Activities at Alice Grange Care Home

Alice Grange welcomed local school children our home.

We had a lovely visit from Heath School Kesgrave Children's Choir. Who sang traditional Christmas songs to our residents their families and friends who joined us at the start of our festive programme of activities.

The Children were then invited to a sneak preview at our Grotto and were invited to join us when Santa will be here and where they will be able to have a mini steam engine ride on Saturday 9th December between 10 am and 4 pm

Halloween at Alice Grange was a day of fun and laughter with a Staff fancy dress catwalk which we called Strictly Halloween and the residents scored the best costume.

We had plenty of trick or treaters throughout the day the youngest being 2 years of age. It was so nice to see the community swing by and for our residents to see the children dressed up in their costumes.

International Gin & Tonic Day is hosted by The Gin Guide on behalf of Jayne Withers who launched the occasion in 2012 in honour of her Grandmother, Mary Edith Keyburn. Jayne writes: "Mary Edith was a remarkable woman who loved the occasional tipple of Gin and tonic".

Our residents then sampled a gin and tonic and were surprised by the amount of flavours of gin and the different types of tonic you can get now.

Harvest Festival at Alice Grange Reverend Gary Jones from All Saints Church Kesgrave thanks God for nature and the food from the harvest.

We had produce kindly donated by Capel St Andrew Farms

We celebrate this in the traditional  way with traditional hymns with our resident pianist, making it that much more special.

Diwali is celebrated by billions of people around the world are celebrating the victory of Light over Darkness known as Diwali

Diwali is one of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, it spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair.

Its celebration includes millions of lights shining on housetops, outside doors and windows, around temples and other buildings in the communities and countries where it is observed.

The festival preparations and rituals typically extend over a five-day period, but the main festival night of Diwali coincides with the dark night of the Hindu Calendar - Diwali night falls between mid-October and mid-November on the Gregorian Calendar. Diwali or Deepavali is the Hindu festival of lights celebrated every year in autumn in the northern hemisphere and Spring in the Southern.

On the same night that Hindus celebrate Diwali, Jains celebrate a festival also called Diwali to mark the attainment of moksha by Mahavira,  Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas to mark the release of Guru Hargobind from a Mughal Empire prison, and Newar Buddhists, unlike the majority of Buddhists, celebrate Diwali by worshipping Lakshmi.

If you have any friends of Indian origin - make sure to wish them well today. Happy Diwali to our friends near and far regardless of tradition and may there always be Light

May you be happy, well, safe, peaceful and at ease.

Registered Nurse Of The Year at the Barchester Care Awards.

Grace Santos who was nominated as  Registered Nurse Of The Year at the Barchester Care Awards.

Grace has worked at Alice Grange for almost 15 years and is a great support to everyone is always approachable and has a very infectious laugh.

We are so proud of you and all you do for Staff, Residents and their Families.

To us, you truly are our Amazing Grace.