Activities at Crandon Springs Care Home

randon Springs care home, in Wells have recently hosted an intergenerational visit for residents and members of the local community. 

The event, which took place on 4th December welcomed the group of children from St Cuthbert’s School in Wells, known as the ‘Mini Police’ along with local PCSO’s and school staff spent the morning with the residents. to enjoy questions and activities with residents at the home.

The catering team at the care home provide a selection of chocolate goodies on the day.
General Manager, Meg Cleal of Crandon Springs said: “We invited the group to the home as a way to support the schools and carers who visit our home who have young children, and the residents at our home had a lot of fun on the day, and love our young visitors. If anyone ever wants to stop in for a lovely afternoon with your young ones, or just for a cuppa and a break, we’d love to have you join us.”

Crandon Springs care home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering personalised care across its care homes and hospitals. Crandon Springs provides residential care and dementia care for 64 residents from respite care to long term stays.

Residents and guests at Crandon Springs care home in Wells enjoyed an afternoon of cheers with an in-house Beer tasting that took place at the home. Sampling from a selection of Glastonbury Brewing Company’s stock, residents were able to try the different types of Beer such as Ale and Craft Beers and learn the different notes and blends, including bitter and earthy combinations, with an addition of cranberry for a festive feel!

Beer was provided by Glastonbury Brewing Co, and Mike Butt joined us to lead the workshop. The hospitality team at the home provided a spread of savoury treats to compliment the Beer selection. Mike has kindly invited Crandon Springs for a tour at the Brewery.

General Manager, Meg said, “Our residents and guests had a wonderful afternoon learning everything they could about the Glastonbury Brewing Company. Even requesting a in house Bar! We do our best to provide a wide range of activities and entertainment at Crandon Springs as part of the lifestyle enrichment programme for residents, and this was one of our favourites!”

One resident said “We had lots of fun trying all of the different Beers - my favourite was definitely the blend – Mystery Tor, it was delicious!”

Crandon Springs care home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering personalised care across its care homes and hospitals. Crandon Springs provides residential care and dementia care for 64 residents from respite care to long term stays.

What a fabulous time we had recently as we celebrated our very own Head Housekeeper, Louise, who was the divisional winner for The Hospitality Champion of the Year award!

It was a brilliant afternoon as we celebrated with a party to cheer on Louise who had been invited along with our General Manger, Meg, to join all the other winners in an award ceremony.

We are so very proud of Louise who demonstrates  passion, commitment and teamwork every day to make a real difference to our residents at Crandon Springs.

We were so excited to welcome Jenny and Terry, who are ex professional ball room dancers. 

It was such a lovely afternoon for our residents, with many of them reminiscing about their own times spent on the dance floor.

They dazzled our residents with the performance and of course their professional costumes.  It was such a pleasure to see our residents swaying along to the music and even joining Jenny and Terry for a dance.

One of the cornerstones of our life enrichment program is live musical entertainment. Resident involvement in choosing genres along with feedback after each performance means that we are able to constantly improve our activities calendar.

We have been busy at Crandon Springs lately and have been getting out and about in the mini bus 

Our trips out are always at the request of our residents and this time they wanted to take a trip to the glorious landscape of Cheddar Gorge. 

It was such a lovely experience to take in stunning views and scenery that Cheddar Gorge has to offer.

To top off a great day out we made a pit stop for some delicious Ice cream. Its always a pleasure to enjoy these experiences with our lovely residents.

Regular outings are just one aspect of our life enrichment program and all the trips we take are at the request of the residents. Our monthly activities calendar boasts a range of outings and entertainment.