Activities at Chacombe Park Care Home

Huge congratulations to our very own Katie Casey for achieving a Distinction in her Customer Service Practitioner Level 2 NVQ. An amazing result for all the hard work she has put in and very well deserved!  

Barchester care homes are always enthusiastic when it comes to supporting our colleagues for training and helping them further their skills within our homes. We are all so very proud of our Katie, well done. 

Today at Chacombe Park we had our open day which also incorporated a Burns Night theme, a celebration of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. We had a good turn out of people with our management team there to greet our visitors and show them around so they could see what we have to offer. 

We also had live entertainment from the wonderful D'Artagnan who's performance was thoroughly enjoyed by our residents.

A lovely menu that included the Scottish delicacy haggis was prepared by our Chef Stephan which the residents loved.

Yesterday we celebrated America's 'National Pie Day' with a selection of sweet and savoury pies for our residents, and guests to try in recognition of the variety of fillings you can have within a puff or short crust pastry casing!

Chef Charlene not only treated us to some fabulous pies, from Chicken and Leek to Fig and Date she gave us a brief history behind the creation of a pie. We sang pie related rhymes including 'Sing a song a sixpence' and 'Simple Simon' before finishing of the session with a rendition of 'American Pie'.

We look forward to doing it all again in March as chef and he homes’ hospitality team go all out to celebrate British Pie Week from Monday 3rd -Sunday 9th March 2025.

Look out for our forthcoming events posters as we invite the local community to join us once again for a week of tasty pie treats!

The residents at our home enjoyed live 1950's songs performed by the lovely Vintage Ruby. Residents and staff members started dancing along, everyone had a fantastic time!

What better way to brighten a dull and rainy day than to have our spirits uplifted by the talented students, and members of the Dementia Choir at Winchester House School, Brackley, Northamptonshire.

Our little group are always welcomed as part of the school’s family and entertained with sing-along songs and musical recitals. Today we were mesmerised by an extremely talented young student who played a solo rendition on his French Horn captivating us all with every note!

It was lovely to meet and chat to so many people over the luscious finger sandwiches and fancy cakes the school had lovingly prepared for us all. These sessions are such a treat to attend - Keeping our residents’ part of the community is a priority; particularly for those living with dementia.

Extending our community connections ensures our residents lives remain enriched and the benefits of intergenerational activities shows clear benefits for all involved.

We look forward to welcoming the students to our home in the coming months and will be extending an invitation to the choirs attendees to join us as we launch our new Dementia Friendly Cafe at Chacombe Park in February.

Well done to our Head of Maintenance; Gareth Lewis for achieving Employee of the month! 

He is extremely passionate about his job and always willing to help others. He goes above and beyond his role for the benefit of his colleagues and the residents who love his happy energy.

Gareth was congratulated by the home’s General Manager for the achievement and was presented with a £25 voucher as a special thank you. Shaju Paul, General Manager said: “I’m delighted to have such a caring and talented individual working as part of our team and I hope this ‘Employee of the Month’ award goes some way towards showing how much Gareth’s hard work is valued.