Activities at Cheshire Grange Care Home

Residents are overjoyed at Cheshire Grange care home in Warrington, as Barchester Healthcare has implemented a visiting suite for residents to continue to spend time with their loved ones for the autumn and winter seasons in addition to the outdoor visiting that has been on offer for those able for many months.

Balancing resident wellbeing and safety is at the forefront of Barchester Healthcare’s thinking and they understand how important it is for residents and their family and friends to be able to spend time together in the safest way possible.

There has been much careful planning and preparation for this moment by Barchester Healthcare, who run Cheshire Grange care home. It was welcome news for their residents and family and friends as we enter the colder season meaning catch-ups can continue to take place, instead of, or in addition to, outdoor visiting already offered for those able.

Cheshire Grange resident, Barbara celebrated reaching her 90th birthday at the start of February.

Barbara was born in 1931in local town Altrincham, and lived in and around the local area for all her live.

The day was filled with pampering and a beautiful cake for Barbara in honour of this landmark birthday, and just to make the day extra special Barbara had a visit from her daughter in the new visiting suite, where there was lots of smiles and laughter, which is one of Barbara’s secrets for a long healthy life.

The smallest acts of kindness can make such a difference to a day and its extra special when a complete stranger thinks of us at Cheshire Grange, we were so delighted with this special delivery, thank you so very much Poppy how kind and thoughtful of you.

Staff at Cheshire Grange were delighted when Tracy from Sugar Rush Celebration Cakes knocked on their door. Tracy had brought a birthday for one of the residents, but hadn't forgotten the staff and had trays of cupcakes and shortbread biscuits, as a special treat and a thank you for all their hard work. Thank you Tracy for your kindness it very much appreciated by all.

All staff and residents at Barchester’s Cheshire Grange care home, in Warrington,  are all delighted to have received the first dose of their Covid-19 vaccinations at the home by Dr Nichols & Dr Mills from Lakeside Surgery after what has been a very challenging year for everyone.

General Manager, Dawn Smith said: “We’ve all been through such a difficult time and this feels like such a big step on the way to getting back to some normality. I am so proud of the team and how they have worked together and continue to do so and we are all so grateful to be prioritised to receive the vaccine first.  Now that everyone in the home has had their first dose, we feel like we’ve started on the long road to recovery.”

We are proud to say that we work in our residents home and this is something we always remember when planning activities. All of the group activities we plan are not always to everyone’s taste and if you were in your own home the thing you might want to do is just sit quietly by the window and watch the world go by, and what better day to do it on after an unexpected snowfall had but a wintery touch to our gardens.