Celebrating life at Barchester

All the staff and residents wish you all a very happy and healthy New Year. We can’t wait for 2026 and all the exciting things it holds. 

Residents throughout the home have welcome in the fabulous Steve Carmel for a party full of singing and lots of dancing to welcome in the New Year. The was full of celebrations, smiles and lots of confetti!

We’ve been "All Shook Up" as we celebrated the King of Rock 'n' Roll's birthday. What better way to celebrate the King of Rock and Rolls birthday with a party. We spent the day singing along to all our favourite hits. 

There was "A Little Less Conversation" and a lot more laughing as we all tried our very best impersonations of the King himself! To top off the fun, we held an Elvis trivia quiz where we discovered some amazing facts. Did you know that Elvis was a natural blonde, or that he was a twin? It was a wonderful day filled with "Burning Love" and nostalgia, proving that at Maple Leaf, Elvis has definitely not left the building!

We had a truly special afternoon thanks to a surprise visit from the wonderful Rob Dixon and his generous donation of beautiful fresh flowers to our home on behalf of local businesses. Residents enjoyed a relaxing and creative flower arranging session, filling the home with colour, fragrance, and lots of smiles. 

The activity brought back fond memories, sparked wonderful conversations, and gave everyone the chance to create their own floral displays to brighten up their rooms and communal areas. A heartfelt thank you to Rob and yet again your thoughtful gesture made a real difference and was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

One of our favourite things here at Caldy is our hair dressing day. 

The smiles and joy that’s spread around the home on a Thursday is delightful. Residents thoroughly enjoy getting their hair done, having a little gossip with our hairdresser and walking out the salon feeling a million dollars.      

We drove to our local Morrisons in West Kirby to visit their café. We enjoyed tea and coffee along with an Eccles cake. We also did a bit of shopping and picked up some of our favourite items whilst we were there. 

After a lovely morning out, we drove along the promenade and watched the high waves over the marine lake.      

Eyes Down !Over the last few months we have been introducing different types of activities and Bingo was one of them. 

It wasn’t one of our favourite activities at first but over time residents have become to enjoy it more and their competitive side has come out in full swing!      

We love a cheese board here at Bedewell and is mentioned regularly at our resident meetings. So we jumped at the chance to celebrate world cheese day.

We also threw a surprise Baby shower for our house keeper Donna who will be going on leave very soon to give birth to a baby boy. Our residents enjoyed raising a glass of bubbly to wish Donna well and we are looking forward to meeting the baby for cuddles.   

We were thrilled to get our magic table up and running this month. Our residents tried out different apps including sensory, knowledge games as well as a bit of competitive games.

This has brought so much enjoyment to Bedwell and can used in group sessions as well as on a one to one interaction.    

Today, residents of Drummond Grange had some very special visitors from Zoo Lab visit. 

Residents got to touch and feel a variety of exciting animals from gentle giant snails, fascinating dancing stick insects and furry tarantulas to friendly gerbils, colourful tree frogs and a very calm (and curious!) bearded dragon there was something for everyone to enjoy!