Activities at Kings Park Care Home

When Kings Park resident, Stan, was recently asked for his birthday wish, he responded: 'A trip to Beaulieu would be lovely.' So his wish was our command...

Getting to work to organise this very special birthday trip, Home Services Advisor, Rebekah Goddard, quickly reached out to Beaulieu, National Motor Museum, who were incredibly helpful in making this trip an extra special one!

Upon arrival at the museum with Stan's son and daughter-in-law, as well as two of our other residents, Alan & Sheila, Stan was met by the most wonderful sign placed in the foyer by the lovely staff at Beaulieu, with everyone there wishing him well - Such a delightful way to start his trip.

Upon entering the museum itself, Stan met with tour guides Nick & Paul, who bent over backwards to ensure he was given extra special treatment during his time there. Sharing their knowledge about the various cars on display, Stan was then led down to a stunning Rolls Royce, where he was invited to climb inside, much to Stan's awe and delight!

Finally, Stan was taken to see a very special vehicle, a Maxwell Charabanc 1922, which also donned advertising for the Motor Museum and coincidentally was built the year of Stan's birth.

A HUGE THANK YOU to the Beaulieu team for going above and beyond to make this trip a very memorable one - Stan and Kings Park are so very grateful to you all!

At Barchester Healthcare's Kings Park we love making wishes come true!

The residents of Kings Park absolutely love a jigsaw puzzle - we have always got one on the go in our cafe area...

With that in mind, Activities Assistant, Tracey, jumped on the jigsaw train and decided to make things a little more interesting for our residents!

We are very excited by what she has come up with - personalised Kings Park puzzles!

So now, instead of just piecing together a puzzle, they have now have to guess who or what the puzzle is - There may be one or two familiar faces or visitors in amongst some of the puzzles that Tracey has created and the best bit is, she can keep adding to our collection!

What a clever bean she is!

Our residents are already loving doing these puzzles, but if you happen to be visiting the home, then do grab a puzzle from our basket in the cafe area and help a loved one enjoy it!

Recently in our home we explored one of our most favourite senses - That of taste!

With it being World Bee Day, a day for us to think about how we can protect our bees and other important pollinators and the essential job that they do, we thought it only right and proper to celebrate by sampling the sweet deliciousness that is...HONEY!

Residents from all of our home gathered together to taste some yummy honey and share their thoughts.

The conversation that followed, then turned to songs with 'honey', 'sweet' or 'sugar' mentioned in them, which then turned into an impromptu sing-along!

'Kiss me, honey, honey, kiss me!  Thrill me, honey, honey, thrill me!'

The afternoon ended with a bee documentary for everyone to watch in our lounge.

What a fantastically sweet afternoon it was.

It's so lovely to be able to get out and about with our residents...

Enabling the people we care for to have a change of scene is so valuable, to allow them the opportunity to get out of the home for a short while and reminisce and chat about their favourite places to visit, as well as explore new ones - even ones on their doorstep that they have never seen!

Getting out is so wonderful for everyone's mental health, especially to see the beautiful countryside around...

So today we ventured to the other side of Wimborne for a leisurely drive through the avenue of trees, up to Badbury Rings, then back to see Kingston Lacy House, before heading home for a very well deserved cuppa and some cake!

We even learned a little bit about the history of it all.

We interrupt Dementia Action Week to bring you some news HOT off the press...

Here are Kings Park we are VERY pleased to announce that following our environmental health inspection of the kitchen, that Head Chef, Wynn is celebrating: -

5 STARS!

Massive congratulations to Wynn and his team for a job very well done indeed! Very well deserved.

Recently here at Kings Park, some of our residents have been getting green-fingered as they pot up some sunflowers to add some brilliant rays of yellow sunshine into the garden...

Gardening is said to be really good for mental health and is the perfect tonic for many of our residents to lift their mood.

Sensory activities are a wonderful way to engage and really beneficial with or without dementia and so gardening is just one of the many ways we are able to enrich the lives of those in our care.

Nurturing and growing plants in and around our home also enables our residents to be involved in the garden and the best bit is... They absolutely LOVE it!

We cannot wait to see whose sunflower grows the tallest in our sunflower competition - Let the games begin!