Activities at Bedewell Grange Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Donna Brooks
My Name is Donna. I am the activities co-ordinator at Bedewell Grange.
I joined Bedewell Grange in April 2022 and I bring lots of new exciting ideas to the role, having worked in the health and social care sector for the last 15 years. I am passionate about my role within the home and aim to bring a smile to all our residents faces through different types of activities.
I'm bright and bubbly, so aim to share this each day at work. I have experience in supporting our residents who are more able as well as doing sensory Namaste sessions with our residents who are less able.
As I get to know the residents likes and dislikes, if you would like to come and chat with me about your family member please pop in and see me.
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 Bedewell Grange Care Home
Art Therapy
Our residents are very creative, and we enjoy making art creations for every event.
We have started our garden creations as we are wishing the spring upon us for sunshine and warmer weather so we can get out in our garden. Our ladies enjoyed painting wooden ornaments of tulips with pretty colours.
International Cuisine
Thursdays at Bedewell Grange are theme nights where our head chef prepares a feast such as Italian, Mexican, Chinese or Indian food with all the trimmings.
Our Chinese cuisine was enjoyed by everyone as we tucked into a Chinese curry with rice, prawn crackers, salt and pepper chips and spring rolls. This was enjoyed with their favourite tipples, including cocktails, wine or a whisky.
Our residents wore their dragon glasses and liked the fun decorations.
Valentine's Day
We spent the week spreading the love with craft sessions, making homemade Valentine's gifts, enjoying pamper sessions with a visit from our hairdresser, Tracy, making everyone extra glamorous for our celebrations.
Bedewell was buzzing with excitement about the return of Mike Memphis as Elvis for his fabulous Valentine's show with all his classic love songs.
Pet Therapy
Our Bedewell Groomers gave our cavapoo, Honey a lovely bath.
She was very well-behaved as she was sponged with bubbles before being rinsed and combed.
Honey is a big part of Bedewell and joins our residents for group activities. She is very well-loved, and she loves our residents equally in return.
Honey was blow-dried into a little ball of fluff and was admired for how clean and fresh she looked.
Exercise and Dance
We enjoy keeping active here at Bedewell and try to keep it as fun as possible, using props and mixing exercise with dance.
Exercise helps to maintain strength, flexibility and balance. This also improves health and reduces the risk of heart disease and strokes.
We started with gentle movement, then once our warm-up was complete, we followed simple dance routines.
For stretching, we used Thera bands and made sure we all did a cool down afterwards.
Esther's 98th Birthday!
Esther enjoyed birthday celebrations for a full weekend.
Esther enjoyed afternoon tea surrounded by her family at the Little Haven hotel, tucking into scones, cakes and tea.
We were also joined by an entertainer here at Bedewell for a swing show, as Esther loves Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. There was lots of singing and dancing as we sang the Mack the Knife, Little Old Wine Drinker, and we swung our legs to the Can Can.
Esther thoroughly enjoyed herself surrounded by her family and friends.
Upcoming events
March
Join us as welcome the spring months and look ahead to the life enrichment and community events coming in March.
Blue Light Breakfast
If you are part of the Emergency Services or Community District Nurses, we extend a very warm welcome for you to join us - Every Tuesday from 7.30 am - 10.00 am.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
Do you have any spare time and could make a difference? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
Community Cafe - Every Thursday
We know the importance of supporting our local community and extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our weekly Community Cafe. All welcome.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel, we offer a warm welcome to join us on your duty breaks for a refreshing drink and a slice of cake.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
For more information please contact Bedewell Grange on 0191 483 8000.
