Activities at Glebefields Care Home

This week, residents and staff at Glebefields have been getting in the Halloween spirit with carving pumpkins ready for Sunday. For many of them it was the first time, they didn’t really like the smell or the texture - but loved to see the finished heads lined up and glowing!

We placed sweet treats to front of the homes drive way for all the passing trick or treaters of Drayton village. Happy Halloween everyone.

On Friday 22nd October, the staff and residents of Glebefields care home ‘wore it pink’ all day to raise money for @BreastCancerNow

Some of our gentlemen residents; Alvar, Bert and Paul enjoyed decorating some home-baked cakes in beautiful pink icing which our staff purchased to raise money for this incredible life-saving breast cancer charity.

We are thrilled to be able to update you on our exciting refurbishment plans for Glebefields Care Home, Banbury. The work started on 17th May, 2021, and saw us bring about improvements to the first and second floors of the home. These works are now reaching completion bringing the end of Phase 1 of the refurbishment. We thought you might like to see some before and after images; we can't wait to see the final result; once the new furniture packs, lighting, ornaments and wall art is all in place and of course, when our residents are all upstairs and beginning to enjoy their new surroundings.

During the second week of October these floors will be ready for our residents and staff to inhabit, and for us to hand over the ground floor to the contractors to begin Phase 2. Our intention at this stage will be to move all residents to their newly allocated ‘temporary’ rooms, along with current furniture, and individual belongings. The manager, admin and staff offices will also be relocated to the upper floors.

Access will be via a walkway, constructed to the rear of the home as the ground floors are under development. We will continue to offer pre-booked bedroom and outdoor visits as normal. We are also now in a position to show prospective residents around the newly designed upper floors, as we continue to offer respite stays and are welcoming deposits for these amazing rooms with a view!

We'll post more images as the full refurbishment progresses, these really are just a few glimpses of the Windsor Scheme coming together... the best is yet to come!

Glebefields care home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers. To find out more about living your later life at Glebefields please call to book a show round with our home manager; Nisha on 01295 642862.

Our residents and staff had fun shaping and painting pottery vegetables to create the most realistic of Harvest Festival basket in celebration of home grown produce.

We send a big ‘thank you’ to Kay our activities lead for setting up the arts & craft session and making the harvest loaf - well done everyone, it all looks good enough to eat (for display purposes only!).

We spent time together learning all about ‘The History of Harvest’ and look forward to giving thanks to all farmers across the land at today’s Glebefields Harvest Festival.

The International Day of Sign Languages is celebrated every year on 23rd September to raise awareness about the usage of sign language and help those who have impaired hearings to be less conscious of them while expressing their thoughts in sign language.

Almost all deaf people across the world rely on sign language to communicate with their peers and loved ones, making it their only mode of physical conversation. Did you know that 1 in 5 adults in the UK are deaf or have hearing loss?

Our residents have been learning about the different signs and the history behind this amazing language. They created a notice board full of facts and tried communicating with each other to convey their feelings.

Alvar signed his name, a skill he learnt when he was a young lad, Bert decided to ‘send love’ and Frank signed ‘hello’ to everyone.

It just goes to show, you’re never too old to learn new things #InternationalDayofSignLanguages 

The Glebefields team work hard to ensure our activities program offers inclusivity and open to all abilities. Handling the various florals during Kay’s flower arranging session is a full sensory experience, that fills hearts and minds with fragrance and happy memories, all of which help relieve anxiety.

The group really immersed themselves in the process; selecting by colour, shape and texture to create truly beautiful displays. We thank everyone for their participation, our communal areas look and smell amazing!