News and Activities

On 8th December we held an ‘Elf Day’ – a charity day for Alzheimer’s.  We all had a terrific time and it definitely helped us get into the Christmas spirit as well as helping a very good cause.

We’d like to introduce you to Zoe Smart, our new Care Home Manager.  Zoe has worked in care for 13 years in various sectors from palliative/end of life domiciliary care to children’s sectors where she dealt with emotional and behavioural…

There is a definite chill in the air and the nights are drawing in but that doesn’t dampen our enthusiasm at Birchfield – we hope you enjoy our latest newsletter! Birchfield E- Newsletter Autumn 2021 – click to download

We’re getting into the spirit early this year and have been creating some wonderful Christmas decorations for our home.  We’re looking forward to seeing them adorn the rooms when we decorate in earnest in December.

We have lots of different activities at Birchfield.  We recently arranged an afternoon of planting for our residents and as you can see, they produced some wonderful displays as well as some beautiful smiles!

Our residents had a lovely afternoon baking bread recently.  Whilst waiting for it to rise, they had a nice cup of tea and a sing-along to Elvis’ ‘Falling in Love with You’.

Our residents love to keep in touch with the friends and family and this week they’ve been making cards and pictures to send to their nearest and dearest.

We’re a very social bunch at Birchfield and our residents like nothing better than a friendly afternoon of games.  Here are some of us enjoying a game of dominoes and all the chat and laughter that goes with it! Everyone…

You may recall that last Christmas was a bit different.  So, earlier this month we decided to have a special belated (or early?) Christmas Dinner to make up for it!

Our regular Afternoon Teas are a firm favourite with our residents.  It’s a chance to relax and have a nice cup of tea and some cake whilst chatting and exchanging news. Afternoon Tea