Activities at Chester Court Care Home

Our Head Chef  has received a prestigious 25-Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 25 years.

Dawn Thompson Head Chef started at Barchester in October 2000 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years. 
 

To celebrate Eat An Extra Dessert Day, our residents decorated cupcakes and made some chocolate rice crispy cakes. We discussed our favourite desserts whilst making them and then, of course, enjoyed eating all of our delicious homemade treats! 

One of our residents particularly enjoyed making the chocolate rice crispy cakes as it reminded her of when she made them with her children when they were young. She had a lovely time reminiscing about it.         

Magical day out at Butterfly world with our residents.  Exploring the beautiful world of the butterfly. With a huge collection of stunning winged creatures.  

Along with a collection of reptile friends too. Brilliant adventure. We highly recommend a visit to Butterfly World Stockton

A local Care Assistant and Housekeeping Assistant at Chester Court have both received a prestigious 25-Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for a combined 50-years.

Lynn Johnstone and Wendy Hetherington now Housekeeping and Care Assistant, both started at Barchester in July 2000 and have worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years. 
 

Staff, residents and their guests were celebrating the birth of baby chicks this week at the home. There was a lot of egg-citement at the home as three chicks hatched throughout the week. Residents were able to pet and feed the chicks as they found their footing in their new home.

What a thoroughly brilliant day we all had at The Royal Navy Museum in Hartlepool. We highly recommend a visit to this astounding piece of naval history. So well presented and informative. 

Our residents really enjoyed the whole experience and even walked the plank. We got a great insight into how life was on this wonderful ship. Till next time we will return.      

Celebrations have been in full swing at Chester Court, as one of its residents reaches her centenary in style.

Alina was joined by staff, relatives, friends and other residents as she received a telegram from the King and the Queen Consort in recognition of her landmark birthday. A reception was held at the home in Alina’s honour and guests enjoyed a special birthday cake sourced locally, the home was delighted to welcome the children from Westend Primary who mingled with guests and sung a rousing rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’ to the birthday girl. 
 

Stunning wedding day for one of our resident's grandsons at Barn on the Bay at Duridge Bay. 

Congratulations to all the family for putting on an amazing day for everyone and the weather was beautiful .

Ann Ducat has been crowned Home Administrator of the Year for the North East and Scotland Division in the Barchester Care Awards 2025 and is through to the national round of judging.

The Barchester Care Awards celebrate the staff who go the extra mile for the benefit of the 13,500 residents living in Barchester’s 267 care homes and private hospitals across the country. Categories range from ‘Registered Nurse of the Year’ and ‘Carer of the Year’ to ‘Dementia Care Champion’ and ‘Activities Coordinator of the Year’. 
 

Residents enjoyed a creative morning in their arts and crafts session, showing their artistic flair for creating musical instruments from various materials.

Another successful Sunday Family session. To celebrate Burger and waffle week. We invited families and friends to join us for an afternoon of burgers, waffles, ice cream and a lashing of alcohol, followed by a fun hour of Musical Singalong Bingo with our silent disco headphones. 

It was a cracking afternoon with lots of singing and laughter. Thank you everyone for joining us!   

Residents had a great bank holiday visiting Stamfordham car show! 

There was a mixture of classic cars, sports cars as well as motorbikes, there was so much to see! We also enjoyed a picnic in the lovely weather listening to the live band play

We were blessed with a visit from gorgeous Nell who spent the whole morning giving love and cuddles to all our residents, even in their beds.  She was a huge hit.  

Thank you, Neil, for bringing her in to give us all so much pleasure. Nell our house bear!

Fantastic morning at NUFC Memory Cafe with the families of our lovely residents.  It was interesting and great fun listening to Bobby Moncur relay his cup-winning times at the toon back in the day.

Fantastic afternoon with the lovely Mind Active team at The Salvation Army in Bedlington . Wonderful hospitality as always, great craik and great company. Thanks as always for making our day so fabulous.