Celebrating life at Barchester

We had the wonderful Mr Pop's Balloons for a fun afternoon of making balloon animals and items for the residents to enjoy. There were many requests from penguins, zebras, dogs and flowers and as you can see in the photos these brought lots of smiles and laughter. We look forward to Mr Pops Balloons coming in for our 4th Birthday party in February.

Throughout December we have welcomed lots of people into the home. We had Ringwood & District Twinning Association and the choir from St Michael’s, Verwood come to the home for a wonderful carol concert which our residents enjoyed too. We all sang the carols together which everyone all took part in and then enjoyed some mulled wine and mince pies afterwards.

Party time for everyone here at Kingsland House as we enjoyed a fantastic festive musical evening last night with singer Sharon who's wonderful voice and warm personality had us smiling and dancing into the evening.

On Friday 20th December we welcomed the very talented Bee Chumley to Kings Park to perform her rendition of many Christmas favourite songs, the residents were truly thrilled to sing along and get up dancing to their favourite numbers. The Prosecco and Sherry flowed along with the nibbles and all enjoyed the coming together of so many of the homes residents and staff to join in such a joyful occasion. Jenna May Senior General Manager thanked Bee for attending and for the residents for giving her such a wonderful and enthusiastic Kings Park welcome by participating so well in the event. 

Residents thoroughly enjoyed the visit we had from the year 4 pupils of Ferndown First School, it was a full house in the café area to welcome them into our beautiful home on Wednesday 18th December and with great anticipation resident’s sat and listened to them perform eight wonderful songs all Christmas themed plus an encore. Many residents joined in the singing and actions accompanying the songs and were applauding loudly after each performance. 

Gerry our resident ambassador gave a wonderful thank you speech at the end to thank the children and staff for attending and bringing so much joy and Christmas cheer with them to the home and in their performances.

What a packed out lounge we had this week, we were so fortunate to be joined by Battle Abbey School children, who performed a wonderful Christmas show for our residents. Thank you, we absolutely loved to see you all in your Christmas jumpers . 

We had the most wonderful trip and welcome today at our sister home.  Red Oaks Care Home - Barchester Healthcare Henfield.

A delicious lunch in the dining room and then a wonderful festive musical afternoon with the group Brass Fusion! 

Thank you so much to the team and residents at Red Oaks for making us so welcome, and for a delicious lunch and thank you Brass Fusion for a fantastic concert. 

South Chowdene got in the Christmas spirit at the Christmas Party for residents. The homes Christmas party was in full swing with Dave Brewis entertaining, visitors and staff singing and dancing along with the residents. There was a bar attended by the Elf and residents enjoyed a feast of festive foods and reminisced around food they had prepared for Christmas festivities in the past.

General Manager, Kelly Angus said: “Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year and our fantastic residents love to get festive so we’ve pulled out all the stops.  It is so lovely to see them all getting into the Christmas spirit, it’s definitely my favourite time of year.”
 

Celebrating 2 years open  this month, we had a great party with our residents and their families. We all raised a glass or two and enjoyed a slice of our Head Chef's delicious cake.

Raising money for 'Save the Children' and having lots of giggles along the way. Staff and residents joined in to raise money for Save the Children. There was a Catwalk through the Bistro and votes were taken. Pam won and sparkle her way through the rest of the day!

Christmas Carols with the delightful children from Wilton and Barford Primary School. Smiles and good cheer all round.

🎄Christmas Bailey Visit 🎄

All of us here at Chestnut Gardens love when Bailey our therapy dog comes to visit . Residents were over the moon again as Bailey brings so much joy when he arrives and especially now in this festive period 

Over the month of December, we at Hall Park care home have received so many lovely donations from people and businesses in the local area

We had kind donations from:
•    O'Neills tattoo studio
•    Dana's Barber Shop Bulwell
•    Frank's fruit and veg 
•    Card Factory 
•    Morrisons Bulwell Community Champion 
•    Jurassic Cove Adventure Golf 
•    Adam Wood 
•    Co-op Funeralcare 
•    Terry funeral Bulwell 
•    Bonnie & Clyde Bulwell

All the staff and residents at Hall Park would like to say a big thank you, to you all and hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and Happy New Year.

Also, we would like to say a great big thank you to our staff Ranjalee and Sajith A Hatharasinghe for taking time on their day off, to take 2 of our residents Roger and Glenda to Bulwell community to do a little retail therapy and get a couple of Christmas presents. 

They had a such a great time!

We had family members come into the home in plain t-shirts, so residents could have their hands or arms painted and hugged their family members to have a memory T-shirt.

We had a family of 4 generations come in and do cards and t-shirts. 

Some family members couldn't make it and we didn't want residents to miss out. We painted their hands and made printed cards for loved ones too.

All involved had a really good time.

Residents thoroughly enjoyed the visit we had from the year 4 pupils of Ferndown First School, it was a full house in the café area to welcome them into our beautiful home on Wednesday 18th December.

With great anticipation, residents sat and listened to them perform eight wonderful songs, all Christmas themed, plus an encore! 

Many residents joined in the singing and actions accompanying the songs and were applauding loudly after each performance. 

Gerry our resident ambassador gave a wonderful thank you speech at the end to thank the children and staff for attending and bringing so much joy and Christmas cheer with them to the home and in their performances.

Project 21 is a charity in the East of England that thinks outside the box and listens to people with Down syndrome who live in the community.

Listening to their voices and their wishes and making those wishes come true.

One of their wishes this year was to go into a care home and sing to residents and we at Alice Grange were more than happy to open our doors, have them visit us, and spread some Christmas spirit.

Members of the group and our residents sang along to all the Christmas favourites.

Christmas Jumper Day 

All the residents and guests had such a great afternoon enjoying the afternoon festive activities whilst wearing their Christmas Jumpers . 

 

We were invited to a community lunch today to spread the word about what we do at Alice Grange Care Home.

Resident Ambassador Margaret has been a proud resident of Alice Grange for over six years. 

When new residents come to Alice Grange, whether that be for respite or to reside with us permanently, she takes them under her wing and helps them settle in.

On Tuesday 17th December our residents and staff got into the Christmas spirit as we had our Christmas party. 

We started our party with a fantastic buffet lunch made by our amazing kitchen team. The residents love a buffet as it brings them back to when they were younger at birthday parties. 

There were plenty of drinks from beers to J2O’s. We had Christmas music blasting and everyone sang along whilst having lunch. 

After our buffet lunch we played Christmas pass the parcel where everyone won a prize from ted’s to chocolate. We finished our party off with some carol singing.

It has been a fun packed and very busy Christmas at Werrington Lodge this year. From Singers, Panto, Choirs and even a Christmas Fete. Our Residents have enjoyed many a tipple and many a festive treat prepared by themselves and our Chef's.

At Werrington Lodge we have loved opening our home up and hosting events that friends and family can join us for. Shared experiences are the best experiences and we ensure that our residents remain connected with their loved ones whilst they live with us.

It's certainly been a Christmas to remember and at Werrington Lodge and that's what we like to do - create memories, and ensure our residents are leading full enriched lives.

Residents all came together this afternoon for a super fun singalong with the fabulous Nick Glover. 
Singing a selection of Christmas songs & a mixture of some absolute classics! It was beautiful to see everyone singalong & having a good old seated boogie!