by Kirstie Newell | Oct 11, 2023 | Exercise, Hengist Field Care Home
As requested by our residents at Hengist Field Care Home, we have cut down the time of our gentle exercise sessions to approximately 15-20 minutes, with some warm up exercises and stretching, and then we take a morning walk. Â We have a lovely slow stroll up to the...
by Kirstie Newell | Jan 16, 2023 | Exercise, Hengist Field Care Home
At the weekend we had a fun morning doing some gentle exercise together here at Hengist Field Care Home, with music playing in the background and plenty of laughter and banter! Our residents used small dumbbells as weights, squeezed soft stress balls and threw...
by Kirstie Newell | Jan 10, 2023 | Exercise, Hengist Field Care Home
This week at Hengist Field Care Home we’ve had some fun physical exercise (and a bit of a boogie…) after all of our Christmas indulgences! Julie from our team organised some crazy golf, hula hooping and played ‘Lava’, where a balloon must be kept in the...
by Jodie Currey | Aug 15, 2022 | Exercise, Hengist Field Care Home
We enjoyed a fun-filled afternoon in the garden on Wednesday 10 August, doing some very gentle exercises and eating cooling, refreshing ice lollies of our choice! We had some soft music playing in the background while we did some facial exercises (which was hilarious)...
by Jodie Currey | Jul 5, 2022 | Exercise, Hengist Field Care Home
What a hilarious afternoon we had here at Hengist Field today (Tuesday 5 July). We held our gentle exercise session in the garden, being such a glorious day and the sun was shining. We practised breathing techniques, stretching, coordination and “A,E,I,O,U...
by Kirstie Newell | May 11, 2022 | Exercise, Hengist Field Care Home
We had a fun afternoon in our garden at Hengist Field Care Home this week, making the most of the weather. Everyone enjoyed a nice ice lolly of their choice, while there was much chit chat, banter and laughter going on. We then started our afternoon gentle exercise...