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
Bob's Birthday Meal
We celebrated Bobs birthday with a romantic meal for him and his wife Agnes. our lovely residents both live here at Bedewell grange and enjoyed choosing from their menu whilst singing along to Cliff Richard. They celebrated with a glass of bubbly and said it was nice to feel so special.
Teaming up with Hen Power and Equal Arts
Bedewell have had some new additions to the family in our hens who our residents named Margaret, Freddie,Lucy and Suzie. Everyone was excited to meet our new pets and they have settled in well. WE will be working with equal arts who are an ageing charity supporting older people living with dementia. Equal arts offer creative opportunities to help improve people’s wellbeing. We are excited for our upcoming projects.
Party Time
We enjoy monthly entertainers here at Bedewell grange. This month we were joined by the power house voice of Sam Naylor. Sam always gets the party started with her mix of music from Elvis to Doris Day. There was lots of dancing and James enjoyed being serenaded by Sam.
Autumn Arts and Crafts
We brought a little of our garden indoors today. Our residents enjoy craft classes and love to show their creative side.We made some autumn trees using our leaves from the garden. Our ladies were really pleased with their finished results we framed them to display in their bedrooms.
Pony Therapy
We have had a lovely visit from Katy and Monet the miniature American pony. This is always a lovely therapeutic activity and all residents enjoy interaction with the ponies. Katy owns 11 miniature ponies and its always a surprise which pony we will be greeted with. There was smiles all round and our families enjoyed the visit also.
National Cat Day
This month we celebrated national cat day with a visit from the lovely Boris. Boris got lots of love and affection from our residents and staff and was a huge hit. We look forward to another visit from Boris in the future.
Upcoming events
April
Hello April! We are looking forward to a fun filled month ahead - all welcome.
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.
