Activities at Drummond Grange Care Home

Residents and staff love when Callum from Cool creatures comes to Drummond Grange. A regular visitor to Drummond Callum brings all kinds of creatures, some cuddly and some not so much. Callum is very knowledgeable not only about his animals but about the species and  habitats they come from. The residents love seeing all the animals close up Star the Meerkat, Tank the Armadillo, Darwin the Blue tongue Skink and Vanilla the pylon.

Activity Assistant Ryan headed of on his stag do this month so to set him off in style Head of Activities Katie and all the residents got together to organise a surprise mini stag do for him. Katie and the residents spent the few weeks leading up to the stag do secretly planning and getting everything ready. They made decorations and planned games and challenged for everyone to partake in including a personalised Bingo game using words themed around weddings and him and his partner Beth and inflatable stag hoopla! Everyone had a great time including Ryan who was very appreciative of everyone.

At Drummond we love getting out in the homes mini bus to have adventures. We plan for each unit to get a trip every week and love going new places. One of the highlights this month was our trips to see the Kelpies in Gracemount.  The residents had been asking for a few months but with the weather not being the best we were waiting till it was sunny.

Barchester care homes and hospitals nationwide linked together for a fantastic quiz in celebration of Barchester’s 100th live virtual event.

Residents engaged in a variety of questions ranging from historical trivia to visual puzzles and brainteasers.

For those joining everyone had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.

Mary MacDonald at Drummond Grange Care home in Lasswade has been awarded a lifetime achievement award for the North NE Division in the Barchester Care Awards 2024 and is through to the national round of judging.

Over 5,000 nominations were received from homes and hospitals across the UK. All entries were a very high standard and Mary is over the moon to have been named the winner for the North beating hundreds of other nominees.

Mary said: ‘I’m just over the moon to be even nominated for this award. I've worked at Drummond Grange since it was built in 1994 and this is a fantastic way to make 30 years with the company. It has been a very busy 30 year filled with fun, laughter and friendship and iv loved every second of it.’

The staff at Drummond Grange have been awarded ‘Team of the Year’ award for the North NE Division in the Barchester Care Awards 2024 and is through to the national round of judging.

The Barchester Care Awards celebrate the staff who go the extra mile for the benefit of the 13,000 residents living in Barchester’s 261 care homes and private hospitals across the country. Categories range from ‘Registered Nurse of the Year’ and ‘Carer of the Year’ to ‘Dementia Care Champion’ and ‘Activities Coordinator of the Year’.

Over 5,000 nominations were received from homes and hospitals across the UK. All entries were a very high standard and Mary is over the moon to have been named the winner for the North beating hundreds of other nominees.