Celebrating life at Barchester

Yesterday morning we were thrilled to enjoy the Spring sunshine on our wildlife walk on World Wildlife Day here at Lancaster Grange.

World Wildlife Day serves as a platform to highlight the vital role of human health, cultural heritage, local livelihoods and rural communities, used sustainably for future generations to continue.

Our group of residents enjoyed the walk in our local and historical Scones Hills Park in Newark, home to the English Civil War Queens Sconce defences.

While admiring the local wildlife, we encountered many friendly four-legged friends before enjoying a hot drink and cake at the Ramble Café.

Dennis was thrilled to be back in nature & park life.   

Today in our Sunday reflection gathering, we enjoyed recognising St David's Day through our valuable resource, Oomph Wellness.

In this morning’s gathering, Elsie and Margaret took great pleasure in sharing memories of St David’s day and what it meant.

Both our residents have strong connections with Wales, enabling them to share knowledge about this day, also sharing memories of living in Wales.

Margaret brought along a love spoon, a gift given to her some time ago.

Margaret explained, Welsh lovespoons (llwyau caru) are traditionally hand-carved wooden spoons given as romantic tokens of affection, with roots dating back to the 17th century. They represent love, commitment, and good luck.

The group were thrilled to inspect and hear all about the spoon.

Elsie proudly wore her hand-knitted daffodil she had been working on for today.

Marjorie, a resident from our community of Thorsby, proudly allowed us to use her beloved daffodils this morning, adding the finishing touch to the talks.

A great morning’s gathering, learning and spending time together in our care home, Lancaster Grange.

What a magical Monday, here at our care home, Lancaster Grange, this morning. We warmly welcomed in JULES for a fun morning of singing, dancing and live music in our community of Memory Lane.

What a fabulous way to start our week, with a variety of songs to keep us engaged and physically motivated. We certainly enjoyed the dancing and the added touch of today’s props ! Thank you all that made it so special !

What a fun time, we can’t wait for next month’s visit!

Jules visits our home each month and our residents feel engaged, energised and full of life after her visit.    

Our lovely ladies at Ashlar House enjoyed a wonderful afternoon together! 

We started with a catch-up with the Metro newspapers, keeping up with all the latest news, followed by our weekly exercise session with Glenn.

After all that hard work, everyone relaxed and enjoyed some well-earned refreshments. A perfect mix of staying informed, keeping active, and sharing great company. Well done, ladies!    

Here at West Oak we celebrate St Patricks Day in true Irish style. Residents and their loved ones watched traditional Irish dancing from The O’Gara Irish School of Dance.

The girls were absolutely amazing with their dance routines, and not one person could take their eyes off them. 

After the dancing, everyone enjoyed a delicious Irish Coffee with fantastic treats.    

To celebrate the occasion, Vera and Roz wore their hats while Debbie from Gratitude 43 led our group in some St. Patrick's Day designs.

We had a fabulous morning of arts & crafts and, as always, there was lots of chatter and laughs as we got creative.

Thanks to Debbie for a lovely morning.     

Live music delivered by Jan Kowalski on Friday afternoon. Residents really enjoyed the little boogie, drinks and tasty snacks.  

Live Music provides crucial, regular, and participatory, musical experiences that improve, wellbeing of residents and staff.   

Our residents and their loved ones had a great day celebrating Valentines with a lovely romantic lunch for our couples, followed by an afternoon of fun and singing with our fabulous entertainer Billy.

Everyone had a lovely time. It was a beautiful day and heart-warming to see everyone come together to celebrate. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Wednesday afternoon Chef’s workshop. Today we made cheese scones. All of our residents love our weekly workshops with our senior Che’s Ahmet. Today on the menu we had cheese scones. The scones were mega tasty, residents said:     

A savoury delight of cheddar sharp,
Baked to perfection, the oven’s heart.
Flaky, warm, with a golden crust,
A cheesy scone is a teatime must.
Packed with mature cheese, savoury and fine,
With butter melting, it’s truly divine.