Activities at Appletree Grange Care Home
Our Activities Coordinator is constantly arranging new activities to stimulate and catch the imagination of our residents. From visiting entertainers to a regular craft table to outings on the minibus, there is always something for our residents to keep them entertained. Our Activities Coordinator also takes the time to sit with each resident and go through a life history so they get to know what the likes and dislikes of each individual are and can tailor the activities to suit them. A monthly residents meeting is held to get the views of the residents and to get suggestions from them and their families about what they would like to do and everything that can be done to accommodate their requests is done.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Appletree Grange Care Home
Birthday celebrations
With lockdown restrictions, Birthday celebrations aren't quite what everyone had planned but here at Appletree Grange we’ve made it work as Residents took part in wishing Rita a wonderful birthday. The birthday girl was delighted to be presented with a bouquet of colourful blooms and a delicious home-made birthday cake.
Residents and staff joined together in singing Happy Birthday then watching her blow her candles out! Happy Birthday Rita.
Competitive fun for Residents
Residents enjoy competitive fun during an afternoon of games at Appletree Grange. After everyone had warmed up, things got exciting when it was time to play ‘Tin Can Alley’. During each turn, residents were sending the cans off the table and scoring well for the number they were able to knock over with the ball.
The Wonderful Scent of Blooms
Residents at Appletree enjoyed an afternoon of flower arranging to help decorate the home with springtime blooms. The flowers came courtesy of the local Co-op store, who kindly donated flowers to the home, by way of thanks to the care team, who are doing a wonderful job and to bring a smile to Residents.
Everyone enjoyed assorting the flowers to create beautiful arrangements in various vases, while having a catch-up over a cup of tea. Sharon Stewart General Manager, said: “Everyone really enjoyed the flower arranging activity. Our home looks and smells even more lovely now the beautiful blooms are on display.”
Salvation Donation
Staff were all chuffed to receive a bag of hand cream and sun lotion from the Salvation Army. There were enough bags for every member of staff. A huge thanks to them all!
Tile Painting
Here are the budding artists at Appletree Grange trying their hands at tile painting.
Letters of Kindness
Residents of Appletree were delighted to receive some beautiful handmade letters, cards and flowers from members of their local community. The residents loved reading the messages in the cards and have displayed them proudly in our home.
Social isolation will only increase due to the ever-developing Coronavirus outbreak. We, the residents and staff of Appletree, would like to help prevent this in any way they can, so we are looking for pen pals of all ages! The aim is to help individuals in the home and local community to feel connected during this difficult time. If you can, send your cards and letters directly to the home or email Appletreegrange.activities@Barchester.com.
Upcoming events
Could you be a Volunteer?
Do you have any spare time? Could your time make a difference? For more information on Volunteering, please pop in or give us a call.
Calling all Emergency Services!
Calling all members of the emergency personnel, come and take a break with us! there will be a warm welcome and maybe a cake or two.....
