Activities at Hilderstone Hall Care Home
Our activities team are, first and foremost, devoted to each and every resident in the home, and strive to ensure that their interests, hobbies, capabilities and individual requests are met to the highest standard. This could include one-to-one chats, hand massages, reading, music therapy, flower arranging, movement to music, arts & crafts, gardening and baking. We also have regular fun, adventurous and stimulating trips, where we encourage families and loved ones to join us. We have close links with the Alzheimer's Society, the local primary school, and Trinity Skills who come to sing with residents. All the staff at Hilderstone Hall participate in activities with residents, offering encouragement, stimulation and interaction for everyone involved, providing the most fulfilling experience possible.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Hilderstone Hall Care Home
Historic Royal Palaces
Our residents were treated to a special virtual sensory storytelling session. Together with Art Historian Jon Sleigh and the Historic Royal Palaces community team, we explored several royal palaces through the theme of food, dining and celebration!
We enjoyed a fantastic taste-a-long experience from the comfort of our home, from Tudor treats to Stuart sweets. A lovely time was had by all.
Book Club Corner
Across our services, our residents had a lovely time joining Mark Piesing for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘N-4 Down: The Hunt for The Arctic Airship Italia’.
Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fascinating story of the world-famous exploring airship Italia, returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928. The airship was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history.
The virtual book club experience was truly enjoyed by all.
Valentine's
Residents and colleagues at Hilderstone Hall celebrated Valentine’s Day. The home was filled with flowers, cards, balloons and decorations as we celebrated the day of love in style with sweet treats and gifts. We marked the day by having conversations about romantic moments in people’s lives and hosting a raffle filled with fabulous goodies!
Our residents had the opportunity to taste delicious themed sweet and savoury treats, prepared by our talented chef, whilst listening to all-time favourite love songs. It was a lovely day and it was wonderful to see everyone go to so much effort to get involved with the day’s festivities.
Starlings virtual talk
Across our services our residents have enjoyed a wonderful live virtual talk about starlings, one of the UK’s most gregarious birds, hosted by Rachel Dowse from The Royal Parks London.
Rachel examined our long history with this bird and the importance of common species to our lives. Our residents had the opportunity to find out more about the great murmuration and why we need to pay special attention to these beauties before it's too late.
The virtual experience was truly enjoyed by all.
Alton Bell Ringers
A magical afternoon was had by all listening to and watching the very special Christmas show presented by the talented Alton Bell Ringers
Christmas trees decorated with love
Staff and residents have decorated the communal areas beautifully with skill, style and love
We are welcoming all friends, families and visitors to take time in December to come to see the decorations, join in the many activities we have on offer or relax in the Bistro with coffee and cake by the fireside
Upcoming events
Dementia Cafe - Every Tuesday
Taking place every Tuesday from 2:00pm – 3:30pm, Free to all, the dementia café at the home provides small respite and social support.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
There are endless ways to help! If you would like more information on Volunteering we'd love to hear from you.
Take a break on us!
We extend a warm invitation to all our emergency services personnell to come and take a break on us! there may be a cake or two .....
