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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…
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Elf Day Fun
Free Ear Wax Removal Checks
Our home warmly welcomed Amanda from Jatec Healthcare on Wednesday 26th November for a special community ear wax removal clinic, offering free ear checks to residents and local community members.
The clinic provided an excellent opportunity for people to receive professional ear health advice and checks in a relaxed and friendly environment. Amanda’s expertise was greatly appreciated by everyone who attended, helping to promote better hearing health in the community.
Christmas Light Switch-On with Elvis
Elvis was in the building to shake, rattle and switch on the lights!
We had an unforgettable, amazing afternoon at Iverley View as our very own Elvis joined us to officially light up the home for Christmas!
Residents, families and staff were all ‘shook up’ by his amazing performance, it was brilliant!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the fun, music, great food, and magical lights!
Long live the King….. and long live the Christmas cheer!
Elvis has now left the building!!!! What a great turn out, bring Elvis back!!
Christmas shopping
In the afternoon we went to Carr Farm, a popular local garden centre near us.
They always have amazing Christmas decorations and set-ups. It really did get us in the merry mood picking out presents and Christmas cards for loved ones. We finished the afternoon off with a cup of tea and cake in the café.
Remembrance Day
We all gathered together to show our respects and held a two-minute silence. We watched the service on TV and then in the afternoon we sang some well-known songs by a spectacular singer, Jenny.
It brought us all happiness on such a sorrowful day, but it brought us together in song.
Bonfire Night at Caldy Manor
We all gathered together in the lounge, dining room and garden after tea to light up sparklers with children from staff. It was such a joyous feeling waiting in anticipation for the fireworks to start.
The children spoke to residents about what they enjoyed the most about bonfire night. The fireworks where wonderful to watch. “This is the best firework display I have seen!”
Exercise with hula hoops
Today, we had a brilliant exercise session with a surprise for our lovely residents. Our exercises included hula hoops, our residents filled the room with laughter and really adored doing something different.
The hula hoops even had LED lights which caught everyone’s eye. During the exercise, the residents were curious and all attempted it to their very best ability.
Art class with university students
What a wonderful afternoon with lovely guests, we had the amazing university students from York come and visit us.
During this time, we got creative and explored various different chalks, sprinkles, tracing, drawing and much more.
Our residents really found this fascinating and were very engaged throughout.
Guy Fawkes evening celebration
Our residents had a wonderful evening with Guy Fawkes to celebrate this historic event. We had a chilled baileys along with a hot chocolate. As well as this, we enjoyed hearing about the rich history of Guy Fawkes. We also had a quiz to test our resident’s knowledge of the event afterwards, which they found very interesting.
To top it all off, we made toffee apples, held sparklers and listened to brilliant music.