Activities at Epsom Beaumont Care Home

Residents at Epsom Beaumont Care Home always enjoy regular trips out in Epsom. This week they enjoyed a trip to their local Ye Olde Kings Head Pub. Cliff resident at Epsom Beaumont said “ I always enjoy our regular trips out, I especially enjoy going out for a delicious lunch at our local pub and seeing all of the familiar faces and friendly staff. There were so many options on the menu, I didn’t know what to go for! This time I decided on the beer battered cod, chips and mushy peas and of course a pint of beer to go with it, we all had such a lovely lunch, chatting and enjoying the yummy pub grub”

This month we hosted a much deserved celebration for our amazing nurses.  The Nurses at Epsom Beaumont Care Home were treated to chocolates, beautiful flowers and a domino’s pizza lunch. International Nurse’s Day is a day to give thanks for the dedication of care givers everywhere, who go above and beyond to deliver extraordinary care and support ”Madge, resident at Epsom Beaumont care home, said: The staff here spend so much time and energy looking after us, it’s been lovely to show just how much we appreciate them, they do a smashing job.”

Staff and residents at Epsom Beaumont care home were treated to an afternoon of nostalgia and delicious memories when they were joined by Cadbury archivist Sarah Foden and Brand Manager Connor Gould for a talk from the nation’s favourite chocolate brand. Residents enjoyed their Cadbury’s memory bars while Sarah and Connor walked the Barchester residents through the story of the brand’s great success from the very first shop to how Cadbury is celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2024.  They shared photos from down the years, examples of old packaging and ad campaigns from the Cadbury archive in Bournville.  The carefully selected archive material tells the story of an iconic British brand, this year celebrating its 200th anniversary, that has been part of people’s lives through generations, in moments big and small. The brand’s rich history evoked all kinds of nostalgic memories for the residents who all have their own Cadbury memories. Activities Coordinator, Louisa Capaldi, said: “What a wonderful afternoon we’ve all had, our residents have grown up eating Cadbury chocolate bars, so they were really interested to hear about how the company first came about and how it has evolved over the years.”

This month we enjoyed fruity cider tasting with our Maintenance Manager Robin. Residents enjoyed tasting a variety of different ciders, such as unberrylievable, best of the zest and  app-solotley pear-fect. Then rated each cider on its taste. Cliff, resident at Epsom Beaumont Care Home said “ I always enjoy the monthly tasting sessions with Robin, it was lovely to enjoy tasting the different ciders, especially as the weather is now getting warmer! It was a hard to decide which cider was my favourite, but I definitely enjoyed the ‘Unberrylivable’ the best”

At last month’s residents meeting the ladies requested to have their make-up done. So Louisa Capaldi, Activity Coordinator at Epsom Beaumont Care Home organised the fantastic make-up artist, Elena from littlelocusbeautyroom to come in and do the residents make up. The ladies enjoyed a morning full of pampering and fun. The ladies were able to pick which make-up look they wanted to go for, they could have a day time look, an evening look with a red lip or full glam! The ladies couldn’t decide what look to go for! The ladies all went for the full glam of course! They all wanted to look their best for their special photoshoot after the make-up session. Audrey, resident at Epsom Beaumont Care Home said “It was so lovely to have my make-up professionally done, what a treat! When I was younger I loved putting on my make-up and getting dressed up, it reminded me of my youth! I felt a million dollars”. What a lovely girly morning all our ladies had.

We all enjoyed celebrating Easter here at Epsom Beaumont with a variety of fun Easter activities, such as Easter nest cake making, Easter crafts and of course lots of Chocolate Easter eggs! On Easter Monday Our residents, relatives and friends enjoyed celebrating Easter. The children enjoyed a special visit from Bonny Bunny from Pipsqueaks Performing Arts Parties and Classes, followed by an egg-citing Easter Egg Hunt in our garden.

After the Easter fun, Rostom Abidi, Head Chef at Epsom Beaumont Care Home, put on a special Easter spread for everyone to enjoy, there were warm toasted hot cross buns, Easter cakes and of course lots of chocolate eggs. Pam, resident at Epsom Beaumont Care Home said “ It was so lovely to see my Great Grandchildren enjoying all of the Easter entertainment put on by our activity team, they had so much fun participating in the games and Easter egg hunt with Bonny Bunny. They found so many Easter eggs! I could believe it! It looked like all the children had such an enjoyable time”