Activities at Bedewell Grange Care Home

We value each and every one of our staff at Bedewell Grange and all their dedication. We have created a rainbow out of hearts to show our appreciation for all key workers. We also join the rest of the country at 8pm every Thursday to clap all key workers and NHS staff who are working for us all at this difficult time. Our residents are being well looked after and are happy. Stay safe everyone!

Residents of Bedewell Grange have been busy making colour hearts to create a rainbow , which they have displayed along their lounge window for anyone passing the home. Inside the home, we have created a colourful community board to display all well-wishes to the residents received from the community.

Bedewell grange is getting lots of love and support from the local community in our pen pal scheme. Children and their families in the Hebburn area have been popping in with letters and little gifts for our residents for mother’s day.

Jill Wright, Activities coordinator said “We are overwhelmed by the response of the local community. This is so important for our residents especially now as our residents cant receive visitors from their families due to us being on lock down. Thank you all so much and keep them coming!”

We celebrated St Patrick's Day in style! Everyone had lots of fun celebrating the Irish—it was a blast!

Every Thursday from 5pm to 6pm our residents are learning Spanish! Our activities coordinator Jill, lived in Spain for 18 years teaching English to children and she is fluent in Spanish! When our residents found this out, they asked Jill if she could teach them Spanish.

Jill explains: “Learning a language at any age is fun and is good for you, especially later on in life as  this help make new neurological pathways in the brain and helps improve memory. Each week our residents learn a bit about Spanish culture and key phrases in Spanish. We have tapas and a little sangria and we listen to Spanish music. Everyone is doing so well! We always have lots of fun and a giggle”.

We celebrated our residents’ artistic talents by holding an inauguration night on Thursday January 30th to launch our art exhibition.

Our ‘By the Sea’ exhibition shows our residents' original watercolour paintings and textile pieces. There are over 40 pieces of work in the collection. Residents have been working on their pieces of art for several months now. The exhibition was inspired by their fond childhood memories at the seaside.

Staff, residents, their families, and members of the local community enjoyed our ‘By the Sea' exhibition. Refreshments and snacks were prepared by our hospitality team!