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Birthday wishes for Linda at Hengist Field Care Home
Happy 84th birthday to our lovely resident Linda, who celebrated with us on Tuesday 16 April here at Hengist Field Care Home. Linda loved opening her birthday cards and enjoyed the banners we put up in her room. She thought her birthday cake was amazing too – and...
Hengist Field Care Home residents start up their Gardening Club
On Saturday 13 April we started up our Gardening Club again here at Hengist Field Care Home, now the weather is starting to get warmer and brighter. We planted some tomatoes, wild flowers and sunflowers, so we are looking forward to seeing how they come along and who...
Miss Holiday Swing sings at Hengist Field Care Home
On Friday 12 April we were delighted to welcome Holly, ‘Miss Holiday Swing’, to Hengist Field Care Home to sing for us. Holly has such a gorgeous voice and it was a really great afternoon. She sang a fantastic selection of songs from the 40s and 50s and everyone sang...
Celebrating National Pet Day at Hengist Field Care Home
What a lovely snuggly, cuddly day we all had on Thursday 11 April here at Hengist Field Care Home in honour of National Pet Day. We had a visit from our handsome Hengist Field Pet Therapy dog Dexter, and Jo from our Recreation and Well-Being Team brought in her lovely...
Hengist Field Care Home residents enjoy a pub lunch outing
On Wednesday 10 April we took a lovely trip out for lunch to The Sun at Bredgar with a group of our Hengist Field Care Home residents, as requested by them. At the pub we all chose a drink, and then picked what we wished to eat from the varied menu. Around the table...
Cookery Club cheese treats at Hengist Field Care Home
Last Thursday in our Cookery Club at Hengist Field Care Home we made some tasty cheese straws, cheese spirals, cheese rolls and a large cheese puff. Everyone enjoyed making them and added plenty of cheese to the cheese fest! They were then baked and ready to eat warm,...
Creative and sensory activities at Hengist Field Care Home
We've been enjoying a selection of activities with our Horsa Community here at Hengist Field Care Home recently. These have included arts and crafts, painting and colouring which are very relaxing, our plasma ball which is always fascinating to touch and watch, and...
Hengist Field Care Home residents enjoy musical afternoon with Christine
We had a fabulous afternoon on Friday 5 March with talented musician Christine Adams here at Hengist Field Care Home. Christine visits our Horsa and Orca Communities regularly to play music and sing for our ladies and gents in their rooms. On Friday, she came and sang...
Happy birthday wishes at Hengist Field Care Home
We've had the pleasure of celebrating the birthdays of three of our ladies recently. All of our lovely ladies had a wonderful day with family and friends, many gifts, cards and flowers. Joan celebrated her 92nd birthday on 31 March, Maureen turned 73 on Monday 1 April...
Darling ducklings at Hengist Field Care Home
Our feathered friends What a lovely day we had on Wednesday 3 April at Hengist Field Care Home; we had the ducklings out in the paddling pool where our residents loved watching them, cuddling and towel drying them. The little ducklings were also taken round to our...
Music and singing with Andy Mace at Hengist Field Care Home
What a fabulous Bank Holiday Monday we had at Hengist Field Care Home! We welcomed singer Andy Mace to our Home to entertain our residents on Monday 1 April, and what a brilliant job he did too! Andy sang a selection of songs, requests from our residents and he told...
Easter celebrations with music and treats at Hengist Field Care Home
We had a wonderful Easter time here at Hengist Field Care Home, with entertainment and of course lots of chocolate and goodies! Easter Jive show On Thursday 28 March Singer Jasmin came in to entertain us with her fantastic Easter Jive show, which was lively and fun...