Activities at Alice Grange Care Home

There is so much you can do when combining nature with art. We collected pine cones and decorated them, helping with hand-eye coordination, capturing how the physical world of nature inspires human creativity,

Nature is visible to the eye but also includes pictures of the soul. The residents had so much fun in yet a simple but productive activity.

At Alice Grange we support and encourage our residents to continue doing the things they love whilst also making new friends. We hold regular activities that help or residents use cognitive and motor skills to provide holistic benefits that enhance the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of residents.

Exercise activities are a regular feature of the weekly activities planner. Our Residents at Alice Grange enjoy a range of activities including Arm Chair Zumba, Tai Chi, Chair Robic's and this week's included Arm Chair ball games.

At Alice Grange we support and encourage our residents to continue doing the things they love whilst also making new friends and exploring new adventures. 

At Alice Grange we support and encourage our residents to continue doing the things they love whilst also making new friends. We hold regular activities that help or residents use cognitive and motor skills to provide holistic benefits that enhance the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of residents.

Our Residents enjoyed the great weather this week and had fun creating colourful planters to be used around the Home.

At Alice Grange we support and encourage our residents to continue doing the things they love whilst also making new friends and exploring new adventures. 

There was a real buzz in the air as we celebrated International Bee Day. 

We made cookies, including honey, we shared stories of the importance of bees, and we came up with some amusing bee quotes alongside our bee quiz.    

By taking regular feedback and requests from our residents we can enhance our life enrichment program to suit the interests of the residents.

At our monthly Residents meeting our Residents had requested more exercise to be incorporated into the homes weekly activity planner. We invited G Fitness for a fun filled session and the Residents thoroughly enjoyed the activities that were provided. A fun filled session full of laughter.

Regular exercise improves muscle strength, balance, and flexibility, allowing older adults to perform daily tasks and reducing the risk of falls.

The heat is on watching the staff in a sack race while enjoying a refreshing ice lolly so much fun and laughter as our staff competed against each other.

It's sometimes the simple things in life that bring so much fun and laughter.

We went all out country and western, with Live entertainment from Ray Smith.     

Many of our residents are country and western fans, in a recent residents meeting they asked for a country and western themed day.

Thanks to Suffolk Fire and Rescue for their informative visit to Alice Grange.  

Our residents really enjoyed their visit and asked loads of questions about their role and their equipment.

The bond that our residents share with local school children is so nice to see. 

Throughout the year, we have many visits from local schools with many intergenerational linking projects, playing games and sharing stories.   

At Alice Grange we know that being able to continue lifelong hobbies or interests is a key part of our resident's identities, and we make every effort to encourage and support each resident to be able to do so.

Our Residents enjoyed sprucing up the spacious gardens at the home this week. After a trip to the local garden centre they enjoyed planting some flowers in the gardens planters and soaking up some sunshine. Everyone enjoyed a cuppa and home made cake once the job was done.

At Alice Grange we support and encourage our residents to continue doing the things they love whilst also developing new friendships and learning new skills.

We Like to Move It, Move It ️

We were thrilled to have taken part in Get Barchester Moving Week.

From 6th to 12th July, we were active with residents, colleagues, families and our local community – all to have fun and raise awareness and funds for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation.

The Foundation helps older people and those living with disabilities stay connected to their local communities.

We welcomed Project 21,to start our week off.
Empowering people with Down syndrome to belong, believe, and achieve.

The group that joined us today certainly did that with their dance routine from a recent show, which showcased World Down Syndrome Day back in March, the date being 3/21, which was chosen to symbolise triplication, three copies of the 21st chromosome, which causes the genetic condition.

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.

Our residents were so pleased that the sun shone, as they had been waiting a long time to be able to enjoy the benefits of the Wheelyboat experience. Woolverstone Project provides enjoyment on the water, without the provision of accessible boats, disabled people are mostly denied experiences that able-bodied people take for granted. 

Pride Month is celebrated every year throughout June to honour the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. June is the global focal point, but many festivals take place throughout the summer months.

Our residents enjoyed our mini-parade and were proud to wear the colours of the rainbow. Thanks to Gus Young for his final performance at Alice Grange. We wish you all the best in your next Chapter.  

Endorphins are mood lifts, the body's natural painkillers.

Oxytocin, often known as the cuddle hormone, also helps to decrease stress and increase feelings of trust and bonding.  

Dopamine. The chemical reward gives a genuine neurological win. Thanks to Miss Georgie Bloom, for making it such a fun time enjoyed by all who joined us.

We kicked off our Easter celebrations with the judging of our children's colouring competition. It was a hard decision as they were all so good, and our three judges liked them all.

So... we decided everyone's a winner.