Celebrating life at Barchester

We were delighted to welcome the New Year with a special social Afternoon Tea, bringing together previous respite residents, families , friends and members of our local community for a warm and joyful afternoon. 

There was a lovely buzz throughout the room as stories were shared, memories for the past and reflections of life with hopes for the year ahead. Laughter filled the space creating a wonderful warm atmosphere whilst we got to welcome back some of previous respite residents and families to catch up on how life is back at home, whilst our local veteran group The Muster Point shared wonderful photos between us from there past . 

Events like these highlight the importance of community and connection, and we are proud to offer opportunities where people can come together in such a meaningful way. A big thank you to everyone who joined us.

As part of our great activities planner the residents are always kept busy with fun things to do at Stoneham. Our ladies had fun in our weekly baking club today where they could get creative making cakes, but also enjoyed a nice slice with a nice cuppa afterwards. 

The magic of the theatre arrived at our Home as the home hosted a vibrant and high-energy production of the classic fairy tale, Cinderella, performed by the popular Tickled Pink Productions.

The communal dining room was transformed into a ballroom as residents, staff, and guests enjoyed the colourful costumes and upbeat musical numbers. Far from just being spectators, the residents became part of the show, singing along to familiar tunes and playing along with musical instruments provided during the performance.

Benazir, General Manager at Glebefields Care Home, said "It was a truly wonderful morning. The energy that Tickled Pink brings is infectious, and seeing our residents so engaged. We are already looking forward to welcoming the troupe back later this year for more performances."

There has been plenty green fingers and muddy hands in the home. Our wonderful residents have been busy planting a variety of bulbs to brighten up our outdoor spaces.

It was lovely to enjoy time together while planning the garden to be full of colour. We can't wait to see our tulips and daffodils bloom in the coming months 

We are thrilled to announce that Siju James was nominated as our December Employee of the Month.
Benazir, our General Manager, expressed “Siju was nominated for going above and beyond and dedication to the home over the Christmas period to maximise the festive time in the home, with a “I can do” attitude. And who works tirelessly through commitment to maintaining the highest standards in delivering great support to all our residents”

Siju has a very positive attitude with his compassionate nature this has made a significant impact on the daily lives and social interactions of our residents. 

Congratulations and thank you, Siju, for your outstanding contribution from all the residents and staff here at Glebefields Care Home.

As part of our Health & Wellbeing initiatives throughout January, we had the great pleasure of inviting the team from local hearing specialists at Evans Hearing & Healthcare Centre into Claremont Parkway for their first of many 2026 ‘Ear Health Workshops’. 

The care the team took to explain to our residents wishing to have their hearing tested was exemplary. Teresa Evans who, as a qualified nurse, is able to perform wax removal for clients as well as also being a fully qualified Hearing Aid Audiologist gave our residents a full explanation of what she could see when looking into each ear. Going onto perform ear wax removal if required.

The event was a great success with several residents receiving full wax removal, booking more intensive ‘in-home’ hearing tests and having current hearing aid problems solved.

Thank you to everyone who attended and to the Evans Hearing & Healthcare Centre team whose professionalism, understanding and care made this possible. We look forward to hosting the event again in late Spring.

It was Eyes Down at the home on Friday as we were joined by fellow keen dabbers from our local community as we hosted a fun-filled evening of Bingo at the home.

Refreshments were provided upon arrival and then it was eyes down for a full house as our residents and visitors battled it out to find out who would prevail. There were prizes for all of the winners and the evening was a great success with lots of fun and laughter throughout the evening.

We very much look forward to doing this again very soon.

On the first Wednesday of every month we are lucky enough to hold the Encircled with Care community church service taken by one of the team at Much Wenlock Parish Church.

This month the service was taken by The Reverend Sam Rigby Team Curate as well as the Epiphany church service he delighted our residents as he took Holy Communion as well.  

This week Reverend Sam returned on a more informal basis as one of our guest speakers and joined us for a cuppa and talked about his journey to being ordained.