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…

Lotus Manor Care Home

Bill becomes first resident to complete our most challenging puzzle!!

This week we celebrated a very special achievement. Our wonderful resident Bill has become the first person at Lotus Manor to complete our beautiful puzzle of the old Boughton Hall, The home that once stood on this very site before Lotus Manor was built.

This wasn’t an easy puzzle by any means, but Bill approached it with patience, determination, and his trademark sense of humour. Watching the image of Boughton Hall slowly come together felt like watching a piece of local history come back to life.

At Lotus Manor, the stories of Send and Ripley are woven into our daily life. Many of our residents have deep roots in the area, and keeping that history alive through memories, conversations, and even puzzles is something we treasure.

A huge well done to Bill for completing this special puzzle and helping us honour the past while we enjoy the present together.

Happy Retirement to Pauline.

It was a sad day today as we said goodbye to this amazing woman Pauline. She has worked tirelessly over the past 9 and a half years to give love, care, support and friendship to our residents. She will most definitely be missed.

Good luck to you Pauline in your next chapter.

Feel Good Moments

On Monday this week we said hello to Think Cre8tive who joined us for a sing along. They received a cheque from The Barchester Foundation for £1.000 to help them to continue all their good work.

It was a delightful morning and the residents joined in with the singing.

Out and About, Breakfast with the Horses Polegate Equestrian Centre

So nice to get out and about this morning! A perfect treat for Helen, who celebrates her 94th Birthday today. We took her to visit Polegate Equestrian Centre, and thanks to Anna there, Helen was able to brush and groom the horses and feed them their breakfast of carrots and apples. Good times had by all... Thank you Polegate Equestrian Centre, Polegate.

Brookfield Care Home

Staff Appreciation Day

What a busy week we have had.

We have been on a trip to visit our friends at our Sister home Cheshire Grange.

We have celebrated National Staff Appreciation Day with gifts of chocolates and sweets given to us by our Manager.

We have enjoyed Eric’s birthday and celebrated with a lovely Thornton’s chocolate cake. We have also had chair exercises and games of ball pop with the winners winning sweets.

Master Pieces Created in our Spring Workshop

Our Masterpiece Studio session this week, has gone extremely well. We made our spring projects, vases, flower pots and tiles. Our lovely residents used stencils and a free hand to get the images we wanted and with the help and experience of Gillian, we got the desired outcome we had in mind. Lots of laughs, giggles were had, plus we got our glass coasters back from our last session. Such fun and a joy to see the shared creativity and engagement focusing everyone's minds.

Pub Anyone!

Minibus trip to the White Post for lunch!

Yesterday we took a trip out in our homes minibus to the White post Pub.

The pub is only 5 minutes away from our home so we took a big group of residents over in two trips!

We even had family members join us which was really nice.

It was lovely to sit together, catch up, and enjoy some lovely pub food.

Edingley Lodge Care Home

64 Years of Marriage

Today we celebrated something special Pam and David’s 64th Wedding Anniversary!

The couple marked their incredible milestone with a big cake to cut, along with cards and gifts. It was lovely for everyone to come together to celebrate the many years of memories they’ve shared.

Congratulations Pam and David on 64 amazing years together!

With love and best wishes from everyone here at the home — we hope your day has been special!

Bayleaf Care Home

Ten-Pin Bowling fun

Yesterday we took three of our lovely gentlemen residents out for a fantastic afternoon of Tenpin Bowling. The lanes were filled with laughter, friendly competition, and even a few impressive strikes.

It was a wonderful opportunity to stay active, have fun, and create some great memories together. We’re so proud of our residents for getting stuck in and showing off their bowling skills.

Andy, John and Clive all agreed that is was a brilliant day out!!