Activities at Wheatlands Care Home

Field House residents joined our sister home, The Wheatlands Care Home - Barchester Healthcare at the Priory Hall for the monthly carers connect event.

Where the fabulous Sal Tonge Storyteller entertained us with an afternoon of music and storytelling and took us all on a trip down memory lane.  

Every Tuesday, our wonderful hairdresser Annie visits Wheatlands to help our residents look and feel their best.

A trip to the salon is more than just a haircut – it’s about confidence, wellbeing, and enjoying a little pampering. We love seeing the smiles that follow every appointment! Annie will even come in on special occasions to ensure that residents look their best, whether it’s a special birthday, party or a wedding.     

Residents and staff gathered for another Barchester Healthcare goes gaming but this month there was a little twist it was Corris staff and residents verses  Ellis staff and residents.

Everyone took their seats for four intensive rounds it was so lovely to see everyone come together and have so much fun. Ellis pipped Corris at the post by just 1 point it was so close !!

Over the past month, residents have enjoyed Wimbledon fever! If they weren’t watching the live action, they enjoyed a whole host of tennis-themed activities. We held our very own day on centre court, where residents enjoyed a game of seated tennis challenging fellow residents and enjoying a glass of proscessco. We even made our own Wimbledon-inspired sundae ‘Wheatlands Wombles of Wimbledon Sundae’ named after the famous kids TV show Wombles aired in the 1970s including Eaton Mess, Chocolate extravagnza and a traditional with lashings of sprinkles all washed down with a glass of Pimm’s!    

Birthday celebrations are lovely, but when families get together it’s even more beautiful. Sharing special moments, love and laughter whilst making lasting memories.

We were delighted to host Percy’s birthday party in our café with a delicious buffet prepared by our award-winning head chef Martin.

A huge thank you to members of the Much Wenlock community and businesses who joined us for our afternoon event.

It was wonderful to welcome you for a tour of our recently refurbished Memory Lane and to introduce you to some of our lovely residents.

Thank you for spending the afternoon with us, we really enjoyed having you.

Music is so important in all our lives. It manages to spark lots of memories and always brings so much joy and happiness. That's why music therapy is so important to all our residents. Residents from both units enjoyed another incredible music therapy session from our friends at Kiddleydivey.

It was another interactive and lively music session. Each and every song took us down memory lane as we sang and danced the morning away. The room was full of so much joy and happiness. It was truly magical to be a part of it.

The session evoked many conversations which carried on long after the session had finished over a cuppa and a delicious homemade cake.

We were lucky enough to have the Ironmen and Severn Gilders Morris dancers come and give a talk about the tradition of Morris dancing. Not only did they do a lovely presentation, we enjoyed a morning of music as they each played their instruments and did a Morris dance demonstration and even got a few of the residents and staff up to have a go.   

We are looking forward to the whole group coming back later in the year to perform for us.