Activities at Brampton View Care Home

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.

The residents and staff at Brampton View Care Home in Northampton were delighted in welcoming local school students from Moulton School and Science College, Northampton, to their home for a magical morning of Christmas carols. The residents and staff were immersed in the joy of Christmas and all that it has to offer.

Residents and staff were excited to have the students from Moulton School in their home for the very first time. There was only standing room left in the lounge as residents and staff packed the room, ensuring they could see the students and listen to the beautiful renditions of traditional Christmas carols which echoed throughout the home.  

Katie Tuck, music subject leader said  " It has been a wonderful opportunity for the students and a great pleasure to meet so many residents and start the festive cheer for Brampton View.”

The students and teachers were treated to a delicious homemade lunch from our hospitality team and said “it was the best homemade fish and chips they had eaten” and thanked the home for the delightful morning and warm welcome they received.

General Manager, Mo Masedi said, “Our residents and guests had a wonderful day singing along with the wonderful choir. We do our best to provide a wide range of activities and entertainment at Brampton View Care Home as part of the lifestyle enrichment programme for residents, and this was one was one of our favourites.”

Our varied life enrichment programme keeps residents active, and provides a daily choice of engaging physical, mental and spiritual activities tailored to residents’ interests and abilities.

At Brampton View our residents enjoy a movie afternoon with delicious popcorn, chocolate and of course hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows. Edwards Scissorhands classic movie went down a treat as the selected movie.

At Brampton View Care home we support our residents to continue with the hobbies they enjoy. Through sharing the cinema experience residents can enjoy the social aspect of their favourite movies and plan for the next cinema afternoon.