Activities at Vecta House Care Home

At Vecta House staff and residents got ready for a day of celebrations in commemoration of the 80th  anniversary of the  D-Day landings. Residents gathered in the beautiful gardens on a sunny morning to hang bunting ready for the afternoons events with other residents taking part in the mornings reminiscing session where residents discussed there experiences working in the forces and living through the war. Residents in the lounges got comfortable as they watched the tv  D-Day events held in Normandy.

After a morning of remembering residents gathered with staff, families and friends to show respect and thanks to everyone who severed in the war. With live music from Hanna Nixon singing Vera Lynn songs well known during wartime. Residents waved their flags proudly and joined in with singing and dancing while enjoying a selection of refreshments.

International Nurses Day is celebrated on the 12th of May each year to recognise the dedication, commitment and hard work all our nursing team show everyday while caring for our residents.

As a thank you our lovely resident Gill who was a nurse at St Mary's hospital for many years, proudly presented our nurses with a certificate and a small gift as a token of our appreciation with Gill receiving her own certificate and gift as a thank you for her dedication throughout her nursing career.

All our staff go above and beyond and we a very proud of each and everyone of you.

Thank you all for the love and care you show our residents each and every day.

Living with dementia can make it difficult for some residents to get out into the community so we bring the community to them to continue with meaningful activities

One of the community groups we see each month is Reverend Dozie from St. Paul's, Barton who delivers a beautiful church service with prayers and hymns. Today residents joined Michael in his room where the service was held. Michael was reading prayers, singing hymns and took part in holy communion. At the end of the service Michael told us all he felt over the moon with a huge smile on his face.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Vecta House care home in Newport 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.

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, which 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.

Dementia action week is from the 13th-19th May, Vecta House held a Time for a Cuppa event along with the rest of the nation to help raise money for Dementia Uk.

The afternoon events was full of fun and joy with live entertainment from HunnyBz Due who performed a ABBA concert singing their greatest hits. Residents, families and staff danced the afternoon away while enjoying a slice of scrumptious cakes.

At the event there was a cake stall filled with delicious cakes all made by staff along with handmade forget-me-not broches made by a local group the wraxall wollies with the home raising an impressive £100 for Dementia UK.

Residents at Vecta House celebrated in honour of St George patron saint of England by singing along to live music with Tony from Independent arts. The home was decorated throughout giving a patriotic atmosphere with residents waving their flags along to their favourite tunes. Later in the afternoon residents in their rooms  were visited by the activities team who read St Georges Day poems with some taking the opportunity to create some St Georges Day art work to display around the home.

There was lots of joy and happiness amongst residents and their family’s during the celebrations.