Activities at Hilton Park Care Home
Activities are the cornerstone of a wholesome home experience and our Activities Coordinators are always putting their creative minds to the test by organising new and exciting social events for residents to partake in. Of course, we take into account the likes and dislikes of those we support, so if someone doesn’t feel like trying something new, there will always be something on offer to reflect their personal interests. For the people who may just prefer some peace and quiet instead, we also offer one-to-one time that can be enjoyed with a nice cup of coffee or just a simple chat – whatever they desire.
Jenelyn Szabo
Jenelyn is our head of activities here at Hilton Park. Having started her Barchester journey as a carer back in 2019, Jenelyn has gained good experience of working closely to our residents. Jenelyn then moved onto our Activities team and enjoyed working as an Activities co-ordinator, until her promotion to Activity Lead more recently.
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 Hilton Park Care Home
Pancake Day
Celebrating Pancake Day with the lovely students from Bottisham Village College. We're having a good time flipping pancakes and reminiscing about the old days. Everyone is having a lovely time afterwards enjoying their pancakes with a cup of tea.
Calming Session
Today, we had a relaxing afternoon in our sensory room, offering hand and foot massages, aromatherapy, and playing soothing music for our residents. Some residents even fell asleep. We also introduced our therapy doll from the Alzheimer's Society, and Morwenna gave her the name Annabelle. One of our residents, Jacqui, said, “ This is Amazing, so relaxing”.
Happy Chinese New Year!
To mark today's celebration, we crafted our own dragon and began our day by visiting individual residents, performing a short dance with our dragon to surprise them. They even touched the dragon's head to bring luck around. In the afternoon, we gathered residents, families, and staff to watch the top 10 tourist spots in China and a traditional Chinese dragon dance, followed by a performance with our dragon. We savoured Chinese food prepared by our chef, Adriana, and opened fortune cookies to see our luck for this year. Happy Chinese New Year to everyone!
Valentine’s Day Celebration
Love is in the air at Hilton Park
We began our day by visiting individuals and our three couples in our communities, offering them refreshments to enjoy and taking photos to add to their sweet memories. This afternoon, residents, families, and staff enjoyed a live music performance in the Atrium by Debbie, who performed a selection of love songs. Residents, families, and staff joined in with the singing, waving, and clapping their hands and had a lovely time chatting and sharing some delicious homemade cake.
We all had a wonderful Valentine's Day!
Farewell John!
Residents and staff gathered for our farewell celebration for one of our lovely residents, John, who is heading back home after a few months of staying with us. John actively led our quiz and read for his fellow residents. Today, we hosted a sweet farewell party for him. Everyone had a great time, especially John, and savoured the homemade cake prepared by our chef, Anthony. Live music was performed by our new entertainer, Luan. Residents, Families and staff joined in for singing and dancing. John mentioned he would like to continue joining our weekly quiz and music sessions and kindly invited us to visit him in his home. From all the staff at Hilton Park, we extend our warmest wishes to you, John.
Happy Birthday Pam!
Please join us in wishing our lovely resident Pam a very happy birthday. Pam is celebrating her birthday surrounded by her loving family. How delightful it is to see these lovely photos of family and staff joining in singing 'Happy Birthday' to Pam.