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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…
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Home transformed into Graceland
Meadowbeck was transformed into Graceland to mark what would have been Elvis Presley’s 91st birthday on 8 January.
General Manager, Annaliza, said: “Lots of our residents are big Elvis fans and love his music. We’ve had a fantastic day listening to all his hits, finding out about his early life and what influenced him and watching old Elvis movies, he was such an incredible talent. In the afternoon our residents and families were delighted to have entertainment with Glenn Booth, who performed all his greatest hits for everyone to sing and dance along to, it is amazing how many songs he recorded. We all surprised ourselves by how many we remembered!”
Musical entertainment
Residents of South Chowdene enjoyed a lovely afternoon singing and dancing together when Nikki stopped by to perform with her cello.
It was a fantastic afternoon, everyone absolutely loved having a dance and twirling around the lounge before they enjoy a refreshing cup of tea and slice of home-made cake.
There were huge smiles all around as the afternoon came to a close!
Play your cards right!
Keeping active, having social interactions and being mentally stimulated is very important to residents at South Chowdene. Residents recently enjoyed a play your cards right competition in a recent games afternoon.
Keeping active together!
Keeping active, having social interactions and being mentally stimulated is very important to Residents at South Chowdene. Residents took advantage of an Oomph live exercise class.
As part of the homes life enrichment programme, we include firm favourites in the homes calendar with fun-filled adapted games that they played over the years in a safe environment!
Rocking into the New Year
To celebrate the end of 2025 and welcome in the New Year we had a Silent Disco. Residents put on their headphones and had a choice of music to listen to, this was great fun as each resident could listen to their favourite style of music while enjoying the company of everyone.
They enjoyed some New Year tipples and buffet while dancing the day away with friends, families and staff. Residents told staff they had the best time and would love to do this again in the New Year!
Santa and the 12 Toys of Christmas Pantomime
Resident Ambassador Susanne Watson set to work on writing her Christmas Pantomime for 2025 “Santa and the 12 Toys of Christmas”.
The all-star cast list included staff and residents keen to put on an Oscar worthy performance which they certainly did. The panto was packed with jokes and definitely filled the room with laughter.
A magical Christmas market
We started our Christmas Festivities with our annual Christmas Market. The residents came along and shopped at our local craft makers stalls, enjoyed the dancing on show and were treated to a lovely performance of bagpipes. They tucked into some delicious food. Families, friends and the local community loved the Christmas spirit that was spreading through the home.
Resident Rose Archibald said “I was absolutely delighted to see the markets being such a great success!! I went to the markets feeling down and unwell and as soon as I came down, I saw the dance group perform and I felt my spirits lifting immediately!! They were amazing and I hope the come back to visit”
