Celebrating life at Barchester

Residents and staff enjoyed creating their own pizza to celebrate National Pizza Day. With lots of toppings to choose from the residents enjoyed once baked having home made pizza for supper.

We are thrilled to announce that the winner of the January Employee of the Month award goes to Ansa, Senior Carer, a valued member of our care & support team here at the home.

Elina House, our General Manager, expressed “Ansa has been nominated by the residents and her colleagues for her dedication to her role, kindness and quiet presence that makes everyone feel valued”
Ansa has a very positive attitude with her gentle caring nature which makes significant impact on the daily lives and social interactions of our residents. 

Congratulations and thank you, Ansa, for your outstanding contribution from all the residents and staff here at Brampton View Care Home. Ansa was presented with flowers and her employee of the month certificate from registered nurse Emmanuel. 

We’ve had the rhythm of the islands filling the home as we celebrated Bob Marley’s Birthday in style! 

Residents and staff couldn’t help but get moving to those classic reggae beats that was being played on the big screen, there was plenty of dancing and singing along to 'Three Little Birds' and 'One Love'. The energy in the home was absolutely fantastic!

Our Activities Team also hosted a small Seated Exercise Class. We had a brilliant time working on our coordination and staying active with Bean Bag Throwing & Target Hoop Toss. It was a morning full of laughter, movement, and great music. A huge well done to everyone who got involved and showed us their best moves! 

Residents and staff celebrated the life and music of the legend Buddy Holly. Steve Carmel created an afternoon of nostalgia that had all singing and tapping their feet.

Steve Carmel delivered a fantastic performance with not only the one and only number one hit that Buddy Holly had, “That’ll Be the Day” he also shared many interesting facts about the man himself.

Activities Co-ordinator, Tina said: “Steve was brilliant he really took the residents back in time with all the old time Rock ‘n’ Roll favourites. It was great to see how the residents all sang along and reminisced on the 1950’s era. It was such an uplifting afternoon for all.

General Manager, Larisa Bledea, said: “Lots of our residents are big Buddy Holly fans and loved his music.  We’ve had a fantastic day here at the home listening to all his hits performed by Steve, the residents truly enjoyed the engaging afternoon.”

The residents and staff enjoyed a spectacular educational presentation from Simon Watts to celebrate the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch.

The afternoon mood was set as the residents settled down to welcome the return of Simon Watts, a wildlife presenter. Simon came with a wealth of knowledge that had the residents captivated and fully engaged. Simon explored garden birds in Winter and looked at the important role that gardens play for our countryside birds at this time of year.  

Residents, said: “It was such an informative and educational presentation and we loved the questions, really got us thinking and we have learnt so much. It makes you realise we really need to be looking after the birds!”

General Manager, Larisa Bledea, said: “Many of our residents enjoy nature and spending time in nature, our residents also love to learn about nature. Simon offered a very good presentation that really had our residents engaged in conversation and certainly got them all thinking about the importance of looking after our birds.”
 

The residents and staff took part in a fun and sensory afternoon of creating bird feeders to celebrate the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch.

The afternoon mood was set with the relaxing sounds of birds playing in the background as the residents settled down to get creative. Aprons and gloves on, Fat Balls and Peanut Butter and various bird seeds at the ready, the creativity commenced. Gathered in the lounge the afternoon was a hive of activity as the residents spent the afternoon coating fat balls in peanut butter then in various bird seeds ready to hang in the home’s beautiful gardens.

Activities Co-ordinator, Tina said: “It was such a fun filled afternoon, it allowed the residents to relax with the bird sounds in the background and also it was great for hand and eye co-ordination. It also allowed for the residents to reminisce of their own gardens that used to fill with birds!”

General Manager, Larisa Bledea, said: “Many of our residents enjoy listening to the lovely sounds of birds and this simple activity was a perfect way to celebrate the RSPB week. It was also wonderful to have family members join us for the afternoon.”

We recently celebrated a very special milestone as resident Greta Sherring turned 100 in February.

Greta marked her centenary with a party and Crandon Springs, surrounded by family, friends and staff. The celebration included a buffet lunch and birthday cake prepared by our chef team, along with flowers and gifts. She also received two very special cards, one from King Charles and Queen Camilla, and another lovingly made cross-stitch card from the Crandon Springs team.

Greta is a much-loved member of our community. She enjoys activities, family visits, and outings on our minibus, including taking part in the Wells City Carnival this year.

Reflecting on her milestone with her usual humour and good spirit, Greta said: “I’m not sure where the time went. Now I’m 100 and friends with the King!”

Happy Birthday Greta!

The first team visit to site is always an exciting one, getting to see the home at that early stage builds so much excitement for what will be. We cant wait to be able to show people this beautiful home and look forward to our open weekend on the 7th and 8th of March.