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…

Bayleaf Care Home

The simple things in life

Sometimes it's the most simple things that can bring the most joy!!

All Freda and Joyce needed were some ping-pong balls and a few cups to have an afternoon of light-hearted fun and games. They were both giggling together as they tried to get the balls into the cups and the staff had just as much fun watching them.

Once they had finished they enjoyed a well-earned cup of tea with a slice of cake.

Season to be Jolly

Season to be jolly!

We love seeing all the photos of our residents opening their presents from their loved ones and Forest Care Home !

We hope everyone who follows our page and supports Forest Care Centre has a wonderful New Year!

Elvis has entered the building!

A day dedicated to the king of rock & roll, Elvis Presley!

Happy birthday Elvis!

Our residents have enjoyed watching the film Elvis, and having a good dance to 1950s music. It has been a lot of fun for everyone.

Looking Good!

Our salon is fully open for our residents! One of our lovely residents has been enjoying having their hair washed, blow dried and curled with rollers today!

Our residents are welcome to either go with our activities coordinator or carers to experience pamper sessions, this includes hair washing, styling, and overall pamper sessions. As well as once a month hair cutting sessions.

A busy week for all!

We’ve had another fantastic week here at Shawford Springs!

We spent a ‘pawsome’ morning with our therapy dog Alba, visited the ‘Beauty of the Earth’ exhibition at the Arc in Winchester, enjoyed an outing to Haskins Garden Centre in Southampton, had a fabulous time at our love themed cocktail & jazz event with saxophonist Hannah & got crafty with clay. We also wished our wonderful Anne a very Happy Birthday!

Here's some snippets of our week.

Shawford Springs Care Home

Lena celebrates her 101st birthday!

Big Birthday Celebration

We’ve been celebrating our wonderful Lena’s 101st Birthday! We held a special birthday bash for Lena with refreshments & a delicious homemade birthday cake and then we all joined in with a feel-good sing-along to our favourite tunes. Such a fantasic achievement for us to share.

Magnolia Court Care Home

Love is all around me

Residents and staff at Magnolia Court Care Home are preparing for the big day tomorrow and have been making cards and reflecting on their love of their loves, when they first met, dancing and blind dates.

Whilst having these reflections some of the participants gave very meaningful insights on love and how to make relationships work and some of the comments have been:

• “Love and Marriage needs to be worked on. If you Love someone you simply ‘do’ but that does not mean you are not going to have ups and downs on the way. Work on these and your love will get stronger.”

• “Love is patient, forgiving and enduring and can tolerate all ills – including ‘snoring’”

• “I never had a crossed word with my wife……..I was too frightened of this”

• “Love's hard work, hard graft. Love is watching what she wants to watch on the telly, taking her the papers and a cup of tea on a Sunday morning in bed and inquiring to how she might be feeling,"

• “Love can be... lovely. One day, you'll be in the bathroom, having a shave in front of the mirror, all soap on your face, and you feel her approaching you. She's hung a pair of tights, hanging on the radiator. And as she leaves, she pats you on the bum and gives you a tiny smile- almost not a smile- but a smile nevertheless. And it will mean the world to you- the whole. incredible world”

At Magnolia Court Care Home we love to love and make each day special

Magnolia Court Care Home

A Valentine’s Day to Remember at Magnolia Court

Valentine’s Day was filled with music, memories and very special moments here at Magnolia Court.

We were so pleased to welcome the Memory Lane Choir for an afternoon concert that had residents and their families singing along and tapping their toes from the very first song. The room was full of smiles, laughter and a real sense of togetherness.

What made the afternoon even more meaningful was that one of our newest residents, Helen Stern, used to sing with the choir herself. In fact, when she was a member, Helen would visit Magnolia Court to perform for residents. This time, she was sitting among friends — and singing along to every single number.

Helen was joined by her son and her long-time friend Clare, who is also a resident here. Watching them share the music and memories together was incredibly touching.

It was a beautiful afternoon — full of love, emotion and familiar songs that brought everyone together. Moments like these are what life at Magnolia Court is all about.

Cadbury Hall Care Home

Valentines' Day Afternoon Tea

Our residents at Cadbury Hall thoroughly enjoyed the experience of an afternoon Valentine’s Day tea in the comfort of their home in our main dining room.
Residents were greeted with Valentine’s Day decor changing up the scenery of the dining room; as well as enjoying a tower filled with different with sandwiches that had many different fillings and sweet treats for dessert. Prepared by our Head Chef, Paul, who takes great pride in his work and presentation to enhance the experience of every resident in the home.
Residents also enjoyed a wonderful atmosphere of music, a friendly and warm company amongst each other and lots of conversations.
At Cadbury, days like these are part of every day life - meaningful moments, thoughtful touches and a real sense of community.