Activities at Alice Grange Care Home

As every good cake maker knows, now is the time to be getting your Christmas cake ready.

So our chef, casually mentioned that he is going to be starting the process, and was quickly overruled by residents who wanted to make the cakes themselves. Chef made things worse when he dared to query if the residents knew how to make Christmas cakes and offered to share with them his recipes. He was quietly informed that the residents had many more years of Christmas cake making experience than he, and that each had a superior recipe to his own!

Duly chastened, Chef made his ingredients available and beat a hasty retreat to the kitchen.

The home smells wonderfully of baking, which goes very well with the Christmas decorations.

So the festive season approaches and the sounds of choirs, bells and Christmas songs fill the hallways.

The Christmas decorations have started going up and Alice Grange is starting to look very merry indeed, although we still have plenty of decorations and Christmas lights still to put up, and our light switch on has yet to occur.

Our Christmas calendar is full of exciting and unique activities including plays, recitals and even a behind-the-scenes tour of Blenheim Palace!

Our brand new interactive table has arrived. The residents at Alice Grange have been looking forward to this arriving since we had a trial day and ordered it some months ago.   We will be able to use the table for watching Youtube performances, attending classes via Zoom, playing brain teaser games and having sensory experiences.   So far we have nearly thirty apps downloaded onto the table, and we are still exploring and finding out which other ones our residents want. The table will get great use from all of our residents.

Residents have enjoyed some great games of Play Your Cards Right this week, with staff doing their very best Bruce Forsyth impressions. 

Some residents saw their competitive sides creep out during the games whilst others were happy to relax, watch and enjoy some scrumptious cakes made by our talented chef and his team. 

 

At the 11th Hour, on the 11th Day of the 11th Month we held our silence to remember those who fell in conflict.

Our residents have marked Remembrance Day through a variety of Poppy related activities and a service led by our resident Richard who has put his 70 years of preaching to good use.

A big birthday needs a big cake, a big card and a big game of chess with a friend (and more cakes)!

The team at Alice Grange always ensure that no birthday goes uncelebrated. Whether a resident wants a quiet evening with their friends and a favourite meal, a big cake or Happy Hour in the main lounge, our staff will ensure they get what they deserve and feel special.