Activities at Alice Grange Care Home

There were happy scenes at Alice Grange as the hairdresser was finally allowed back into the home.

Just like the rest of the country, residents had been waiting patiently for months to get their hair styled and so they were delighted to be able to book in for a long overdue cut and blow dry.

Andrea, General Manager commented: “It really has felt like Christmas today, our residents are just so delighted to be able to get a good cut and to feel like themselves again. It is wonderful to see them all so happy, we have really missed our hairdressers – it is fantastic to be able to welcome them back again.”

Audrey, a resident, said: “I can’t remember another time in my life when I had to go so long between haircuts! It feels so good to be back to my normal style.”

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.

Inspired by National Vegetarian Week, the Alice Grange Arts & Crafts Club have been creating bookmarks to donate to the local schools. 

Using various vegetables to print and paint onto recycled paper these vegetable-based creations look wonderful and will be gratefully received by the local school children. 

Coinciding with the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, International Nurses Day, held on Wednesday 12th May, is a day to celebrate nurses and care staff around the world. Residents and staff at Alice Grange, were happy to get involved by giving their nurses some well deserved recognition along with some chocolatey treats.

This year, more than ever, we are hugely indebted to all our care staff, and we are incredibly proud to applaud their extraordinary efforts and commitment, on this special day of recognition. International Nurses’ Day is a day to give thanks for the dedication of care givers everywhere, who go above and beyond the call of duty to deliver extraordinary care and support.

Andrea, General Manager at the home, said: “At Alice Grange, our nurses and staff are hard-working, dedicated, and passionate about caring for others, and that compassion and commitment has shone through even more over the past year. They continue to work tirelessly, and I’m proud of the professionalism and duty of care they uphold. All their efforts are focused on delivering the best possible care for our residents, so it’s nice to take this time to show our appreciation in return. It is also lovely to celebrate our residents who were nurses themselves and thank them for all the hard work they did during their careers.”

Elvis Was Here!

Friday saw our favourite Elvis impersonator visit Alice Grange and play a concert in our garden. A fantastic afternoon with great weather allowed our residents to line the garden, windows and balcony to watch Elvis strut his stuff and croon his way through our favourite tunes. The whole home rocked and rolled with The King.

The Art Club at Alice Grange have been working on Spring inspired projects this week. With the weather so beautiful and our garden beginning to bloom it would be hard not to want to create wonderful illustrations and paintings of the flowers and plants that we are seeing around us. 

The Easter Bank Holiday weekend was choc-full of eggcellent activities, laughter, fun, faith and delicious food!

Our residents accessed online services from local churches, had a superb Easter lunch, received Easter Eggs, swapped family Easter traditions, created Easter themed art and decorations for the home and enjoyed a range of Easter themed cooking activities all weekend including the residents versus kitchen team Easter Cake competition.