Celebrating life at Barchester

A group of residents, friends, family members and staff members enjoyed a wonderful afternoon at the Elizabeth’s pâtisserie on St. Johns Road. Daniel, the pastry chef there, takes pride in making wonderful tasting cakes and tartlets and more. When everyone had their pick from the wide selection, they were served on plates, embellished with sweet designs, like artwork. We sat down outside, enjoying these delights with sunshine, warm wind and lots of cheerful chatter. The residents were smiling, content, to be in such cheerful and chatty company, enjoying everything together on such a lovely day. 

What a special place to visit, just a short walk away from Atfield House!

We had a wonderful time together enjoying our Carnival Ball at Atfield House. Friends and family members joined us in their lovely colourful garments and staff members joined us for a dance in their most beautiful and elaborate dresses.

Residents joined with masquerade masks and danced and waved colourful pom-poms. 

Everyone enjoyed the songs that Mark played on his steel pan drum. Many residents enjoyed a dance and more and more guests and staff members joined the fun. The atmosphere was lively and cheerful.

The food and drinks were lovely and everyone enjoyed each other's company. 

Tyspane Care Home is lucky enough to have a team of highly qualified physiotherapists to call on a daily basis. Babs Spear (Head of Physiotherapy), Rob Hopkins (Physiotherapist), and George Williams (Assistant Physiotherapist) support residents, families, friends, community, and staff on a daily basis. Their main objective is to maintain residents’ independence, improve their physical health to support daily activities like gardening, walking upright, and living a full and meaningful life.

To help achieve this objective, they have created a falls clinic. The falls clinic's main focus is to prevent falls by residents at Tyspane Care Home. The falls clinic includes personalised programmes that are informed by research evidence of the reduction of falls. The programmes act as a preventative measure to reduce the likelihood and potential of a fall and, importantly, help make everyday activities easier, so residents can keep on doing the things they enjoy. Babs ensures her classes focus on improving a resident’s strength, balance, flexibility, endurance and ability to cope following a fall.   

Our residents are having a lovely time enjoying music by Terry Gleed, spending time together in good company and having a sing-along.

Plenty of music, dancing and smiles for everyone 

Our residents enjoyed a fantastic afternoon filled with delicious food, refreshing cocktails and plenty of laughter. There were juicy burgers, tasty sausages, chicken drumsticks and lots of lovely treats to enjoy.     

We also had a fun quiz to test everyone’s knowledge, which brought plenty of giggles and some very competitive moments! 

It was especially lovely to see so many friends and family members joining us. The perfect combination of good food, great company and happy memories made it a truly special afternoon. 

Our residents absolutely love looking after our selection of robotic cats! They bring comfort, companionship and lots of smiles to people living with dementia, while encouraging interaction and happy memories of much-loved pets. 

And of course, they are treated like royalty… sometimes our residents even end up feeding them too! It’s lovely to see the joy and laughter they bring to Ashford House. 

Sitting in the warm sunshine, residents enjoyed reading poetry together. 

The gentle breeze, bright sky, and peaceful surroundings created a relaxing atmosphere. Everyone listened, shared their favourite poems, and enjoyed discussing the words and memories they brought back. It was a lovely afternoon filled with laughter, conversation, and meaningful moments.   

Residents enjoyed a lovely flower-arranging activity in the care home. They chose colourful flowers and worked together to create beautiful displays. 

The activity encouraged creativity, conversation and teamwork, while bringing a cheerful atmosphere to the home. Everyone enjoyed sharing ideas and admiring the finished arrangements, which brightened the dining room.  

What a fantastic day our residents had at our seaside-themed party! There were plenty of smiles and laughter as everyone enjoyed a special visit from a lovely pony, fantastic live singing, and lots of fun games and activities. From joining in with the entertainment to enjoying the seaside atmosphere, it was wonderful to see our residents having such a brilliant time together.      

A big thank you to everyone who helped make the day so memorable. We certainly brought a little bit of seaside magic to our home!