Celebrating life at Barchester

On Thursday, we had a wonderful visit from Dassett Alpacas here at Chacombe Park Care Home.

Our residents absolutely loved meeting, petting, and feeding the alpacas as they made their way around the home, even popping into bedrooms for those who preferred to stay cosy! It was such a special experience and brought so many smiles to everyone’s faces. Thank you, Dassett Alpacas, for such a memorable day!

The residents enjoyed flower arranging in the home today. Staff members were also involved in creating some wonderful bouquets, it was a  great way to get people engaged and make some lovely arrangements to dress up the home.

We had a lovely toddler group here at Chacombe Park today, and everyone really enjoyed the hula hoop tunnel. Lots of smiles, movement, and intergenerational fun shared together!

Thank you to Philippa from Rhythm Time Banbury, Buckingham and The Cotswolds for hosting such a fun and friendly group.

Today we had another visit from Helen from Intergr8 Archery who taught our residents how to how to master Archery! 

The residents had a great time getting to grips with the equipment and became very competitive as the session progressed.

Everyone at Chacombe Park Care Home would love to wish you a very happy birthday!

We hope you enjoyed your lovely chocolates, beautiful flowers, and delicious cake. Wishing you a day filled with smiles, laughter, and special moments.

What a pleasure it was to treat our local Women’s Institute to an elegant afternoon tea party. General Manager Shaju Paul said “It was an absolute pleasure to host the wonderful ladies from the Chacombe Women's Institute in our newly refurbished Community Activities Room”.  

The homes chef and hospitality team laid on a fabulous Afternoon Tea which consisted of savoury mini quiches to start, finger sandwiches of smoked salmon, ham, and egg mayonnaise before a variety of sweet pastries and the traditional scones with jam, fresh cream and lashing of tea! 

To finish the dining experience the ladies were enticed to enjoy a slice chef’s delicious cake as; ‘CAKE is always the answer, no matter the question!’

General Manager Shaju helped serve throughout, taking time to chat to everyone about the home’s recent refurbishment, and how the home are welcoming small businesses and charitable groups to utilise their large Activities Room, and various quite lounges within the home to support their services.

Before leaving the ladies took the opportunity to tour the home and gardens, meeting with residents and staff along the way. 
 

Everyone at Chacombe Park Care Home would like to say a huge congratulations to Janice on achieving an incredible 15 years of service. Janice’s dedication, compassion, and hard work have made a lasting difference to our residents, families, and team over the years. She is a valued member of the Chacombe Park family, and we are so grateful for everything she does. 

Thank you, Janice, for 15 amazing years of commitment and care!

Some of our residents enjoyed Sunday service today at the Methodist church in Brackley. For our resident Lyn it was a chance to enjoy being at a service she had been to many times before she came to our home, so today was very special for her.

Also today we had Will, our Duke of Edinburgh student, volunteering with the residents, thanks Will.

Thursday afternoon we welcomed back Helen from Integr8archery who with her expert guidance tested our residents aims and coordination, laughter and cheers filled the air as arrows thudded into the target boards.

The activity not only encouraged physical movement and focus but boosted confidence and camaraderie among the residents and by the end of the session everyone had got more and more competitive and all agreed what a fun afternoon they had and are looking forward to Helen returning again soon when we can hopefully take the fun out into the sun.