Activities at Hurstwood View Care Home

‘Oh no it isn’t, oh yes it is’ - The amazing cast from Carousel Theatre Company performed Little Red Riding Hood for us in the café this evening.    

With all the usual slapstick comedy, songs, booing and hissing, it was the perfect traditional panto experience. 

Finishing with a festive singalong, everyone had such a fun time! Extra special thanks to our Head Chef, Karen, who supplied a huge buffet for everyone to enjoy afterwards.   

We’ve had such a fantastic week, with the lead up to Christmas being jam-packed with fun and enjoyment.   Thank you to everyone who joined us today. 

We love welcoming you all into the home, and it being filled with fun and laughter. 

The children from Year 6 at High Hurstwood CE Primary School visited this morning to sing a selection of Christmas Carols.

Thank you to all the children, teachers and parents who made this visit possible.

It was so lovely hearing you sing, and our residents loved getting the chance to chat with you all afterwards.

We’re feeling festive! 

We had the most fantastic afternoon inviting the community into our Café today, to raise awareness and fundraise for Momentum Children's Charity. 

With crafts, biscuit decorating, hot chocolate station, mince pies and mulled wine - there was something for everyone!

The highlight of our day was a visit from Father Christmas, and the chance to win prizes from our huge raffle. Our lovely neighbour OMS Photography has kindly taken some professional shots too, which we will share with you as soon as we have them. 

Thank you to all the local businesses who donated prizes, we had some amazing gifts and couldn’t have done it without you.

We can’t believe it, but it’s really not that long until Christmas! 

We’ve been in the Cafe this week starting work on our handmade cards for friends and family. 

We’ve been working on a few designs, one being ‘joy’ with wreath as the ‘o’. 

We’re really pleased with how they’ve come out, and this will be the first of many craft sessions on the run up to the big day. 

Offering person-centred care is something that is incredibly important to us, and something we aim to fulfil on a daily basis. 

Today, our Chef Suman, has made a delicious Biryani for our Resident, Jenny, and it went down a storm!

In Jenny's last 'resident of the day' catch up, she mentioned that her favourite meal of all time was Lamb Biryani! Suman headed to the shops to get the ingredients to meet Jenny's dietary requirements, and also included some special rice all the way from India. 

Jenny was over the moon with her special lunch, which was served with salad, cucumber and yogurt, delicious!

Thank you Suman for making our resident's day! Your amazing work was very much appreciated.

If you have a loved one living with us here at Hurstwood View, please let us know if we can do anything special for them, we'd love to make their wishes come true. 

We are over the moon to have won Team of the Year in the Barchester Care Awards, held in Manchester last week. 

The Team of the Year award was presented by Genevieve Glover, Chief People Officer. The Barchester Care Awards celebrate the staff who go the extra mile for the benefit of 13,000 residents living in 261 Barchester care homes and private hospitals across the country.

Categories range from ‘Registered Nurse of the Year’ and ‘Carer of the Year’ to ‘Dementia Care Champion’ and ‘Activities Coordinator of the Year’. More than 5,000 nominations were received from homes and hospitals across the UK. All entries were a very high standard and Hurstwood View is over the moon to have been named the national winner, beating hundreds of other nominees to the coveted title.