Activities at Glebefields Care Home

‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY AT GLEBEFIELDS... We'd like to thank everyone for making our Christmas Fayre so very special!

Held on Saturday 3rd December our fayre was full of artisan foods and unique hand crafted gifts from cakes to cushions, candles and jewellery. The home was full of Christmas cheer as guests meandered around the stalls enjoying complimentary homemade mulled wine and mince pies courtesy of Head Chef, Bose and the hospitality team.

General Manager, Nisha Shaji said: “Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year and our fantastic residents love to get festive so we’ve pulled out all the stops for this years’ ‘Countdown to Christmas’ starting with a super Christmas Fayre. It is so lovely to see them mixing once again with the local community and everyone getting into the Christmas spirit, it’s definitely my favourite time of year.”

Jean Walker, resident at Glebefields said: “It has been a lovely day. It was wonderful to see everyone go to so much effort to get into the Christmas spirit. I really enjoyed meeting so many new people and wondering the various stalls with my family and grandchildren.”

Last Friday 2nd December our staff swapped their uniforms for costumes on National Elf Day in an effort to raise funds to help people living with dementia.

Launched by the Alzheimer’s Society and delivered direct from the North Pole, Elf Day was created to sprinkle some festive cheer on fundraising towards finding a cure for dementia.

From stripy socks to head-to-toe elf outfits, these naughty little Glebefields elves were up to mischief all day... there’s snow better way to raise money to help beat dementia!

What a joy! Doing Arts & Crafts is always a pleasure however, when our residents are joined by the young students of Hornton Primary School it becomes enormous fun.

During this intergenerational session the students and our residents handcrafted some wonderful Christmas decorations and cards. Everyone at Glebefields care home wish to thank the school for visiting and look forward to seeing their smiling faces again very soon.

Excitement levels were through the roof at Glebefields as staff and residents celebrated Barchester's 30th anniversary!

Parent company, Barchester Healthcare, who run Glebefields care home, started out in 1992 with just one care home, Moreton Hill, in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Fast forward 30 years and Barchester is now the second largest care home company in the UK with 250 care homes and private hospitals all over the country.

To celebrate, Glebefields opened its doors on 27th November for a fantastic party. Residents and guests were entertained with live music from Bill Tustain and his amazing keyboard whilst enjoying an array of homemade 'Afternoon tea delights' including lashing of lemonade and slices of fresh cream cake for everyone!

Nisha Shaji General Manager at Glebefields care home, said: “It is wonderful to be part of such a fantastic company as Barchester. We had a fabulous time celebrating our 30th anniversary with all of our residents, their friends and families and our brilliant staff, it was such a lovely day. It was great to have so many people from the local community come and join us to help us celebrate 30 years of Barchester.”

Dr Pete Calveley, CEO of Barchester Healthcare, commented: “I am incredibly proud of everything we have all achieved as a company growing from just one home in 1992 to 250 high quality homes and hospitals delivering personalised care to each of our residents today, it really is phenomenal. I want to thank all our amazing teams and our wonderful residents; I hope everyone had a brilliant time celebrating this important milestone for Barchester and for us all.”

The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, the sport's global governing body. It was founded in the year 1930 and currently have 32 teams.

We are happy to say that our residents at Glebefields Carehome are really enjoying the live football match between England and Iran. They are all set to cheer on their favourite team. We can see the excitement and love towards football on our residents faces.

We were thoroughly entertained this week by solo guitar playing musician Tristan Jackson-Pate with his extensive repertoire including stories and sing-along songs, he had our resident’s mesmerised and up for a boogie. Thank you Tristan, we look forward to your next visit ... we'll definitely be keeping our dancing shoes handy!