Activities at Harton Grange Care Home

At Harton we enjoyed a lovely afternoon of magic from the Steve Bell Magic Show. There was a lot to see with things vanishing and reappearing, Steve bending a coin with only his fingertips and a magic key that moved without anyone touching it. 

Lots of us participated and were assistants with various magic tricks. Dot even got a souvenir from Steve as he let her keep the coin that he bent by magic. It was a wonderful day, and we can wait for another show. 

The residents at Harton Grange wanted to brighten up one of the small corridors in the building and bring some of the outside in. 

We decided on making it into an indoor garden as it is a warm place with lots of sunlight, so just like a greenhouse. So far we have planted tomatoes, sugar peas and some strawberries and are eagerly awaiting to see the fruits and veg sprout and grow. 

When they have grown enough, we plant by taking them into the garden and then start growing more plants in our new indoor garden. 

We have our own bingo club and gardening club, but residents at Harton Grange wanted to try something different, so we created the Harton Astronomy Club. 

We meet every 2 weeks and do space-related activities. Our first meeting was to create our very first solar system model to hang in our activity room. All the residents loved the afternoon, and we learnt about all the different planets and how they are different from each other. 

When the clouds clear and the stars are out, we can’t wait to get our telescope in the garden to take some wonderful photographs of the universe. 

As we got closer to Christmas day we took some of our residents to see some reindeers at Richardson Garden Centre. 

We first had a look around at the lovely Christmas decorations and then we went along to the main event to see the 3 reindeers that were there. Margaret a lady who lives at Harton Grange absolutely loves animals and was very excited to see the reindeers. 

She said she has never seen one before up close and it was amazing. It is so important to us at Harton Grange that our residents live their life to the fullest and are able to make treasured memories and do things that brings them joy and has meaning to them for Margaret this was seeing the reindeer and it made her day. 

At Harton Grange we were invited to Simonside Outdoor Adventure where some of the young people there had put on a fun Christmas evening for us to enjoy. 

The event was organised by Zoe a volunteer here at Harton Grange. There was gingerbread house building, bingo, pass the parcel and great food and chat. 

We all want to thank the young people for their warm welcome and for giving us a fantastic night and some wonderful gift bags filled with presents. 

It was a wonderful event and it was great to form connections that we will hold going forward.

Diane, a resident at Harton Grange wanted to help out the staff and to get involved in the running of the home. 

Diane is a lovely lady who likes to help people as much as she can and says that being able to do so is very meaningful for her. The staff at Harton Grange decided to ask Diane if she would like a role as the Resident Activity Assistant and she was very happy to take on the role. 

Diane has her very own name badge and uniform and helps our activities team set up activities and helps plan for events. 

She also helps out the care staff after meals, collecting the dishes and taking them to the kitchen. We all want to thank Diane for all she does to help out she is a star.