Celebrating life at Barchester

There were smiles all around at Elderwood House as our residents enjoyed a wonderful pet therapy visit. Spending time with our friendly four-legged visitors brought comfort, laughter and plenty of happy memories, with residents enjoying cuddles, conversation and companionship.

Pet therapy is a fantastic way to promote wellbeing, encourage social interaction and create meaningful moments, and it was lovely to see the positive impact it had on everyone involved. We look forward to welcoming our furry friends back to Elderwood again soon! 

Today we've had a wonderful day! We were delighted to welcome a very special visitor, Bertie! Who certainly brightened everyone's day and brought lots of smiles. He enjoyed going round doing room visits too! 

In the afternoon, we enjoyed a trip to St Barnabas Church for The Lookout – Community Hub Dementia Café. We took part in a lively and competitive game of bingo, followed by a lovely lunch with great company.

A big thank you to all the organisers for another fantastic afternoon. We always look forward to visiting each month and thoroughly enjoy being part of it!

Our Activities Team is dedicated to ensuring that we organise events that encourage our residents to host their families and friends at Ashfields. Our home is always to open to loved ones who wish to take part in our life enrichment program.

Brian and Jackie who are Residents at Ashfields had their 64th wedding anniversary at the Home. Joined by family, friends and fellow residents the home threw a party to remember. We were joined by one of our favourite entertainers Nick.

Ensuring that we host events that relatives and friends can join is very important to us here at Ashfields.

At Ashfields we support and encourage our residents to continue doing the things they love whilst also making new friends. We hold regular activities that help or residents use cognitive and motor skills to provide holistic benefits that enhance the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of residents.

Our Residents enjoyed a flower arranging activity this week. There were smiles and plenty of laughs as they brightened up their home.

Our latest Community Bingo Night here at Bayleaf was a huge success!

We welcomed more people than ever before, and the excitement in the room before we even started was fantastic to see.

There were plenty of lucky winners throughout the evening, and our raffle raised a wonderful amount for the Residents’ Fund. A huge thank you to everyone who came along, took part, and helped make the night such a success.

A great evening was had by all, and we’re already looking forward to our next Bingo Night in August! We hope to see you there! 

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that our incredible Activities Coordinator, Becky, has been named Hampton Grove’s Employee of the Month for June! 

This recognition is so incredibly well deserved. Becky is the heart and soul of our home, constantly going above and beyond to create spectacular events and activities for our residents. From making dreams come true to organising unforgettable trips out whether it’s a quick pint at the local pub or a sunny day out at the beach, she makes sure our residents live life to the absolute fullest! 

As you have all seen right here on our Facebook page, Becky loves throwing in those extra special, magical surprises for every occasion. She is deeply caring, devoted, and an amazing colleague to the entire team. Her patience, support, and dedication to creating truly meaningful moments for our residents shine through every single day.

General Manager Stefan and everyone who nominated you want to say a massive thank you for everything you do.
Huge congratulations, Becky! We are so lucky to have you on our team! 

What a fantastic day we had on our trip to Hunstanton! It brought back so many happy memories as everyone reminisced about family holidays by the seaside. Jill shared lovely stories about her grandad, who was a fishmonger, and how regular trips to Hunstanton were such a special part of her childhood.

We all enjoyed a delicious lunch together, with plenty of smiles as everyone checked out the menu and compared what each other had ordered. It’s always lovely to see everyone chatting, laughing, and sharing the experience.

After lunch, we took a stroll along the beach, enjoyed the fresh sea air, and of course treated ourselves to an ice cream. As Bonnie said, “You have to have an ice cream when you go to the seaside!”

To finish off our day, we couldn’t resist a visit to the 2p machines! There was lots of laughter, a little friendly competition, and we may even have given one of the machines a gentle shake to see if we could encourage a few extra pennies to fall out… all in good fun!

A wonderful day filled with laughter, memories, friendship, and plenty of seaside smiles. We can’t wait for our next adventure!