Activities at Cheshire Grange Care Home

As temperatures soared on the hottest day of the year what better way to cool down than a tasty ice cream, served to you by an authentic ice cream vendor, well nearly authentic!! Activities Coordinator Jo, donned a striped Jacket and boater hat and loaded the trolley with refreshing drinks, ice lollies, ices cream cones, sauce and sprinkles and went through the home, to residents in their rooms and in communal areas offering the cooling treats. There was many a smile and lots of reminiscing about ice creams along the way, some residents were introduce to ice cream sodas and thoroughly enjoyed them.

Cheshire Grange were welcomed some very talented young musicians from Lymm High School , who were playing at the 3 care homes in Lymm as part of their Founders Day Celebrations. Residents on all communities were able to enjoy the performance including some well know classical pieces and some more modern numbers, everyone was commenting on how professional these young people were and how kind they were to take the time to visit, spirits were on a high all day afterwards, we look forward to listening again nearer to Christmas.

Over the past few months we have been looking a different artists, looking at their works and learning a little bit about their life. This month to celebrate her birthday we were showcasing the work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, residents were enthralled by the bright colours and bold style and couldn’t wait to put brush to paper, the result were very impressive. Ladies and gents from all communities were involved and the finished pieces will be saved for our pop up gallery towards the end of the year.

We are proud to announce that Carl Marsden has been crowned Maintenance Champion of the Year for the North Division in this year’s Barchester Care Awards and is through to the national round of judging.

More than 2,950 nominations were received from all Barchester homes and hospitals across the UK. All entries were a very high standard and Carl is over the moon to have been named the winner for the division, beating hundreds of other nominees.

Our divisional winner, Carl is through to the national finals in which the overall winner is decided. He will join winners from across the UK at a special awards event in October to celebrate their outstanding achievements and discover if they have won a national award. Huge congratulations, well deserved!

Our homes had a fabulous time with the talented soprano Astrid Joos from Street Theatre.  Astrid spoke about a selection of famous operas and our residents were treated to performances of wonderful arias from operas well-known to all, such as ‘Giuditta’, ‘Don Giovanni’ and ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’.

It was a lovely experience, truly enjoyed by all.

There was a party atmosphere today as Deborah from Musical Delights took us on a musical journey through the fifties. The ladies and gents from all communities joined in with songs from Connie Francis, Elvis and Doris Day to name a few, there was a lot of singing and hand jiving. Margaret spoke on behalf of all the residents when she thanked Deborah for a fantastic afternoon.