Activities at Cheshire Grange Care Home
The activities team are constantly striving to meet the varied needs of everyone who lives in our home, offering a wide range of group and individual social events. There are regular visits from entertainers, along with craft activities, baking, games & puzzle days and pampering sessions, which fill the week. However, we can always find time for outings and just spending that little bit of special time with residents who enjoy the peace and quiet. We aim to bring the activities to the individual, whilst making it a whole home experience.
Jo Eland
After originally starting at Cheshire Grange in May 2015, I'm delighted to be back in the role of Activities Coordinator. It is a privilege to be in this role and spend time, getting to know our ladies and gentleman and their loved one, whilst doing all the fun things that can make such a difference to their days.
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 Cheshire Grange Care Home
Reflect, Remember, Reminisce.
At Cheshire Grange the Life Enrichment Team are very often seen with a poetry book in their hands. Poem of the day was introduced last year and has become a very popular part of the residents' day. The poems vary from the profound to the whimsical, from classics to modern-day poets, all bringing something different to the residents' day.
Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day that marks the liberation of Auschwitz on 27 Jan 1945 and is a day that has very poignant meaning to so many. The poems for yesterday were 'First They Came For The Jews' by Martin Niemoller and 'The Shape of Anne Franks' Soul' by Louise Grieg. Both poems were of a sombre nature but triggered much reflection with the residents, who shared many different stories of their own, some of their memories of the time of the liberation and some about being separated from their loved ones but all with a very deep personal meaning to them.
Sometimes from the darkest moments shine the most brilliant rays of light.
Year of the snake!
Residents and staff at Cheshire Grange welcomed the Lunar New Year with a day full of festivities! The celebrations featured creative craft activities, a delicious themed evening meal, quizzes and the opportunities to discover interesting facts about the traditions associated with the festival. The event was a wonderful opportunity to embrace Chinese culture, enjoy good food, and share joyful moments together.
Wishing everyone health, happiness, and prosperity in the Year of the Snake!
In the Chinese zodiac, the snake symbolises wisdom, intuition, and transformation. As the sixth animal in the 12-year cycle, it represents elegance and thoughtfulness. Those born in the Year of the Snake – 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, and 2025 – are said to be resourceful, insightful, and graceful problem-solvers, embodying the power of adaptability and growth.
Wishing everyone health, happiness, and prosperity in the Year of the Snake.
Buddy the purr-fect friend
Anyone who follows us regularly will know that we have weekly visits from Snoop and George and, as much as our residents who are 'cat people' enjoy saying hello, they miss their cats.
When Senior Carer Lisa broke the news of a new arrival in their family, Buddy Claus, of course, our cat-loving residents couldn't wait to meet him.
Buddy made his Cheshire Grange debut this week at the tender age of 11 weeks old, and behaved impeccably. No words can capture the residents' joy.
A huge thanks to Lisa for bringing Buddy in, and we can't wait to see him again.
Bekky B Music
We welcomed back Bekky B who delivered a wonderful person-centred afternoon of music, giving residents a choice of songs and speaking to each of them in turn.
There was a lot of dancing from the activity team, including many new moves involving gymnastic ribbons!!
Exercise Fun
It was time to get active again and make up for all the chocolates and mince pies over the festive period.
A team-based exercise session brought out the competitive side of the residents and one or two members of the staff also.
Not only were we stretching our muscles, several laughter lines were improved too!
Flower Power
To celebrate International Flower Day, we had a flower-themed week which included quizzes, flower identification, flower-based poems and a creative project which saw the ladies putting together a colourful floral collage.
Whilst being creative, the conversation flowed, we learnt about what flowers residents had in their wedding bouquets, their favourite flowers and different uses for flowers medicinally and in cookery.
In fact, it can be said we had a ‘bloomin’ marvellous time!
