Celebrating life at Barchester

We celebrate life through everything we do, from our thoughtful experiences and activities to our delicious food. We offer the latest technology as well as sensory engagement to nurture the wellbeing of our residents. With a wide variety of tailored activities and events we make sure our residents have the best physical, mental, spiritual and social stimulation, all bespoke to them. Take a look at what we’ve been up to…

Lotus Manor Care Home

Send Primary School Performs Christmas Concert at Lotus Manor

Today we were delighted to welcome the Year 3 choir from Send CofE Primary School, who came to perform their Christmas songs for our residents and the local community. Their lovely voices brought warmth and festive cheer to the home and provided a perfect start to the season.

A particularly touching moment was seeing our care team member Becky watching her son Jackson take part in the choir. It was a proud moment for both mother and son.

After the performance, residents, staff, families and the children enjoyed a cosy treat together, including hot chocolate, tea, and homemade chocolate biscuits and pastries. The children even helped to serve the biscuits, which our residents greatly appreciated.

Today was a wonderful reminder of what makes Send such a special, close-knit community. When the care home and the primary school come together, it highlights the very best of the festive spirit.

Thank you to everyone who helped make the event so memorable.

Christmas Wreath-Making Afternoon

We had the loveliest afternoon in our home this week, getting creative with our Christmas wreath making. Everyone gathered around the tables to make little posies of festive foliage conifer, holly, Christmas tree branches, and all sorts of beautiful greenery. Once the bases were made, we added dried oranges and limes, pinecones, and lots of other lovely bits to bring each wreath to life.

It was a huge hit with our residents, and we were delighted to have family members join in too. A big thank you to the staff who helped out and to Claire for guiding us there were hands everywhere.

The wreaths looked absolutely beautiful, and the residents couldn’t stop talking about how proud they were of their creations. Each one will now be displayed on bedroom doors, adding a lovely personal touch for the festive season

Prestbury Beaumont Care Community

Pet Therapy

The best kind of therapy has 4 legs and a wagging tail!

A massive thank you to the lovely Anna from Inspiring Animal Therapy CIC who brought along a few of her animals to see us here at Prestbury Beaumont. You are truly inspiring :)

The residents and the staff thoroughly enjoyed your visit but sad that we couldn’t hide the Chinchilla under the cushions until you’d gone! Here’s a few snaps from our visit... until next time!

Prestbury Beaumont Care Community

Cheese & Wine Fridays

We love our Fridays here at Prestbury Beaumont!

A few of our residents chose to have a wine tasting event accompanied by a cheese board and wine related quiz. From Rioja to dry Provençal’s, we have covered it all. All finished off with a drop of fizz. We loved it so much, we've decided to make it a regular thing! What other way would you want to spend your Fridays?!

Prestbury Beaumont Care Community

Autumnal Crafts

Today we had a lovely afternoon making our own table decorations in keeping with those beautiful autumn days ahead!

We have injected a little colour into our centre pieces to bring a touch of seasonal warmth to our bistro and restaurant.

Who doesn’t love an autumnal glow? We sure do!

Prestbury Beaumont Care Community

Mental Health Awareness Day

The best care always starts with the best people.

Here at Prestbury Beaumont, we truly value the mental health and wellbeing of both our residents and staff. We believe that this is imperative to the foundations of creating a home as wonderful as Prestbury Beaumont. Whether it be having a chat with our Wellbeing Champion, Chris, or sitting down for a simple cup of tea with a group of residents, there is always time for putting mental health first at our home - a healthy mind is a happy mind.

Care, compassion and a listening ear for all. Nobody is ever alone here.

Prestbury Beaumont Care Community

Garden Centre Trip

‘Do things for people, not because of who they are or what they do in return: but because of who you are.’

A few of our lovely residents decided that a trip out to the garden centre for coffee, cake and a peruse would be the perfect way to spend a morning. Whilst we were enjoying a natter and bite to eat, a lovely gentleman paid for our drinks at the till!

We promise to pass on the random act of kindness on our next adventures here at Prestbury Beaumont.

Silverbirch House Care Home

2nd Birthday Celebrations

What an amazing day we had!!

To celebrate our homes 2nd Birthday we went all out....

We were joined to mark the occasion by Deputy Mayor of Guildford Jane Tyson who gave a special toast to the event.

Our hospitality team created a selection of delicious canapes and a wonderful Birthday cake too

Then an awesome performance from So Sinatra who had the home swinging along and toe tapping to his fabulous performance

We also wanted to remember this day by inviting our residents to add something personal into a time capsule which we are going to keep in our own gardens at the home.

The whole day was truly memorable and a wonderful success

Thank you to everyone that joined us to celebrate

Prestbury Beaumont Care Community

Baking up a Storm!

We recently had a baking session with one of our residents who has always had a passion for all things sweet & savoury! One of her requests was to bake some cakes for all of the residents, so our Activities Co-ordinator Becky got to work with gathering the ingredients and making this a possibility.

Baking is something we love to do at Prestbury Beaumont, as it's something a lot of our residents used to do in their spare time and really enjoy. It also helps greatly with motor skills and hand-eye coordination, and is always so satisfying to see (and taste!) the finished product afterwards.