by Kirstie Newell | Jan 17, 2022 | Hengist Field Care Home, Sensory Exploration
On a regular basic, we encourage our residents on our Dementia Unit at Hengist Field Care Home to enjoy a session on their amazing Magic Table – an interactive table full of fun and engaging sensory displays to interact with. Different activities are added to...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 17, 2021 | Hengist Field Care Home, Sensory Exploration
Sensory session At Hengist Field Care Home we are lucky to have our own Cinema room on our Orca Unit, which is used for many a good movie afternoon. We also use the room as a ‘sensory hide out’, as it has dark painted walls and a snug feel which makes our...
by Kirstie Newell | May 27, 2021 | Hengist Field Care Home, Sensory Exploration
Our Horsa residents at Hengist Field Care Home had some sensory fun this week, when we brought out some sand. They enjoyed touching and playing with the sand, which is so satisfying on the fingers! Our ladies enjoyed using sand trucks to make marks in the sand and...
by Kirstie Newell | May 4, 2021 | Hengist Field Care Home, Sensory Exploration
On Thursday 29 April our residents enjoyed some sensory pots and target games here in our Acorn lounge at Hengist Field Care Home. It was a lovely afternoon, with lots of smiles and exploration as everyone enjoyed feeling the different textures inside the sensory...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 26, 2021 | Hengist Field Care Home, Sensory Exploration
Last week, our ladies and gents at Hengist Field Residential Care Home had a lovely time smelling, guessing and reminiscing about the scents they smelt. We played a brilliant ‘Who Nose?’ game which included a number of different pots with stimulating...
by Kirstie Newell | Feb 3, 2021 | Hengist Field Care Home, Sensory Exploration
Magic Table We’ve enjoyed lots of fun using our Magic Table this week at Hengist Field Care Home. Our residents love popping bubbles, sweeping leaves, finding ladybirds, catching fish, touching the stars and enlarging the pretty flowers, which are cleverly...