Activities at Chester Court Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinator is dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Our aim is to make sure that our residents feel they had something to look forward to each day. We have a varied life enrichment programme, both in the home and in the community, and we always ask if there is anything different that residents would like to do. Residents and families approach our Activities Coordinator and comment on how much they enjoy what we do, so that we can continue to develop our programme to the benefit of our residents.
Lauren Corbett
Hi, my name is Lauren and I am the Activities Coordinator here at Chester Court. I joined the team in December 2020 and bring a wealth of enthusiasm to the role. I have just graduated from university in July 2020 and have previously completed work experience at another Barchester home. During this work experience I discovered how meaningful and important activities are for residents and how they can help enhance resident’s lives. Therefore, I decided to become an activities coordinator myself as I feel this is such a rewarding role.
I love working with our Residents here at the home and getting to know them and their families so that I can deliver and support in meaningful activities, keeping them socially stimulated and active as part of our extensive life enrichment calendar. The lifestyle and continued community links are also important.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Chester Court Care Home
World Ocean Day
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Chester Court care home in Bedlington have been celebrating World Ocean Day which took place on 8th June. World Ocean Day 2023 is aimed at raising awareness of how important the ocean is and how we need to protect it.
Residents and staff at Chester Court took a trip on the homes mini-bus to visit Tynemouth Aquarium, seeing a wide variety of sea life creatures including, harbour seals, clown fish, blacktip reef sharks, European lobsters, red bellied piranhas, volitan lionfish and many more!
International Nurses Day
We would like to say a big thank you to all of our Nurses at Chester Court for all of the hard work they do! Residents took part in arts and crafts sessions creating and writing out handmade cards to gift to our Nurses.
Community Coronation Party
We celebrated the Coronation in style at the Bedlington Community Centre where we had a delicious afternoon tea followed by a game of bingo and finished off with lots of live entertainment, including singers and dancers! We also bumped into our sister home Meadow Park who were also enjoying the event. We all had an amazing time, thank you to West Bedlington Town Council for sponsoring and organising this amazing event.
The Big Coronation Party
Chester Court celebrated in style by throwing an amazing Coronation Party! To kick start the party we had a royal themed quiz, congratulations to our winners the Stafford family! We then had an amazing live performance from Mark Mccan with everyone dancing and singing along . We drew our raffle winners and finally enjoyed a delicious buffet, thank you to Barbara the chef and Nion the kitchen assistant for preparing it all. We would also like to thank all the family members who donated to our event!
Virtual event with Art Historian
Residents across our services had a delightful time during a special virtual sensory storytelling event, led by Art Historian Jon Sleigh from the Historic Royal Palaces.
Jon took us on a journey to discover some of the more unusual and unexpected inhabitants of the palaces and the Tower of London, sharing fascinating stories about the pets at the palaces.
Whilst enjoying the virtual experience, our residents were treated to hot beverages, delicious biscuits, berries and cakes. It was a truly lovely time for all.
The rich history of coronations
Across our services Residents had a wonderful time participating in an interactive virtual talk with Pippa Catterall, Professor of History and Policy at the University of Westminster, where we delved into the rich history of coronations.
During the talk, we explored fascinating topics such as the coronation chair, the crown, and other significant aspects related to King Charles' upcoming coronation. Our residents were thrilled to have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the memoirs of past coronations from 1937 and 1953, as well as learning about the coronation oath and what to expect from the ceremony, including the music, guests, and pageantry.
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