the future might hold for our relationship with a multitude of mechanical machines.

It was absolutely thrilling to learn what robots can do now and what they might be able to do in the future.

We had a lovely time exploring the amazing gardens of Blenheim Palace through a virtual talk, hosted by the Historian - Antonia Keaney.

We enjoyed a virtual look at how the gardens at Blenheim have developed over the past 300 years - from the formality of Henry Wise through to the ‘natural’ landscape created by Capability Brown and beyond.

Everyone was very impressed by the many jewels hidden within the 150 acres of beautiful gardens.

We were able to virtually dive into the impressive wildlife of Dartmoor Zoo.

We explored its grounds and learnt about the unique history of the park from the zoo’s educational team. The culmination of the tour was the live tiger training demonstration, which was wonderful to see and enjoyed by all.

Our residents were delighted to see amazing photos and short videos of the animals and take a peek inside their home.

We took a wonderful virtual trip to Iceland’s Puffin Rescue Centre at the Beluga Whale Sanctuary.

We were able to virtually meet some of the rescued Atlantic Puffins and to learn interesting facts about their care and unique lives. We took a peek into their lives in the wild, the Puffling rescue program in the Westman Islands, and how SEA LIFE Trust Beluga Whale Sanctuary’s team takes care of these charismatic little birds each day.

It was a very exciting experience, enjoyed by all.