Activities at Caldy Manor Care Home

A mini bus day trip to LLandudno and the Great Orme was a sensational day out as we were blessed with the weather and took in the stunning views.  We walked the prom and after a picnic headed up to the Great Orme.  We will retunr frequently this summer to make the most of the spectacular beauty spot.

Staff and residents at Caldy Manor in Caldy brewed up a storm for National Cream Tea Day on June 25th by hosting an afternoon tea party in the garden with a wonderful selection of baked treats and of course, lots of pots of tea.

Refusing to pick a side in the controversial debate of cream before jam for the Cornish tradition or jam before cream as part of the Devonshire tradition, Caldy Manor enjoyed homemade scones both ways, all washed down with a fes-tea-val of herbal and classic teas.

Residents tucked into sweet goodies, all baked by talented Activities Lead, Debbie Thomas.

Hannah Roberts, General Manager at Caldy Manor said: “It is so lovely to be able to host events like these again now that we’re able to have visitors and entertainers back in our garden, the residents have loved having family and friends here today and who doesn’t love a cream tea?  This is definitely one new tradition we’re going to be adopting!”

Ahead of Armed Forces Day, staff and residents at Barchester’s Caldy Manor care home inwere transported back in time for a World War 2 themed talk and tour of Blenheim Palace, hosted by Antonia Keaney, the Palace’s social historian and author.

The Oxfordshire UNESCO World Heritage Site has been offering virtual tours throughout lockdown in order that people can continue to enjoy all the rich history and splendour that Blenheim Palace has to offer.

Entitled ‘Evacuees and Espionage,’ Antonia’s wartime themed talk focused on how the Marlborough family, estate staff and the Palace itself played a full and energetic part in the war effort. The talk and tour told the story of how the Palace prepared for the worst, survived the onslaught of 400 boys being evacuated to Blenheim and kept the secrets of MI5.   

Caldy Manor care home in Caldy recently presented The Opening Doors Project with a cheque for £1,100 to support their charitable efforts in combating loneliness and creating communities

The care home welcomed Gayle Connor and her colleagues David, Les and Kenny of The Opening Doors Project to a small gathering in the home’s garden to receive the cheque and celebrate being awarded the grant.  The Opening Doors Project received the grant towards their health and wellbeing programme aiming to combat loneliness, isolation and financial exclusion in people over the age of 55.

Gayle Connor, Project Coordinator, said “We are so pleased to have received this money as it will really make a difference to so many people in our community and will be spent on combatting loneliness.   

Happy Carers Week. We would like to take this great opportunity to recognise and thank our wonderful carers at Caldy Manor.

We are proud of each and every one of our care team for the outstanding care that they provide to our residents every single day. They always go above and beyond their role and for this we are truly grateful.

Our carers received numerous donations and gifts from local organisations and businesses and lovely thank you cards from our community members, relatives and friends.

There were happy scenes at Barchester’s Caldy Manor in Caldy today as staff and residents threw a party to celebrate Barchester Healthcare being placed 14th in the Top 25 Best Big Companies in the UK to work for.

The Best Companies awards recognise companies’ commitment to their employees and to workplace engagement and are made all the more meaningful because they are awarded based on feedback from a randomly selected cross-section of the company’s own employees.

Barchester Healthcare was awarded two further honours at the 2021 Best Companies Live event where the best employers in the UK were unveiled. The company was awarded 2 star Outstanding status by its employees and it achieved 11th in the top 20 Best Health & Social Care Companies to work for.