Activities at Brampton View Care Home

“Alongside other local businesses Brampton View care home hosted an event for families and children of the local community to attend during the summer holidays. Brampton View offered a free hot meal to all who attended and then an afternoon of magic from local magician Crazy Colin!

Members of the local community with their children were able to join residents and staff from the home to enjoy this end of summer performance. Everyone was taken in by the magic tricks and trying to figure out the magic behind them.

The hospitality team at Brampton View care home produced a wonderful lunch for those in attendance and homemade treats during the performance of cakes and flapjacks.

This event is the first of many of its kind for Brampton View care home as they continue to work alongside West Northants Council to offer services to the local community.”

“Staff and residents from Barchester’s Brampton View care home, in Northampton, joined fellow keen dabbers from over 260 Barchester care homes and hospitals across the whole of the UK, including Wales, Scotland, Jersey and the Isle of Wight, to compete in one of the biggest games of bingo Barchester has ever seen!

Barchester’s Big Bingo Bonanza took place on 27th August 2024 when Brampton View care home got super competitive and took on its sister homes from all over the country to find out which Barchester home or hospital was a dab hand at bingo.  It was eyes down for a full house as the homes battled it out to find out who would prevail.

General Manager, Mo Masedi said: “We’ve got some real bingo fanatics at our home, we are very competitive - our residents love taking part in anything where winning is involved, you could hear a pin drop in here when we were all playing.”

“Brampton View Care Home in Northampton celebrated it’s very first animal themed day on Monday 26th August 2024. Residents and staff from the home were treated to a day of animal therapy, animal themed quiz and pet reminiscence.

Residents, their relatives and staff all got involved with the spirit of the animal themed day and took part in animal therapy, some even conquering their fears and holding animals you might not normally consider for therapy including rats and lizards. Residents also shared memories of their pets from throughout their lives and animals they had seen whilst travelling. One resident told stories of seeing lions whilst on safari in Africa.”

Staff and residents at Brampton View care home in Northampton, have decorated their home and garden to re-create the atmosphere of the Notting Hill Carnival this August.  Staff and residents have had a fantastic time experiencing all the Caribbean flavours of the carnival from street food to cocktails and live music, there has been a real carnival vibe at the home.

The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual Caribbean festival featuring sound systems and parade bands that has taken place since the mid-1960s on the streets of London around Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove.  Many residents have enjoyed visiting the carnival in years gone by and so the home’s activities team wanted to try to recreate its style by bringing the carnival to Northampton.

Residents and guests at Brampton View Care Home in Northampton enjoyed a night of grins with an in-house cheese & wine tasting that took place at the home. Sampling from a selection of wines and cheese, residents were able to try the different flavours and learn the different notes and blends, including floral and fruity distils, to zesty, bitter and earthy combinations. The evening was topped off with music from Raw Divas Theatre Productions.

The cheese & wine spread was put on by the home for the local community alongside the residents and staff. Members of the community joined for the evening and also provided a chance to tour the facilities available.

One resident said “We had lots of fun dancing all evening and enjoying the cheese and wine selection. It was great to meet members of the local community too.”

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Brampton View care home in Northampton chilled out and celebrated National Relaxation Day, August 15th by doing their favourite pastimes.

Invented in 1985 by Sean Moeller, who was in the Fourth Grade at the time, National Relaxation Day is an annual event to encourage us to slow down, unwind and focus on taking care of ourselves.  It is a day to take a break from our hectic lifestyles and do the things we really love to do in order to relax.

Residents had a brilliant time learning about different relaxation techniques and talking about what they like to do to relax before trying out some of the different activities. Resident Janet led the home in a group meditation and relaxation session. Residents also had the chance to sit with classical music and facemasks accompanied with homemade smoothies from the hospitality team.