Nestled in a sleepy, yet oh so beautiful village in the Cheshire countryside, is Birch Heath Lodge, Christleton. We don’t let a pandemic stop us having fun so, every few weeks, we have an afternoon party. This is time for the residents and staff to relax and enjoy each other’s company and sing our hearts out.  There is always lots of laughter, clapping and swinging our pants. 

During the pandemic, at Alexandra Court, we have had a 100th birthday celebration where Margaret received her birthday card from the Queen. The staff held a small socially distanced gathering to celebrate.

Gladys celebrated her 100th birthday with us at Manorhey. The staff decorated her room with balloons, all in matching colours and we had a cake made and for her which was shared out with all residents, at the afternoon tea we held on the floor Gladys lives. 

Alexandra Court have made the most of the beautiful weather, of late and held numerous concerts outside. The residents have thoroughly enjoyed the events, whilst sipping on cold drinks in the fresh air.

On Wednesday 12 August, Amber Court had an Hawaiian Theme Day.  Residents and staff dressed in grass skirts, leis and bright colours.  Hawaiian music was playing and everyone enjoyed an Hawaiian style buffet.  Marianne, Activities Coordinator taught staff how to dance to the Huki Lau and Pearly Shells which are traditional Hawaiian dances, learned during her time working onboard cruise ships and Staff Nurse Patience taught us an island dance.  Residents also enjoyed watching staff members Kath, Alice and Callum expertly do the hoola hoop.

Residents and staff at Parksprings Care Home have created over 100 'High Tea' gift boxes, filled with goodies for our local heroes. The residents coloured in rainbows to decorate each box and the Rosie, Activity Coordinator and Michelle, Deputy Manager, delivered them to the local hospitals, police and fire stations. They were thrilled that they had been thought of and thoroughly enjoyed the treats.

Margaret Brown celebrated her 100th Birthday on Sunday 23rd August, at Thorntree Mews. Not quite the birthday the family had planned, but Margaret started the day with breakfast in her room, then began the pampering session. Shower, nails and hair done for the occasion and Margaret looked amazing. Margaret went to reception area where her family were waiting to greet her. She had a fabulous day and the bad weather did not dampen her spirits. As you can see from the photo, Margaret is quite a character.

We were excited to welcome our first visitors back to Abingdon Court on 6th July.

We decorated our lovely garden to ensure residents and families enjoyed their visits and we also decorated the reception area so families and friends could see see how much we have missed them.

We are lucky to be able to continue to welcome visits from friends and families who have been so understanding of the different rules now in place.

We love creating our own gifts here at Belmont Care Home and thought it would be a lovely idea to make bracelets for birthday gifts in Park Suite.  We had a few different boxes with beads, glass balls and colourful stones and started to create our own designs.

Here is Robert, in the process of creating his own design.  We hope the birthday girl likes it.

We had some fun in the activities lounge with the parachute. There was lots of laughing coming from the room.  Everyone held a colour in a circle and then we popped a ball in the middle and flicked up the parachute to see which colour the ball landed on when the parachute came back down to eye level. There was much debate whether it was one colour or another.  We got quite competitive