Activities at Kings Park Care Home

At Kings Park recently, we celebrated what would have been the 79th anniversary of the Victory in Europe celebrations...

Many of our residents have spent time sharing memories of this epic day in history, when Europe celebrated the end of world war II.

They talked of street parties and rejoicing, singing & dancing and the coming together as a nation as everyone; far and wide, breathed a huge sigh of relief at the end of this dark, dark period in our past.

During the afternoon on Tuesday 8th May, our residents rejoiced once more, but this time to the music of the returning Neil Wookey, who was back again to perform by popular demand!

The patio party that ensued, had residents singing and waving their union jacks in celebration of this momentous anniversary.

During the evening, residents also watched the film: A Royal Night Out, which tells the true tale of the Princesses Elizabeth & Margaret, who for one night only, escaped the palace for an evening of VE celebrations with the London public.

Overall it's been so much fun and our residents have thoroughly enjoyed themselves - Thank you again, Neil, for a wonderful musical performance!

Last week, residents gathered together in our top floor lounge for a very special interactive afternoon...

All the Barchester homes up and down the UK, all came together via Zoom for a special inter-home quiz afternoon.

Residents were really put through their paces as they fought to get the right answers.

Everyone involved really got stuck in and we will find out next week who the overall winners are.

(We do think we did pretty well though, even if we do say so ourselves!)

Thank you Barchester Healthcare for hosting such a fun and brain exercising afternoon.

We were very excited to recently help one of our many couples here in the home, celebrate their 63rd wedding anniversary...

The absolutely fabulous Peter & Valerie, who spent a quiet afternoon with their lovely daughter, were delighted to receive a card and a rather delicious, home baked cake, courtesy of our lovely Chef, Wyn.

Here is a lovely moment captured with some of our team here in the home, wishing them both well.

Pete & Valerie - BIG CONGRATULATIONS to you both and here's to many more!

One of our wonderful carers, Emma and her amazing side kick, Claudia (Activities Lead) recently rolled their sleeves and rallied our residents to get busy cooking up some delicious smelling savouries in our Memory Lane dining room recently...

Residents got stuck in mixing and rolling before baking sausage rolls, scotch eggs and cheese swirls!

Once these mouth-watering treats were out of the oven, everyone sat around the table for a nibble or two over some very well-deserved cups of tea.

All of the residents were brilliant, helping each other on this culinary journey of deliciousness!

Emma, Claudia and their Kings Park Soux chefs have done themselves proud!

WELL DONE EVERYONE!

Recently, the sky may have been gloomy all the clouds all grey, but there was one lovely fellow who made our day...

A MASSIVE THANK YOU To the wonderful Arsenio from Freitas Ices, who literally made everyone's day here at Kings Park!

Arsenio came along to see us all in his amazing ice cream van and EVERYONE enjoyed some rather huge ice creams, leaving even bigger smiles on everyone's faces here in the home!

Residents from all over the home came outside to get themselves and their friends, a delicious whippy style ice cream with flakes (of course!), and everyone was absolutely thrilled by this.

Senior General Manager, Jenna May, was also on hand check on quality control and ensure the ice cream was up to our exacting standards, which we are more than happy to report, it was! (It's a tough job, but somebody had to do it!)

Thank you, Arsenio, for stopping off to see us all - The residents and staff thoroughly enjoyed your delicious ice cream and we hope to have you back again very soon!

Residents and staff had all recently commented on what a fantastic asset the lovely Jake is to the home, so we felt he needed a little recognition for all his efforts!

Jake is wonderful with all of our residents and works so hard to keep them all happy in his role as host, ensuring that everyone is well fed at mealtimes, ensuring they have all they want from the tea trolley and he is great at raising a smile on the residents faces. 

About to embark on learning to drive, Jake already has a car for when he passes his test, so we wanted to acknowledge that by getting him something motor related as a special gift...

So recently, our Senior General Manager, Jenna, presented Jake with a car cleaning kit as a thank you for all he does at Kings Park.

WELL DONE JAKE!