Activities at Hilderstone Hall Care Home

Residents have shown their inner Van Gogh’s with a creative afternoon painting sunflowers to add a splash of colour throughout the home.  Their masterpieces are now on a brightly coloured display of sunflowers and butterflies.  The aim of these interactive sessions is to relax and find calm when painting and positive mindfulness.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Hilderstone Hall had a fantastic time celebrating Real Bread Week, surely one of the best weeks of the year!

Over the course of the week, overseen by the homes activities team and cooked by the hospitality team, staff and residents have kneaded, proven and baked their own artisan loaves which were served with the freshly prepared soup for lunch, it was a great source of fun and anticipation to see the outcome of their collective baking efforts.

General Manager, Linda Watson, said: “It wasn’t just the residents that were excited when we found out there was a Real Bread Week, the eyes of the staff lit up too! Who doesn’t love freshly baked bread?  We have all had a great time trying out new recipes and adding different flavours and ingredients, we’ll be applying for Bake Off next!”

Here at Hilderstone Hall we like a good film and host a popular monthly film night.  This month we screened the ‘Personal history of David Copperfield’ accompanied with movie treats and delicious hot dogs.

The activities team did a fantastic job as usherettes, issuing tickets, showing patrons to their seats, and offering concessions during the intermission. Of course, we could just pop a DVD in the player, but where’s the fun in that? It’s all about the experience.

We love our ‘Positive Board’ which is surrounded by positive quotes we have written or received from our friends in the community.  We would like to thank everyone who has shared their quotes with us, and we often stop by our board to read.  We also include in our display a different illustration weekly, the recent was by popular novelist, Charlie Mackesy

Residents of Hilderstone Hall enjoy their popular arts and crafts sessions, using different coloured cards, textures and paint to create hand-made cards to send to their loved ones.  We always use a touch of glitter too to add a little sparkle!

Residents enjoyed International Flower Day by creating a selection of colourful floral jar arrangements to display throughout the home.  It was something that definitely brightened up our day here at Hilderstone!   Residents took part in flower-based activities throughout the day  reminiscing about their gardens and flowers in the home’s garden,   Their collective knowledge about flowers gained from years of gardening experience was very impressive.