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…

Boroughbridge Manor Care Home

Residents embrace flower power

Residents celebrated British Flowers Week which took place from 15-21 June. Founded by New Covent Garden Market in 2013, British Flowers Week is an annual celebration of the wealth and variety of British flowers, plants and foliage.

Residents took part in flower-based activities throughout the week including a flower arranging competition, a quiz on flowers, and drawing of flowers in the garden which everyone really enjoyed. Their collective knowledge about flowers gained from years of gardening experience was very impressive.

Braeburn Lodge Care Home

World Ocean Day

Staff and residents have been celebrating World Oceans Day which took place on 8th June.

Residents and staff had a great time visiting Skegness Aquarium, learning about all the ways in which we can help the oceans; from finding out about the environmental challenges that face our marine life to the effects of overfishing and climate change, to how we can all use less plastic and help in the efforts to reduce pollution in our rivers and coasts. There is so much we can all do to help replenish our oceans and protect marine life.

Elgar Court Care Home

Worcester Warriors Dementia Café

Tom Reeves from the Worcester Warriors Dementia team has been running this amazing new Dementia Cafe in Upton Upon Severn every Tuesday morning for the local community. If you are living with or with someone with Dementia, come and join in the fun with Tom and his team for a fun morning of activities for all to enjoy - and always with cakes and drinks!

Classic Car Sunday Season

Our Classic Car Sunday is growing from strength to strength again this year!

At our last event this month, Jenny our resident, even colour co-ordinated with this cute Heinkel Bubble car!

Happy Father's Day

We hope everyone had a lovely Father's Day yesterday. We enjoyed the day in our Café and on the Terrace with loved ones, celebrating over wonderful cocktails and Bar drinks served throughout the afternoon for everyone to enjoy. Happy Father's day!

Positive Dining Experiences at West Oak

This week one of our Residents, Janet, designed her own diabetic-friendly menu and our wonderful Chef was able to prepare it for her. Her delicious choices included a fresh tomato and feta salad to start, a ham and pineapple pizza for her main, and strawberries and cream for dessert, all enjoyed with a glass of orange juice!

Here at West Oak, supporting residents to make informed choices while meeting their individual health needs is at the heart of what we do. By tailoring menus to preferences and dietary requirements, we help to ensure every dining experience is both enjoyable and nutritious.

It was a lovely experience from planning and preparing to being served and Janet enjoyed her meal!

Ice Cream on a sunny day!

What better way to cool down during this lovely hot weather than with a delicious ice cream!

Our residents and staff enjoyed a well-deserved treat when our wonderful local ice cream man paid us a visit. Residents were spoiled for choice, enjoying classic Mr Whippy ice creams , refreshing ice pops, and tasty ice cream sundaes !

Seeing everyone smiling, chatting, and enjoying their favourite treats made for a fantastic afternoon full of laughter and happiness.

Fathers Day Celebration

We enjoyed a fantastic afternoon celebrating together with a trip to the driving range, where there were plenty of smiles, laughs, and a little friendly competition along the way.

Afterwards, we headed back to relax with a delicious steak and a cold beer while watching the sport on the television – the perfect way to spend Father’s Day!

Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the day so special. We hope you all had a wonderful Father’s Day and created some great memories together

A day with different music!

A lovely day with Natalie playing tunes we remember with her Organ! The weather wasn’t great, but we could still fully hear the tunes and joined in with a sing along!

Music really is a powerful tool to stimulate the minds, lift spirits and connect everyone with their memories and loved ones!