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…

Station Court Care Home

Gardening Club

The first day of Spring arrived recently bringing with it beautiful warm sunshine, our ladies and gentlemen have been patiently waiting to go into the garden and tidy up the raised beds, sweep away the cobwebs and spruce up the garden furniture.

Weeding, sowing, seeding and generally digging down transforming our outside space preparing it for Summer. It's now time to be patient and watch all of the hard work spring into life

Upton Bay Care Home

Special Visitors

We were delighted to welcome Emma and her two adorable 10-week-old lambs, Bam Bam and Barney, to Upton Bay .Residents enjoyed stroking, cuddling and feeding them, with plenty of smiles and lovely reminiscing too. Thank you, Emma, for a truly special visit.

Guiding the Way

We were absolutely thrilled when Nicola and her 4 year old guide dog Ali came to visit us recently . Nicola chatted to us about how lucky she was to have Ali as it costs £103,000 to train a guide dog and you can be on the waiting list for several years . Ali has been with Nicola for 18mths and will be her guide dog until she gets to around 9 years of age . Ali was as good as gold but being a black lab couldn't resist checking out Shirley's handbag on the search for carrots , which apparently are her favourite snack
Thank you to Nicola and Ali for spending time with us .

Easter

Easter at Upton Bay was full of joy, faith and laughter.Residents enjoyed hymns, poems and a Spiritual Sunday Service, followed by a lovely 3-course lunch. The Easter Bunny brought eggs and Lindt chocolates, while the afternoon brought a hat parade, Bunny Hoopla, cake by Chef Alain and lots of smiles.

Grand National Fun

We couldn't let the Aintree Festival go without doing something with the residents so we all took part in a Grand National sweepstake for the big race on Saturday.

Each of the residents picked a horse at random and then sat and watched the race hoping that their horse would triumph.

We are very happy to say that our lucky winner was Clive with Joyce and John making up the top three. They each received a prize to acknowledge their win and were only too happy to pose for a celebratory photo with Lorraine.

Gentlemen's Club

The gentlemen gathered together today for their friendly afternoon session of pitching their wits against each other with a marathon of games.

Dominoes, card games and giant Jenga were played with stealth and planning. Friendly banter and wit were fabulous to hear!

The Gentlemen’s Club is an amazing chance for our lads to come together with similar interests forging new friendships.

Double celebrations

Everybody at Meadow Park would like to wish our Joe a very big Happy 87th Birthday and our David a very big Happy 82nd Birthday

Both of the lads enjoyed being the centre of attention today and were spoilt with lots of cards and presents from their doting families.

Birthdays are a firm fixture in our social calendar!

A day of fun and colour

A day of fun and games with an array of colour was enjoyed by everyone today, two members of the team decided to dress up as crayons to encourage our ladies and gentlemen to express their fun with some artwork and games.

A trip out to attend the Mind Active Activity Day was enjoyed by four of our ladies meeting up with friends and family before

dinner, good music and dancing was the plan for the day and a thoroughly fantastic time was had by all

Relaxation session

Jane Scanlan hosted a wonderful relaxation session for our residents today.

We love seeing how these meaningful experiences brighten their day and support their health, happiness and enriches our residents' lives.

Thank you once again for your precious time.