Activities at Stamford Bridge Beaumont Care Home

Our residents are all really enjoying our regular breakfast clubs and not only because of the very tasty food, many of our wonderful staff will now pop in and sit and chat with the residents, turning the club into a really enjoyable social gathering. This last week we had to add more tables as it’s becoming so popular.      

We were all so privileged to be able to share a very special day for one of our lovely residents who was 100 years young! We welcomed lots of family and friends into our Terrace lounge where the ladies favourite entertainers, Dark Moon were playing, there was an amazing cake made by our fabulous catering team and plenty of fizz to go round for everybody.

What a truly special afternoon, we are so fortunate to experience such truly special days and be an active part of the celebrations.

What could be better on a cold February day? Staff and residents at Barchester’s Stamford Bridge Beaumont care home in Stamford Bridge had a fantastic time celebrating National Pizza Day on February 9th, a brilliant excuse to sample lots of delicious, warming pizza!
Overseen by head chef Amy, staff and residents experimented with many different types of toppings and flavour combinations - from the exotic, to the classic and everything in between! Some people controversially added pineapple, others preferred spicier options, and some stuck to a good old Margherita

Celebrations have been in full swing as one of its residents reaches her centenary in style.

Selina was joined by staff, relatives, friends and other residents as she received a telegram from the King in recognition of her landmark birthday. A party with Selina’s favourite entertainers, Dark Moon was arranged for her by the family and the staff team at Stamford Bridge Beaumont, there was champagne to toast this very special occasion and a special birthday cake made by the home’s catering team.

The birthday girl said: “To be surrounded by so many people that I love has made this day so special, I couldn’t have wished for a better birthday, thank you to everybody who arranged it and came to my party, you’ve all made me feel so very special”. 
 

Our residents had a lovely time on Valentine's Day, as well as decorating the home with beautiful hearts they also enjoyed a chocolate fountain with fruits of their choice. They also wrote down what love meant to them. It’s a very personal thing for everybody and we had some really touching answers.         

We were delighted to host a special wellbeing event on Tuesday 3rd February, the home welcomed guest speaker Tina Hilpert, Tina is a qualified mental health coach and community engagement officer at Home Instead. 

Tina spoke to guests and residents about how we can better support ourselves and look after our own wellbeing during a fascinating discussion.

Our residents recently enjoyed the Big Garden Birdwatch, we have been building up to it for some time, we listened to a very good talk arranged by Barchester with a member of the RSPB last week and made our own bird feeders ready for the big day.

We set everything up indoors and sat behind a large bay window in the warm and dry while the birds enjoyed the feeders in the cold and wet outdoors.

This activity really promoted conversation and lots of sharing of knowledge and peoples passion for nature really shone through.
We will send of our findings to the RSPB and when they are published we will all get together again to discuss them over a cuppa and a biscuit.   

The home was delighted to welcome local professionals to their community ‘Meet the Manager – Cream Tea’ event.

Taking place on Friday 16th January. Professionals from various organisations within the community had the opportunity to meet Emma Smith, General Manager of Stamford Bridge Beaumont, take a tour of the newly opened residential unit and network with one another.

The home was delighted to welcome representatives from Home Instead, Bryan Mills Funeral Directors, Link Village Magazine and representation from Stamford in Bloom and the Community Choir.
 

Our residents recently joined in a really fun activity where they made their own greenhouses from cardboard and sandwich bags and planted their own broad beans which they could watch grow. This was a fabulous activity which was really enjoyed by everybody there and the next stage was to plant the broad beans out so they could grow on and can be enjoyed at a later date.

Our residents also really enjoyed decorating their own greenhouses, making them colourful and individually unique.

We have a regular flower arranging group which as well as helping make the home look and smell beautiful, brings a real sense of joy and fun to our residents. We have a lot of conversations about different flowers and how peoples gardens looked when they were at home, the group really promotes positive social interactions and lots of our residents have become really good friends through coming to the group on a regular basis.