News and Activities

We all had a wonderful time at our Annual Christmas Fair… and we especially enjoyed our visit from Santa.

We have recently implemented a new electronic care plan system at Birchfield.  The system is secure and efficient with each staff member having a unique login.  We are now able to quickly and easily update the needs of our residents…

We love to celebrate our resident’s birthdays.  Here is Beryl enjoying a manicure for her special day.

We celebrated St Andrew’s Day on 30th November with a specially themed ‘Scottish Day’ – complete with our very own piper!

On 8th November we had a special War Memorial Reminiscence Day.  There were displays throughout the home and the residents talked about the war with Jackie, who led the discussions.  We also read newspaper articles from the time and also…

Our residents love a friendly game of bingo.  Here is one of our staff members calling the numbers and providing the prizes at a special ‘Halloween’ game last week.

We had some ghostly goings-on at Birchfield over Halloween.  Our residents enjoyed a special lunch and creepy decorations adorned our Home.

Our lovely Avril enjoyed a special earlier this month.  She enjoyed a manicure with Tanya who later took her out for lunch…. we all enjoy a treat now and then we try to make sure our residents are able to…

James from Senior Fitness called again last week to put us all through our paces… as you can see, everyone thoroughly enjoys these sessions.

Everyone wore pink on 19th October to raise money for Breast Cancer Now.  We held a raffle and enjoyed pink doughnuts and cakes with our tea.