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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...
Hengist Field Care Home residents hope for some froggy friends
As it was World Frog Day on Wednesday 20 March, we thought we’d celebrate these creatures with our own frog feature here at Hengist Field Care Home. Last year we gathered some of the frog spawn from the pond here at Hengist Field. As this was so popular with our...
Birthday wishes for Betty at Hengist Field Care Home
Our Lovely Betty celebrated her 92nd birthday on Thursday 14 March with us at Hengist Field Care Home and what a fabulous day she had! Betty was thrilled with her cake and bedroom decorations. Her family all came and spent the afternoon with her in our decorated...
Nutrition and Hydration Week mocktails and chocolate at Hengist Field Care Home
As part of our Nutrition and Hydration Week celebration here at Hengist Field Care Home, we hosted a fun 'Mocktails and cocktails' afternoon. We served Mojitos and a strawberry, kiwi and lime punch. Both of them went down a treat – what a fantastic way to keep...
Happy birthday to Janet at Hengist Field Care Home
Our lovely Hengist Field Care Home resident Janet celebrated her 89th birthday with us on Mother’s Day, Sunday 10 March. Janet enjoyed a wonderful day; a highlight was her beautiful cake which she said tasted gorgeous. She also received lots of birthday cards, gifts...
Betty at Hengist Field Care Home receives a thank you gift for her creativity
On Friday 7 March we made a special presentation to one of our lovely ladies, Betty, who makes beautiful cards here at Hengist Field Care Home. Birthdays, weddings, new baby and more – Betty will happily make and design a card for any occasion and she has a box of her...