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
Hitting all the right notes
Residents and staff from Cheshire Grange Care Home in Lymm were in for a treat with a visit to The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall to enjoy an afternoon concert ‘By The Sea’ The concert, performed by the very talented members of the Philharmonic Orchestra, was themed around an ocean journey leaving Liverpool and returning home again, pieces included ‘Storm’ from Britten’s Four Sea Interludes, Mendelssohn Fingal’s Cave along with more contemporary pieces.
The concert was created especially for people living with dementia to enjoy with their friends, family and carers, being performed in The Music Room with an ambience fitting to the audience’s needs.
Residents and staff had a wonderful time at the concert, it was truly moving to see the residents so immersed in the music, this was very special, seeing our Memory Lane residents having such a wonderful time doing something that so many of us do without a second thought.
'Oh My Word!'
To celebrate National Scrabble Day we decided to do something a little different, rather than playing scrabble. We used scrabble tiles to create word pictures, using the residents name as a starting point we then talked about interests, personality traits and looked how they could fit around the name. It was great fun and triggered many interesting conversations on all communities and at the end of it the residents have a very unique and individual piece of art for their rooms.
A Very Hoppy Easter
We had a very busy Easter here at Cheshire Grange with a whole host of different activities including an Easter Egg Hunt in the gardens, Easter crafts, reminiscing with residents about Easter when they were younger and of course a visit from the Easter Bunny.
Residents at Cheshire Grange enjoyed an eggs-tensive range of Easter activities, from decorating Easter cookies to reflecting on the Easter story and what it means to them, residents enjoyed some fun Easter games too, the Rabbit Hoopla was especially popular. Residents also tucked in to delicious Easter treats at mealtimes, including a chocolate hot cross bun pudding, a roast turkey lunch, and a delicious buffet spread, prepared by the home’s head chef Mandy.
The Easter Bunny thanked everyone for making the visit to Cheshire Grange so much fun and they enjoyed meeting all the lovely residents and their families.
