Dementia Care Home Hosts Harvest Festival
A harvest blessing, singing and homemade soup brought people together as Hatherleigh Nursing Home welcomed the local community for its Harvest Festival celebration.
The dementia care home, based in Hatherleigh, Okehampton, hosted family members (residents), relatives and visitors in its Belvedere Lounge. The afternoon began with the blessing before the choir took over, with family members following their hymn sheets and joining in with the singing.
With farming such a part of life in Hatherleigh and the surrounding villages, harvest has a place in the town’s agricultural traditions. The celebration brought that connection into the home, recognising the work that goes into growing and producing the food we eat.
The kitchen team served homemade butternut squash soup with crusty bread, followed by jam tarts and plenty of cups of tea.
The home, which offers 24-hour dementia nursing care, residential care, respite care and complex care, continues to support the people who live there through connection with the local community and its traditions, all while striving to create a home-from-home environment.
If you would like to learn more about Hatherleigh Nursing Home, please visit: https://www.hatherleighnursinghome.com/lifes-journey-continued-2/