Celebrating life at Barchester

We had another lovely afternoon of live music with Cameron Lemmer. The home was filled with singing, laughter, and lots of clapping.

There were plenty of smiles and even some dancing, making it a really special time for everyone.    

We had a jam-packed Easter filled with activities such as baking carrot cake cupcakes, animal therapy with our hatching chicks, and of course, eating lots of chocolate! 

Residents also enjoyed some bank holiday fun at our annual Easter fair, playing games for prizes such as tombola and hook a duck as well as looking through all the small business stalls that came along. We are delighted to announce that we raised £360 at our fair. 

For the third consecutive year, our residents loved taking part in our hatching eggs, unlike last year when we hatched ducklings. This year we hatched chicks. Our hatching chicks made it really feel like Easter as they hatched on Good Friday. 

Our residents loved looking after and caring for our chicks for 3 weeks. Our chicks are now at home with our senior career until they are old enough to live outside with the rest of her chickens and ducks. We are all looking forward to regular updates on how the chicks are and how they are developing into chickens.

In April, we welcomed our local MP Lisa Smart into our home. Lisa was welcomed into the home by lots of hugs and handshakes from residents, with an afternoon tea with cakes and sweet treats. 

Lisa spoke with residents about their life at Arbour Court, discussing wishes, activities and general life at Arbour Court.      

In honour of the Grand Masters Tour, our residents enjoyed a pitch and putt set up in our home. Residents look in turns to compete against one other to win Arbour Court’s golf trophy. 

Later on, we sat back and relaxed, reminiscing with residents about their favourite sport and competitions they had competed in whilst we watched past Masters tournaments on our smart TV.     

Here at Mulberry Court we have had a very productive afternoon preparing tasty treats for our charity bake sale tomorrow morning.

Residents worked together discussing who would be best doing which element and before long, they had an almost production line system in place all while listening to Abba hits.

Please do join us tomorrow morning in our café bar area from 10.30am to raise funds for the Barchester foundation. All treats will be available for a donation. 

Over the last couple of days, here at our care home, Lancaster Grange, we have enjoyed two wonderful celebrations.

Ian had a great birthday, with a family gathering, enjoying delicious birthday cake together. This afternoon, we welcomed into our home, Linda Simms and her community choir into our home.

We have more music, with Jeremy joining us on Thursday, starting our Easter Celebrations. Linda has played clarinet and saxophone for many years here at Lancaster Grange, and we are thrilled to support her new choir group. 

We have continued with our 'fun in the sun' here at our care home, Lancaster Grange, today!

We were thrilled to spend time this morning on our café patio, the first time this year! Our residents joined together for a true or false quiz, provided by Oomph Wellness, accompanied by a digest booklet, all about famous chefs and restaurants.

This led into a wonderful discussion and reminiscence morning, our residents sharing their experiences and memories together.

This afternoon, we continued with garden walks and talks, admiring our beautiful grounds and flowers. Families joined in and enjoy a delicious chocolate ice cream, provided by our hospitality team.

A great way to spend time, with sunshine and great company. 

The first of our local community engagement events, this week at our care home, Lancaster Grange, proved to be a great success!

We warmly welcomed into our home this afternoon, members of RAFA Balderton, for our Veterans games afternoon.

Each month, we hold a 'Veterans Afternoon’ welcoming Veterans of the British Armed Forces into our homes, to join together and share social time.

We had a fantastic, fun experience with the members of RAFA Balderton, lots of laughter filled our room, along with delicious tea and cake, a wonderful experience for all.