Care Home Residents Visit The Local Garden Centre

Staff and residents from Barchester s Austen House care home in Lower Earley, Reading had a fantastic time visiting Henry Street Garden Centre where they all enjoyed seeing the beautiful flowers and choose some for our garden Residents and staff had a brilliant time visiting market stalls looking at the colourful and lovely flowers doing some shopping and at the end relaxing with a delicious cake and a cup of tea/coffee or hot chocolate in the cafeteria General Manager, Seva Hashimova said: “We absolutely love being able to take our residents out and it makes us so happy to be able to access different locations like this It has been a fantastic day and we ve all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves ”

Marigold resident at Austen House said: We have all had the most wonderful time visiting the Garden Centre It is so lovely to be able to visit places like this and soak up the atmosphere I especially enjoyed relaxing in the cafeteria with a delicious carrot cake and a cup of hot chocolate chatting with my friends and admiring the flowers ” Our varied life enrichment programme keeps residents active and provides a daily choice of engaging physical, mental and spiritual activities tailored to residents interests and abilities