Activities at Crandon Springs Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life. Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Katherine Cork
Hello, my name is Kath and I’m the Activities Assistant here at Crandon Springs.
As part of the Activities and lifestyle enrichment team, I help in organising our daily activities, ensuring that all of our residents have a variety of activities to choose from each day. I love enriching our residents’ lives by providing meaningful and engaging activities and, having been both a teacher and care assistant in the past, have a wealth of experience behind me. You'll rarely find me without a smile and I'm very family orientated, and I love how both the residents' and colleagues Crandon Springs feel like a second family to me!
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 Crandon Springs Care Home
Creative Arts
Happy Saturday, everyone! Today’s adventure? Painting lovely primulas from our garden under the warm sunshine! Did you know that primulas are not just stunning spring flowers, but they also symbolize youth and the vibrance of life? Their vibrant colours bring joy and cheer to any garden.
We learnt some amazing facts too.
These bright delights have featured in classical literature and popular culture; Shakespeare included the primrose flower as a symbol in many of his plays. More recently, in Suzanne Collins’ 2008 young adult novel The Hunger Games, main character Katniss’ sister is named after the evening primrose.
More than 400 species of primroses exist, appearing in many colours including red, pink, purple and gold. They’re a hardy flower, thriving in mountain ranges, marshes and other varied habitats.
Primrose means “first rose,” and it’s certainly accurate. Primroses are one of the first flowers to appear in many different environments.
Our activities Co Ordinator's carefully structure each activity to be accessible be informative, educational and fun.
Linda and Flora
A Special Visit: Linda & Flora Bring Joy to Our Residents!
Today was a heart-warming day at our care home as Linda, our amazing guide dog trainer, introduced Flora – the adorable 5-month-old puppy in training!
✨ Highlights of the Visit:
- Puppy Love: Flora’s playful energy and wagging tail instantly brightened everyone’s day! Residents couldn't resist showering her with love and affection.
- Learning Moments: Linda shared insights about Flora's training process, teaching residents about the important roles guide dogs play in supporting those in need.
- Bonding Time: Watching residents interact with Flora not only lifted spirits but also sparked joyful conversations and reminiscent tales of their own pets.
Flora’s visit reminded us all of the warmth and connection that animals bring into our lives. We can't wait to watch her grow and eventually help someone in need!
Rock & Rollers Nursery Visit Crandon Springs
Intergenerational activties are a main stay to our activties programmes.
It's impossible to say who enjoys them more the children, their caregivers , our residents or our staff.
We had a magnificent day at Crandon Springs as the wonderful children from Rock and Rollers came for a visit.
A short stroll for the little ones in their wellington boots and jacket to Crandon Springs.
The highlights being musical movement, new friendship, community connections and bonds across the generations. Creative Activties: together they enjoyed arts and crafts that sparked creativity and show cased the talents of our residents and the little artists.
Intergenerational Playgrouop
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.
Brewery Talk and Tasting
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.
Christmas Crafts
We have been busy making pomanders! It was so interesting to learn about the history of this Christmas tradition.
Did you know that in the 18th and 19th centuries, pomanders were often presented as gifts at Christmas, as the fragrance and the work that went into it were both considered precious! We love Crafty afternoons, were our residents really can put their skills to the test.
