Activities at Cumberland Grange Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Gosia Maliga
I have been in the care sector since 2008, and I also have a degree in teaching. I am here to arrange and run a varied range of activities for our residents to take part in, keep them entertained and enrich their lives. From flower arranging, quizzes, arts and crafts to movies in the cinema, I try to make sure there is something for everyone here to take part in, and tailor events to suit each resident.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Cumberland Grange Care Home
Dementia Information Session
Thank you so much to Gina from Exeter Dementia Action Alliance for joining us last week to deliver one of your fantastic Dementia Information sessions.
So incredibly insightful and moving.
The feeling of togetherness in this room was really powerful as we shared our own stories on how Dementia has become apart of our lives through our loved ones living with it.
Gina spoke about meaningful ways to support our loved ones living with Dementia and she shared stories and statistics. We could have sat there all day long talking about Dementia and listening to Gina, what an amazing lady!
Thank you Gina, we can’t wait to welcome you back again for another session soon.
Summer Evenings
A beautiful evening in the summer sunshine at The Passage House Inn, Topsham.
Joined by some of our wonderful families, we enjoyed refreshing cold drinks and nibbles together as we overlooked the water with the warmth from the sun on our faces.
There’s no better way to spend a Tuesday evening.
9 pubs down, 41 to go!
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
What better time than during Carers Week to announce our May Carer of the Month, our amazing Senior Carer Romy.
For those who have been lucky enough to meet Romy will know just how caring and incredibly kind she is to everyone around her. Romy joined Cumberland Grange at the beginning of this year and it goes without saying that she is loved very much by our residents, families and colleagues.
Romy is always one of the first people to step in to support, no matter what the task ahead is. She goes above and beyond her duty in taking excellent care of our residents, and so it is with great happiness that we award Romy with this achievement.
Congratulations Romy, this is so so deserved.
CARERS WEEK
On Monday afternoon we held a little get together for our carers, residents and families to celebrate the amazing work that our carers and team at Cumberland Grange do on a daily basis.
We had a delicious BBQ and enjoyed live music whilst in each others company!
Thank you to everyone who came along and joined us for a wholesome afternoon.
Birthday Celebrations
We’ve had a weekend of celebrating Birthdays here at Cumberland Grange!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our lovely Sheila.
Family and friend time, delicious food, a freshly baked cake and flowers, just perfect.
We always feel so lucky to be apart of our residents celebrations!
BAKE SALE & JAZZ
Yesterday afternoon we held a Bake Sale to raise money for Barchester's Charitable Foundation, but for those that know us, know that we love a dance and a sing along (any excuse to get us up on our feet!).
Thank you to Dave for once again gracing our ears with your incredible musical performance
& thank you chefs and Ange our amazing Kitchen Assistant for baking the most delicious cakes and scones.
We ate, we drank, we danced and we sang, all whilst raising money for charity!
A wonderful afternoon, thank you to all who joined us.
