Activities at Kings Park Care Home

Last week the residents & staff were outside watching and helping out as they were very excited to welcome a fabulous group of gardening volunteers into our home...

With the doldrums of the winter months upon us, it was time to start readying our garden for some spring/summer planting and tidy things up a bit, all in a bid to get our back garden looking a little smarter and ready for the sunny weather ahead, for our residents to enjoy.

A little help was required in order to do this, so up steps the fabulous, Kevin Steele and his wonderful Gardening gang from the local U3A, as well as some of the lovely family & friends of Kings Park's residents, who VERY kindly volunteered their time to help - MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK!

Everyone worked so, so hard for several hours and the garden is looking all the more delightful already because of everyone's efforts.

Pop and take a look next time you get the chance - There's injections of colour already there and much, much more to look forward to when things start to grow!

Special mentions to: -

Kevin, who very kindly brought in with him some rose bushes to plant, as well as some bulbs which have now gone in.

Anne and her wonderful husband, who very thoughtfully brought in their trailer to take away all the clippings to the dump for us.

Finally, but by no means least, EVERYONE else, who came along to support us, giving us the most precious gift of all; their time.

THANK YOU ALL, SO, SO MUCH!

Another truly lovely day as we welcomed our young friends from over the road for a spot of reading with our residents!

So wonderful to see them all interacting with everyone here at Kings Park and spreading so much joy in our home.

Thank you Ferndown First School for another fabulous reading session! Your children do you all proud.

Animal therapy is something that we do a lot of here at Kings Park and is something which many of our residents absolutely love...

That being said, last week we welcomed the very gorgeous Mr Kellogg's the miniature American pony from Linking Hearts therapy horses, who certainly did an incredible job at spreading much joy around our home.

Mr Kellogg's (named such, after he was born near the Kellogg's factory in Wales), was a very welcome visitor in the home, going room-to-room and around all of our communal areas, so that the residents could enjoying meeting and stroking him. (Yes, he even went in our lift!)

With a very gentle demeanour, residents (some of whom it was their first time ever meeting a pony of any kind), learned much about the wonderful work that Linking Hearts do, as well as getting to reach out and stroke, touch and gently pat Mr Kellogg's in thanks for his visit.

Take a look at the wonderful photos of some of our residents enjoying their moment with him. There were so many photos, that we will post again tomorrow with more.

A HUGE THANK YOU to Linking Hearts for coming to see us and an extra special THANK YOU to you, Mr Kellogg's, for a job very well done! Have a carrot on us!

Our residents do love to receive flowers and our friends over at the Marks and Spencer Foodhall across the road, just keep 'em coming...

An injection of colour in the home is just what the doctored ordered to chase away the winter blues and the residents LOVE to spend time arranging them into vases for rooms and communal areas.

Take a look at their latest offerings!

Residents enjoyed getting out and bout in the community recently...

A brisk walk and some fresh air was just the ticket for some of our lovely residents last weekend, as they explored the local area.

As lovely as our beautiful home is, it's always lovely to enjoy a little change of scene now and again, so everyone very much enjoyed a mosey along Church Road, as they all stretched their legs.

It may not seem like much to you or I, but it's the little things like this that mean the most to our residents and they all very much enjoyed getting out and about for a while, before eventually heading back for an obligatory cup of tea and slice of cake that was waiting for all our intrepid explorers upon their return!

Some of our residents spent a wonderful afternoon exploring the fabulous Poole Park...

It may have been a bit of a grey day out, but that didn't deter our intrepid explorers getting out and about for some wonderful, fresh sea air!

With bread for the ducks (which mainly got eaten by seagulls!), the residents took a stroll around the lake, people watching as they went.

So, despite the gloominess of the afternoon, they all enjoyed having the cobwebs blown away as well as getting out and about, which they always love.