Activities at Brampton View Care Home

We are pleased to introduce you to Janet who has been nominated and has accepted the role of Resident Ambassador at Brampton View.

Janet, who is a permanent resident has immersed herself into the daily life of the home, joining in on the many activities and events that are held at Brampton View and gets involved with each of the communities, due to this Janet was nominated by fellow residents to represent and advocate for them.

When Janet is not too busy with all the activities and events in the home, she holds her own fitness class every Friday along with the flower arranging that can be seen throughout the home. Janet embraces meeting new residents, helping them settle in and offering advice and enjoys meeting potential residents and their families, providing an honest opinion of the home.

Our resident Ambassador role gives our residents a voice to help shape the way we run our home.

When asked about Brampton View Janet said “When I first came to Brampton View, I was very unwell and having the care and support from the team was second to none. Having my mobility means that I can go and speak with each resident and those that may not have mobility, ensuring that their voices are being heard, residents also come to me directly and know I will speak with staff and management on their behalf”.

Motshodiemang Masedi general manager at Brampton View said “Janet was the perfect candidate with a sociable character, who has immersed herself in the home and makes friends easily with all the residents who trust that she will voice their concerns, requests or ideas"

Last week at Brampton View Care Home, we recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions of our activities team, Julie & Tracey who both play a crucial role in providing the life enrichment for our residents.

Julie & Tracey are dedicated to provide and arrange activities that promote the joy and laughter within each of the communities. With a wide variety of activities and events that caters to the requests and needs of our residents from cheese and wine evenings, exercise classes, art therapy to live entertainers, the list is endless. They have so much passion and commitment to their role and with their overall well being and happiness this encourages social interaction of everyone in the home.

We would like to express our gratitude for their dedication, hard work and passion they show in their role which has an impact on enriching the lives of the residents and community as a whole.

Thank you all for your exceptional contributions. We truly appreciate everything you do from the communities and staff at Brampton View.

(Julie Photographed)

Its always a pleasure to have a special visit from Lucia with all her little animals!

Residents enjoyed spending time with the animals touching their different textures, fur and hair and receiving that comfort which animals provide, whether this is is the lounge or their individual bedrooms. At Brampton view we ensure that everyone has the opportunity to have a visit with the little animals.

These visits can bring a level of comfort and companionship to our residents, especially for some of the residents who may have had pets throughout their life, now unable to keep them and miss the companionship.

Again there was a clear favourite of Coco the dog who always delights the residents with her polite mannerism and eagerness to speak to everyone. General Manager, Mo Masedi said, ‘Relatives and care staff get excited about these visits and interactions, as they bring a lot of joy when visiting the home’.

Lucia visits Brampton View every month to provide animal therapy to all. Did you know spending time with animals is proven to boost your wellbeing, combat anxiety and increase communication.

At Brampton View we had the pleasure of Eva Long Productions perform Mother Goose, followed by Christmas traditional carols and songs.

Our residents had a delightful afternoon with the performance of the traditional pantomime Mother Goose held right in their home lounge. Eva Long actors certainly dressed for the occasions, with various costume changes, interactive performance, beautiful singing and made the residents laugh at the scenes unfolding before them. One resident said “what beautiful voices, I can’t believe the energy in the performance with just two actors”.

This was the first performance at Brampton View care home for Eva Long productions and were sure the residents with be voting for their return.

General Manager, Mo Masedi said, “Our residents and staff were delighted with the wonderful performance from Eva Long Performing at Brampton View Care Home as part of the lifestyle enrichment programme for residents”.

Christmas isn’t Christmas without cake! Brampton View care home head chef and hospitality team have given the 12 days of Christmas a cake for every day. Every year Barchester Healthcare holds a Christmas cake competition for over 250 homes in which Brampton View care home takes part and delights in showing off the Christmas cake created. 

Glenn Combs head chef at Brampton View care home traditionally makes fabulous cakes and each year gives himself a new challenge. This year was no different, taking inspiration from the Christmas story 12 days of Christmas, Glenn created a towering 12 layered traditional fruit cake with beautifully decorated ginger biscuits and decorated with edible icing ornaments. The cake can be viewed in the main lobby of Brampton View care home.

Residents also participated, having the opportunity to be involved getting into the Christmas spirit. Working with the hospitality team with the design and decorating their own cakes for each community in the home these have also been displayed alongside Glenn’s cake in the main lobby. Each community cake was designed and decorated with the Christmas theme, the traditional Christmas Wreath cake by the residents from the lower valley community, The 12 Days of Christmas clock from the residents on the upper valley community, the Brampton View cake from the residents on the Bluebell community and the Traditional Ornament cake was decorated by the residents on the Daisy Lane community.  

General Manager, Mo Masedi said, “Again we have been amazed at the creative thinking that goes behind the cakes made right here in the home at Brampton View, what we like to do is create memories, and ensure our residents are leading full enriched lives through choice and inclusion. Our head chef and hospitality team enjoy the competition and have such fun with the residents helping to design and decorate their own cakes”. 

The Bee Hive and Horti Hub, Northampton, held a pop up Christmas shop selling a selection of handmade crafts and Christmas gifts at our Brampton View Care Home were a delight to host.

The students arrived at the home all very excited, dressed in their Christmas jumpers and in good festive cheer singing to Christmas songs. The students all worked well together setting up their first pop up shop and were soon interacting with residents, staff and visitors and selling goods, learning cash handling and use of the card machine. Brampton View hospitality team ensured the students were well fed, from homemade Christmas mince pies, freshly prepared lunch which was followed by homemade sticky toffee pudding. One of the students said “This was better that the lunch at School, we should have the chef at our School”.

Brampton View is in support of local initiatives like the Bee Hive & Horti Hub, who are the sixth form vocational provision for Northgate Academy Trust for young people with learning difficulties and provides students with first hand real-life experience of working.  Through working in the community Louise Ramage, Home Service Advisor for the Care Home and Jamie Norris, Employability Manager for The Bee Hive have come together in planning and looking at future projects which will allow the students more real-life experience and providing life enrichment to the residents at the home.

General Manager, Mo Masedi said, “Our residents and staff were overwhelmed with the array beautiful handcrafted items that the students brough to sell from The Bee Hive and Horti Hub. We do our best to provide a wide range of events that allow our residents have a home shopping experience at Brampton View Care Home as part of the lifestyle enrichment programme for residents”.

This sort of event is made possible through our close links with local schools, colleges and nurseries. Intergenerational activities are a cornerstone of our life enrichment program.