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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...
Wear A Hat Day fundraiser at Hengist Field Care Home
Here at Hengist Field Care Home on Thursday 28 March we celebrated 'Wear a Hat Day' in support of the Brain Tumour Research charity. Not only did we have great fun with all the different hats we had to choose from – Cowboy hats, trilbies, fezzes, sombreros and more! –...
Easter ducklings arrive at Hengist Field Care Home
Our Easter ducklings delivery arrived at Hengist Field Care Home on Tuesday 26 March and our lovely residents have had great fun watching the ducklings hatching and becoming all dry and fluffy. Some of our ladies and gents have already had a cuddle and we’re all...
Hengist Field Care Home residents enjoy Oasis Dementia cafe and Easter eggs
Dementia Café trip Our Hengist Field Care Home residents had another fabulous afternoon at the Oasis Academy this week, enjoying their Easter Dementia Café, which we were kindly invited to. We listened to some primary school children singing and a band consisting of...
Hengist Field Care Home residents enjoy Easter performance at local school
What a wonderful morning we spent at our local Milstead and Frinsted Primary School with some of our Hengist Field Care Home residents on Tuesday 26 March. We were invited to go and see their Easter story, performed by the children, and we were thrilled to be able to...
Easter crafts and cookies at Hengist Field Care Home
We've been having some fun days here at Hengist Field Care Home making our Easter crafts and table decorations to have around our Home. We have also made some Easter cookies, some fruit ones and some chocolate chip. Our residents had great fun making all their Easter...
Hengist Field Care Home residents cruise to Japan
Continuing on to the last leg of our Nellsar virtual cruise, our Hengist Care Home residents arrived in Japan this week! We have watched 'Memoirs of a Geisha' and a virtual tour of Japan featuring the stunningly beautiful cherry blossom trees, to really get us in the...
A day of music and laughter at Hengist Field Care Home
What a fantastic day we had on Sunday 17 March, celebrating St Patrick’s Day, Red Nose Day and Comic Relief Day all in one here at Hengist Field Care Home! We had tipples out to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day as well as funny dress-up props for our photoshoots. We had...