Celebrating life at Barchester

Residents enjoyed a wonderful celebration on National Ice Cream Day, with a fun filled sensory afternoon that brought smiles, laughter and plenty of delicious flavours to the home’s dementia community.

The aprons were on and residents set to work in creating their very own masterpieces, with a colourful selection of ice cream flavours, chocolate buttons, sprinkles and a variety of different sauces to choose from. Residents created unique and tasty treats while enjoying the sights, smells, textures and tastes of the activity. For those residents in their rooms, the activity was taken to them, so that they too could be a part of the experience as they enjoyed delicious bowls of ice cream with their favourite toppings.

Tina, Activities Co-ordinator said, “It was a wonderful simple activity that offered far more than just a tasty treat at the end.”  General Manager Larisa Bledea said: “We really like to ensure that we offer a whole host of activities within our beautiful home, and that residents get to enjoy all life’s simple pleasures, it is not always about lavish activities it is about what the activity means to our residents and the benefit it creates for them.”
 

 We are very fortunate to live opposite a lovely area of woodland ~ it’s the perfect place for a peaceful morning stroll among the trees. Simple pleasures ...... maximum feel good factor!

We really enjoyed all the different movements, stretches and ball games. Every Friday Morning, here at Hagley Place we are lucky enough to have George's balls come and do a range of movements and exercises ranging from seated, arm movements and vocals too! This is very popular with our residents and is a great way to start the weekend.     

Enjoying time outdoors. We enjoyed a little trip to Wellington garden centre. Our residents loved the cream scones and definitely loved all the scents from the flowers. Amazing what places are so near by to go and explore.      

What a wonderful day out at beautiful Barmouth Beach! Our residents enjoyed a fantastic seaside trip filled with fish & chips, delicious ice cream, and a lovely stroll along the beach taking in the fresh sea air and stunning views. Smiles all around and memories made together! We are excited to share that we will now be holding monthly seaside trips for our residents.      

Here at Hagley Place Care Home, we pride ourselves on providing a vibrant and fulfilling social life, with regular outings, activities, entertainment, and opportunities for residents to make the most of every day.

Our Summer Fate and Dog show was a fantastic success, supported by family, friends and the community. Resident Brenda asked if herself and daughter to run the tombola and said she had a lovely time meeting and talking to new people.      

Resident Peter asked if he could help with the dog show again. He said he thought that we had more visitors than last year and said he really enjoyed talking and watching all the dogs in the show. Such a lovely day, fantastic weather and such an enjoyable afternoon.

Recently our garden was filled with sunshine, laughter, and live music courtesy of singer Caryn for our Lavender & Lemonade Garden Party. 
We enjoyed a relaxing afternoon sipping refreshing lemonade and tucking into delicious lavender cupcakes – the perfect summer treat. 
Thank you to everyone who joined us & also to Caryn for another fantastic performance! 

All the staff and residents at Sherwood Lodge were delighted to celebrate our carer, Shiobhan, ahead of her wedding day. The celebration was marked with cake, gifts, a card full of heartfelt messages from all the team and the residents. 

With decades of marriage experience behind them, our residents each shared a peace of marriage advice for Shiobhan, which can be summed up by loving each other, listening to each other and being patient with each other! We can all agree that that advice is perfect and timeless for any relationship.