Activities at Alice Grange Care Home

Divisional winners of Barchester Care Awards Luminata Marasolu nominated Carer of the Year and Mike and Julie Shields nominated Volunteer of the Year.

Making us all proud at Alice Grange.

We look forward to the rest of the team and our residents being able to watch the finals in October where we will be fixed to our screen and ready to party.

Visiting Ipswich Transport Museum was so interesting for our residents who looked back at many vehicles of all shapes and sizes from bikes to trolley buses and anything in between. Bringing back so many memories of travel in so many ways.

Alice Grange went wild celebrating as three of our staff members retired all clocking up over 30 years between them.

We wish them all the best and we partied in style.

Entertainers Jax&Co and his Father joined us as did Josh Lee. Philippine and Indian dance routines put on by staff.

Residents, their family and friends, and staff all joined in on the fun.

We were invited to Woodland View Care Home - Barchester Healthcare to sample some delicious puddings at their monthly pudding club.

It was so lovely to see our residents socialising with their residents, especially when resident ambassadors from both homes initiated a conversation.

We look forward to them joining us at one of our Pudding Clubs soon.

Our monthly Pudding Club is much more than an opportunity to eat delicious cakes, tarts, brulees, roulades, crumbles, jellies and trifles. It is a celebration of the decades of cooking experience our residents have.

Each month our Chef recreates some of our resident's favourite desserts, often favourites that have fallen out of fashion or that are no longer produced in the same way. Our residents supply Chef with recipes, tips and processes that they have perfected over many years of baking for their families. 

By the time other staff and family members also start bringing their own creations along as well, we often end up with a veritable pudding-feast for all to enjoy - which means we see a lot families (especially grandchildren) visiting at this time each month!

Ensuring that we host events that relatives and friends can join is very important to us here at Alice Grange. 

This week we took a trip out to the Suffolk Food Hall to enjoy the fantastic food as well as the incredible views. After coffee and cake overlooking the Orwell Bridge, we nosed around the food hall and picked up some treats for home. 

Regular outings are just one aspect of our life enrichment program and all the trips we take are at the request of the residents. Our monthly activities calendar boasts a range of outings and entertainment.