Deck the halls with boughs of holly: Local care home gets festive
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Bayleaf Care Home, in Huntingdon, have been decking the halls, getting out the tinsel and unravelling the fairy lights, ready for a whole host of Christmas celebrations.
Bayleaf’s residents and staff have been busy creating lots of home-made paper chains to make the home as festive as can be. The residents have also been crafting home-made decorations for the Christmas tree which they all helped to decorate. The tree is looking truly magnificent covered in beautiful Christmas lights, bows and baubles.
General Manager, Katie Wilkinson said: “Christmas is such a magical time and our residents love nothing better than to spend time creating decorations for the home and then we all help to put them up together. It is so special to be able to share these rituals and we all love to see the home decorated and filled with twinkly lights.”
Joyce Walters, resident at Bayleaf Care Home said: “It takes me back to my childhood when the whole family used to decorate the tree together with all kinds of different home-made baubles and paper chains, it was always such a special time. I just love to see all the Christmas lights up, if I had my way we’d never take them down!”
Bayleaf Care Home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering high-quality care across its care homes and hospitals. Bayleaf Care Home provides residential care and dementia care for 53 residents ranging from short-term respite through to longer stays.