Celebrating life at Barchester

Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter from all of us at Kingsland House. We’ve had a lovely weekend, with visits from the Easter Bunny and Chicken, a fun Easter egg hunt, Easter Sunday songs of praise, a delicious roast dinner, and of course, eggs for everyone!

Easter Bunny Visit 

Over the bank holiday weekend the residents enjoyed a variety of Easter themed activities, including a special visit from Bopsy the Easter bunny. Who visited with a basket full of chocolate eggs and plenty of cheer, Bopsy bounced from room to room, delivering sweet treats and even sweeter smiles to residents and team members alike. 

A cheerful, festive weekend with plenty of chocolate eaten too!

Staff and residents celebrated Easter with a whole host of different activities including an Easter coffee morning, spring garden strolls, reminiscing and much more.

Residents enjoyed an eggs-tensive range of Easter activities, from reminiscing about past Easter memories to enjoying a visit from the Easter bunny.  Residents also tucked in to a delicious Easter meal of roast lamb with all the trimmings, followed by a variety of chocolate themed puddings, prepared by the home’s head chef Andrew. 

The Cedars was full of animal mischief on Easter Monday when a they were visited by some adorable baby lambs- just three weeks old!  

Residents were pleasantly surprised to see their new furry friends roaming around their lounge as Mill Farm paid a visit; and were thrilled to have the opportunity to bottle feed the lambs. Mill Farm is owned by a friend of resident Joy, who was instrumental in arranging the visit. She said ‘it’s so lovely to see them again, next time they can bring some mint sauce!’

What a lovely Easter Monday we had at Magnolia Court. With the sun shining and everyone in great spirits, residents, staff and family members came together in the garden for a very special afternoon of music and celebration. 

Frank and the Fab Boys kept everyone entertained with a fantastic selection of well-loved songs as well as a quiz where residents could win some easter treats. There was plenty of singing along from the audience and a few of our residents were even up on their feet enjoying a dance, which made the afternoon all the more special. It was a joyful way to mark Easter, with laughter, music and togetherness filling the garden. Days like these are such a special part of life at Magnolia Court, bringing everyone together to enjoy the moment and make happy memories.

Staff and residents at Lydfords celebrated Easter with a whole host of different activities including an afternoon of easter fun with the staff’s children, an easter egg hunt for all of the staff and a visit from the easter bunny on Sunday Morning.

Residents enjoyed an eggs-tensive range of Easter activities, from an afternoon full of Easter fun with the staff’s children who came to do an Easter Word Hunt and a visit from the Easter Bunny who delivered Easter Eggs around to each of the residents, Residents also tucked in to a delicious Easter meal of a gorgeous Roast Beef with all of the trimmings a fantastic Easter Cake prepared by our Second Chef Alina. 

Lydfords Care Home have invited local professionals to their monthly Professional Networking Breakfast.

In the last session around 20 professionals from various organisations within the community gathered at Lydfords for a delicious continental style breakfast and the chance to get to know a bit about each other and what they do. 

There was such a wonderful group of people and we would love for more people from the community to join us and get involved.

For more information about our next Business Networking events, please email lydfords@barchester.com for more details.

We love nothing more than an outing on the minibus so when some of our residents said that they would like to go to St Ives we were more than happy to oblige.

Valerie, Andy and John had a lovely time walking along the Great River Ouse and crossing the famous Chapel Bridge before stopping to feed the pigeons and ducks.

The day ended with a well-earned coffee and hot drink before we boarded the minibus to go back to the home.