Activities at Chacombe Park Care Home

What better way to brighten a dull and rainy day than to have our spirits uplifted by the talented students, and members of the Dementia Choir at Winchester House School, Brackley, Northamptonshire.

Our little group are always welcomed as part of the school’s family and entertained with sing-along songs and musical recitals. Today we were mesmerised by an extremely talented young student who played a solo rendition on his French Horn captivating us all with every note!

It was lovely to meet and chat to so many people over the luscious finger sandwiches and fancy cakes the school had lovingly prepared for us all. These sessions are such a treat to attend - Keeping our residents’ part of the community is a priority; particularly for those living with dementia.

Extending our community connections ensures our residents lives remain enriched and the benefits of intergenerational activities shows clear benefits for all involved.

We look forward to welcoming the students to our home in the coming months and will be extending an invitation to the choirs attendees to join us as we launch our new Dementia Friendly Cafe at Chacombe Park in February.

Well done to our Head of Maintenance; Gareth Lewis for achieving Employee of the month! 

He is extremely passionate about his job and always willing to help others. He goes above and beyond his role for the benefit of his colleagues and the residents who love his happy energy.

Gareth was congratulated by the home’s General Manager for the achievement and was presented with a £25 voucher as a special thank you. Shaju Paul, General Manager said: “I’m delighted to have such a caring and talented individual working as part of our team and I hope this ‘Employee of the Month’ award goes some way towards showing how much Gareth’s hard work is valued.

Today we took advantage of a break in the weather to take a walk in out amazing garden and grounds. With acres to explore our residents and staff are spoilt for choice which path to wander and what wildlife they will see. In the afternoon we enjoyed a social get together with wine and cheese to unwind and chat. Everyone was in good spirits, even Maisy the dog from across the road got involve!

Today at our home we had amazing Live Entertainment from #Vintageruby. The residents and family members really enjoyed themselves.

It was smiles all round. our live-in couple; Hugh and Pauline were joined by their lovely daughter Vanessa, and residents Shirley and Wendy took to the floor without delay for their weekly dance session!

Today the residents at our home were treated to live entertainment from the lovely Fiona Harrison - A Voice in a Million. 
She sang a wonderful selection of classic winter warmers which the residents loved! One of our residents; Shirley had the urge to get up and start dancing. It was a truly wonderful atmosphere for all the residents.

We had a lovely visit from Champagne Enterprise who sang classic pop songs to our residents who thoroughly loved them! We also had some lovely moments with two beautiful couples, Pauline and Hugh who live together in our home and Jerry and Marian, Jerry is a caring husband who frequently visits his wife Marian.