Celebrating life at Barchester

What a perfect end to a fantastic summer we had, when Abby from Abbys Ice Cream Treats visited us. There were all sorts of ice creams, 99’s, tubs, lollies and knickerbocker glories and a huge selection of flavours. 

Abby brought Nessa, her pink van, and served residents, visitors and staff whatever they liked. Huge thank you, Abby, for adapting your ice cream menu to suit our needs, so everyone could have a special treat.   

A resident's wish came true, when a group of residents from Atfield House visited Kew Gardens yesterday. She wished to see the Henry Moore exhibition and yesterday was her day. Her wish came true. We were all delighted to see these massive sculptures in the grounds of Kew with their dynamic and often organic forms. They looked impressive in the landscape. We walked through beautiful flowerbeds and smelled the invigorating scent of trees and flowers after the rain. 

The sunshine and passing clouds were beautiful to behold, and we all gathered in front of the ponds, with a view to the most vibrant colours of flowers, to have a pick-nick. Afterwards, some went into the palm house and others enjoyed the rose garden and more fantastic sculptures. Then we made our way back to the minivan. Everyone enjoyed the outing and quality time spent with special chats with their loved ones and staff members too!     

Mopsa, the Therapy Dog came to see us at Atfield House. She remembered some of us from a previous visit and greeted us joyfully! 

She made the rounds with us from room to room and enjoyed the attention of each person. Everyone smiled when they saw this small and cheerful dog come to their room. She visited the people in the dining rooms and lounges and gave much joy and received many cuddles! 

Residents and staff members alike shared their own dog stories when they met Mopsa. We are looking forward to meeting the dog and owner team again soon! 

What a kind of team they are indeed.

A group of residents, friends, family members and staff members enjoyed a wonderful afternoon at the Elizabeth’s pâtisserie on St. Johns Road. Daniel, the pastry chef there, takes pride in making wonderful tasting cakes and tartlets and more. When everyone had their pick from the wide selection, they were served on plates, embellished with sweet designs, like artwork. We sat down outside, enjoying these delights with sunshine, warm wind and lots of cheerful chatter. The residents were smiling, content, to be in such cheerful and chatty company, enjoying everything together on such a lovely day. 

What a special place to visit, just a short walk away from Atfield House!

We had a wonderful time together enjoying our Carnival Ball at Atfield House. Friends and family members joined us in their lovely colourful garments and staff members joined us for a dance in their most beautiful and elaborate dresses.

Residents joined with masquerade masks and danced and waved colourful pom-poms. 

Everyone enjoyed the songs that Mark played on his steel pan drum. Many residents enjoyed a dance and more and more guests and staff members joined the fun. The atmosphere was lively and cheerful.

The food and drinks were lovely and everyone enjoyed each other's company. 

Tyspane Care Home is lucky enough to have a team of highly qualified physiotherapists to call on a daily basis. Babs Spear (Head of Physiotherapy), Rob Hopkins (Physiotherapist), and George Williams (Assistant Physiotherapist) support residents, families, friends, community, and staff on a daily basis. Their main objective is to maintain residents’ independence, improve their physical health to support daily activities like gardening, walking upright, and living a full and meaningful life.

To help achieve this objective, they have created a falls clinic. The falls clinic's main focus is to prevent falls by residents at Tyspane Care Home. The falls clinic includes personalised programmes that are informed by research evidence of the reduction of falls. The programmes act as a preventative measure to reduce the likelihood and potential of a fall and, importantly, help make everyday activities easier, so residents can keep on doing the things they enjoy. Babs ensures her classes focus on improving a resident’s strength, balance, flexibility, endurance and ability to cope following a fall.   

Our residents are having a lovely time enjoying music by Terry Gleed, spending time together in good company and having a sing-along.

Plenty of music, dancing and smiles for everyone 

Our residents enjoyed a fantastic afternoon filled with delicious food, refreshing cocktails and plenty of laughter. There were juicy burgers, tasty sausages, chicken drumsticks and lots of lovely treats to enjoy.     

We also had a fun quiz to test everyone’s knowledge, which brought plenty of giggles and some very competitive moments! 

It was especially lovely to see so many friends and family members joining us. The perfect combination of good food, great company and happy memories made it a truly special afternoon.