Activities at Hollyfields Care Home
Our Activities programme is formulated using resident requests and feedback from resident meetings. Residents are involved in planning the programme with things they they would like to do throughout the year. There is a mixture of activities that take place including both group and 1-1 engagement. Residents at Hollyfields particularly enjoy movement to music activities enabling them to increase their level of physical abilities and have fun at the same time, whilst others enjoy musical singalongs and food based activities throughout the week.
We have a mini bus that enables us to reconnect our residents with their community in ways that suite themselves as individuals. This can be achieved by visiting local farms, Georgian towns, local attractions and even the local public house for lunch with friends. Hollyfields have a great relationship with their local community and have visits from local organisations such as The Wyre Community Land Trust and are currently undertaking a 12 week funded project from Arts Etc. Residents at Hollyfields enjoy Pet Therapy visits from their pet rabbit 'Thumper' and like to help clean and feed him daily. Relatives can be encouraged to join us for activities and again are very supportive with delivering theme days and fundraising events within the home.
Kayleigh White
Kayleigh joined the Hollyfields care team in February 2021. She's a a very conscientious young lady, who is passionate about the wellbeing of all our residents.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Hollyfields Care Home
Virtual Visit to Five Sisters Zoo
As part of Barchester’s Life Enrichment Programme, team members and residents at Hollyfields Care Home in Kidderminster enjoyed an exciting virtual talk, generously hosted by Five Sisters Zoo.
The residents had the opportunity to explore and learn more about the animal life at the zoo and the important conservation, rescue and education work carried out at the grounds of the zoo.
Five Sisters Zoo was officially established in 2005 with just a small collection of rabbits, guinea pigs, goats, and pigs. Since then the zoo has grown into an exciting collection of over 160 different animal species from all around the world.
One of the zoo’s many important initiatives is to provide permanent homes for rescued bears, lions and animals that have been part of travelling circuses or other establishments.
Lucy Tomlinson, Resident Experience Manager for Barchester Healthcare, commented: “Our varied life enrichment programme keeps the residents active, and provides a daily choice of engaging physical, mental and spiritual activities tailored to the residents’ interests and abilities.”
Welcome Back to Relative Visiting
Residents & Relatives Reconnect With Limited Indoor Visiting
For Residents at Hollyfields and Ivy House, the long awaited reunion with two family members has become a reality as two people are now allowed to visit each resident in their bedroom at the same time.
There has been much anticipation of this moment by families and residents alike. Despite the need for testing and social distancing visiting has remained welcome news for so many residents and their families.
Staff were on hand to meet and greet families today with goodie bags containing some essential items including those all important tissues for their emotional reunion with their loved one.
It has been wonderful to see how happy our residents and their relatives have been to once again see each other in person after all this time.
As the week progresses we look forward to welcoming even more relatives to be reunited with their loved ones.
St Georges Day Celebrations
So today we had a great day in the grounds of Hollyfields care home to celebrate St George's Day 2021.
It was an exciting day for everyone to be able to get out in the garden and listen to socially distanced LIVE music from the talented Richard Ryan Its been over a year since we've been allowed to have care home entertainment and today our residents and staff really enjoyed the experience.
To be able to sit and listen to the great music and dance along gave so many of our residents a real connection to the social engagement many have missed during this pandemic.
Its been a day for all to remember and our residents didn't want the entertainment to end, St George himself even popped by to say hello.
Happy Green Fingers
Today we've been making the most of the sunshine at Hollyfields and Ivy House Care Home.
We've been busy putting our green fingers to the test, planting Sunflower Seeds, pruning the perennials and weeding the gardens.
We've been walking around the fields near to the home to see what the farmer had been planting and enjoyed soaking up the sun and stretching our legs.
Today has been so much fun for everyone and the residents and staff have thrived in the sunshine, one resident said "it's so nice to be able to enjoy the sunshine and flowers in the gardens"
Celebrating Our Queens 95th Birthday
As part of Barchester’s Life Enrichment Programme, staff and residents at Hollyfields care home in Kidderminster enjoyed an afternoon of reminiscence and celebration.
As HRH The Queen turns 95, we joined together to help celebrate what has a been a difficult year for everyone. Residents enjoyed reminiscent activities using YouTube and multi media devices to look back at her life and times and revisit previous trooping of the colour ceremonies.
Residents enjoyed an afternoon tea time treat of finger sandwiches, home-made canapés, quiches and sweet treats.
Our Head Chef Sarah Finch made a beautiful celebration cake for HRH the Queen and her team ensured all delicious treats were enjoyed by all.
Virtual Visit to London's Aquarium
As part of Barchester’s Life Enrichment Programme, staff and residents at Hollyfields care home in Kidderminster enjoyed an exciting virtual presentation, provided by SEA LIFE London Aquarium™
Everyone at the home had the opportunity to learn more about the London Sealife Aquarium, which is a home to more than 300 species and 4,000 creatures and to see green sea turtles, feeding of Gentoo penguins and sharks in their 1 million litre shark tank.
The SEA LIFE London Aquarium is located on the ground floor of County Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames in central London, near the London Eye. It opened in March 1997 as the London Aquarium and hosts about one million visitors each year.
Lucy Tomlinson, Resident Experience Manager for Barchester Healthcare, commented: “Our varied life enrichment programme keeps the residents active, and provides a daily choice of engaging physical, mental and spiritual activities tailored to the residents’ interests and abilities.”
