Activities at Chacombe Park Care Home

We enjoyed a trip to Cotefield Nurseries Garden Centre last week. We had a look around at all the colourful plants in the sunshine and Meg told us all about her love for geraniums. We reminisced about our own gardens and what we enjoyed planting in them.

We also enjoyed a spot of tea and a slice of cake - and some surprise visitors! When I mentioned to Angela’s family that we would be taking her to their local garden centre, they were more than happy to join us there. It was so lovely to be able to support them in a family trip that took place in their local community. We are always happy to welcome family!

Chacombe Park staff and residents (plus some family members!) took full advantage of the sunshine recently and as you can see, all really enjoyed each other’s company! Residents helped staff to tidy up the garden, or just enjoyed some rays of sunshine in the comfort of our grounds. We hope you enjoy some of the pictures of our fun adventures!

What a wonderful day to celebrate VE Day. Kim held a wonderful reminiscence session in the morning which residents enjoyed - some were so keen to start discussing that they started before they got to the lounge!

So many of our residents came to join us out in the glorious sunshine as we held a delicious BBQ lunch outside, accompanied by some Glenn Miller.

It was a pleasure to sit out in our gorgeous grounds as the sun shone down on us. Cyril commented “It’s lovely to see some sunshine and to be able to appreciate it” whilst Joan said “It’s good to hear this music again”.

We were then joined by Vintage Ruby who sang us some classic wartime songs as we danced along. There isn’t a party quite like a Chacombe party!

It was an absolute honour to see the joy that Lollipop Ponies brought to our residents. There were so many happy faces as Lollipop the miniature pony walked into the room for cuddles!

Anna was especially happy to see Lollipop and couldn’t help but smile as she received multiple cuddles.

Joan asked if we could keep the pony, to which we unfortunately had to decline but we agreed that this visit would certainly need to be repeated.

Thank you Lollipop Ponies for making so many of our days. We look forward to seeing you again!

Shirley and Bernil have been busy painting! We are so lucky to have such creative people here at Chacombe - we can now enjoy seeing their beautiful artwork as we walk down the corridor.

Shirley commented that she saw Bernil working hard and was only more than happy to help.

Having residents involved in making Chacombe colourful and homely is important to us - and certainly them! It’s also great to see a space where people can stop and read comments from residents about their life here.

Keep up the good work Shirley and Bernil!

We had a lovely sunny day on the 6th of April and residents enjoyed taking walks whilst looking at our beautiful grounds.

As you can see, John, a keen gardener has once again been hard at work. He’s been so happy to work in the garden, that he’s made a friend in our bantam chicken, Becky! It was quite a sight to see John working his way around the garden, with Becky following not far behind!

John reminisced about how his Dad used to have chickens and that it reminds him of being a child. He was so keen to continue gardening that we nearly missed the tea round!