Celebrating life at Barchester

We had a great reason to celebrate this day as we have such a multicultural team with members originating from all parts of the world! We have staff from Britain, India, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Jamaica! Many staff members dressed up in honour of their traditional attire and bought in some food for everyone to try.

Many of the residents enjoyed the food and loved seeing everyone looking so colourful!

National celebrations and family-friendly events are just some of the ways that we ensure the residents at Chacombe Park Care home remain connected with their loved ones and the wider community. 

Yesterday it was World cocktail day. So of course we had to celebrate!
The residents got involved in the creation of several cocktails, including a Rum punch. They enjoyed making them, then thoroughly enjoyed drinking them! 

National celebrations events are just some of the ways that we ensure the residents at remain connected with the wider Barchester community.

We celebrate the true heroes at the heart of Chacombe - our incredible nursing team.

Day and night, 24/7, they go above and beyond to provide not only exceptional clinical and nursing care, but also comfort, compassion, reassurance, and love to our residents and their families.

Their dedication changes lives every single day. Whether it’s a comforting hand to hold, a reassuring smile, or expert care during difficult moments, our nurses are always there when they are needed most.
We could not be prouder of the passion, strength, kindness, and professionalism they bring to Chacombe each and every day. Thank you for everything you do - you truly make our home a special place

This afternoon our residents indulged in a tasty treat with some cheese and wine, this was thoroughly enjoyed and was a fantastic sociable occasion!

We also wished one of our residents, Ian, a heartfelt goodbye as he has recovered his mobility and has now gone back home.

We love hosting events that we can open up to our relatives, friends and the wider community. Life is about being part of the local community and enjoying life long hobbies whilst also exploring new experiences.

We celebrated VE day in our home today with afternoon tea and iconic songs sung by our residents Ambassador Janet, who also played the piano as she sang!

Also we raised funds for our Barchester charity in aid of supporting adults with mental health condition and disabilities.

We had a raffle to win a lovely hamper full of goodies to raise funds and we made made  £281.50!

Our Activities Team is dedicated to ensuring that we organise events that encourage our residents to host their families and friends at Chacombe Park Care home. Our home is always to open to loved ones who wish to take part in our life enrichment program. 

Another wonderful morning at the dementia friendly choir in the town of Brackley, which residents look forward to each week!  

Also it was absolutely fantastic seeing members of our sister home Juniper there, everyone had a good sing song and enjoyed catching up!

Regular trips to local attractions, areas of natural beauty and other excursions are important parts of our life enrichment program and feature often on our resident-led activity planners. 

Our home came together for a deeply moving D-Day remembrance, and we are so incredibly proud of our residents for sharing their powerful memories with us. 

On Thursday, our local church community visited us to lead a beautiful service, which set a wonderfully reflective tone for the day. Afterwards, we gathered for a reminiscence session with a special PowerPoint presentation. Seeing the old photos brought so many stories to life, with residents sharing their own vivid memories of wartime rationing and skies completely filled with planes. It was a deeply emotional afternoon. 

One of our ladies beautifully recalled her brother’s bravery as a tail gunner in the famous Dambusters operation, remembering how he flew in what was easily the most dangerous seat in the aircraft. Another resident shared the incredible story of her grandfather, who bravely built bridges right through enemy shellfire.

To bring our afternoon to a close, we held a respectful minute of silence together. We then placed stars on our remembrance tree, a comfort to us all that their light still shines brightly in our hearts and in the freedom we enjoy today because of their immense sacrifice. Lest we forget.