Activities at Thistle Hill Care Home

Residents and staff at the Thistle Hill Care Centre in Knaresborough paid their respects to soldiers past and present on this past Armed Forces Day on Saturday 29 June 2019.

Armed Forces Day is a chance to show support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community: from currently serving troops to Service families, veterans and cadets. This year the Thistle Hill Care Centre marked the occasion with a summer BBQ and entertainment featuring our first singer at the home in sixteen months. Which brought so much joy to our residents.

Singer Rochelle entertained our residents with a collection of hits from the 40s, 50s and 60s. With classics ranging from Vera Lynn to Doris Day and Elvis Presley.

Our residents danced the afternoon away.

For International Picnic Day, The Thistle Hill Care centre and our residents were thrilled to welcome back the children from the red kite nursery, to join us for a ‘teddy bears picnic’

Upon arrival the children were treated to cones of ice creams, before enjoying an afternoon of picnic fun and games, including hop scotch and hook a duck.

Seeing the children again really brought a smile to the faces of our residents.

Residents had a lovely afternoon joining the team from Hereford Cathedral as they were given a glimpse of the spectacular building and its treasures as they were taken on a tour of the site.

From the stunning gardens which lead down to the River Wye, to the Mappa Mundi and Chained Library, the virtual visit shared the history and beauty of the historic building.

It was wonderful to learn more about the history and beauty of Hereford Cathedral.

Viva Italia! Resident’s at the thistle hill care centre enjoyed a day of all things Italian, as our popular arm chair travelled returned.

Using our big screen and a mobile flight simulator our residents enjoyed taking it in turns to fly the plane as we headed out to sunny Italy!

Upon arrival our residents enjoyed watching a virtual walk around Venice, taking in the sights and sounds.

After lunch our residents returned and came to our garden area for a themed Italian afternoon tea party, complete with pasta, cured meats, salads and Italian beer and wine accompanied by Italian opera music in the background.

The end of the spring bank holiday saw our residents enjoying the beautiful weather with a Hawaiian themed afternoon garden party.

Our residents from Deighton, Farnham and Ripley came together and basked in the sun and enjoyed an afternoon of merriment, music and our new paddling pool was a big hit with some of our ladies dipping their feet in the refreshing cool water.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Thistle Hill care home in were treated to an interactive virtual floristry masterclass courtesy of Master Florist, Michal Kowalski, from Blooming Haus. 

Blooming Haus started with a small pop-up shop in Chelsea.  They have since blossomed spectacularly on to the floristry scene as ‘floral engineers’, carving themselves an outstanding reputation as one of the UK’s most innovative floral design studios. The company is the vision of Master Florist, Michal Kowalski and his business partner, Michael Dariane. The pair bring a completely fresh approach to floristry and their ambition to push the boundaries of traditional floristry has laid the foundations of Blooming Haus’ success to date.