Activities at Harton 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.
Marius Sidoriuc
Hi, my name is Marius, I am the activities coordinator here at Harton Grange. I joined Barchester's family in 2021, as I found their approach and standards on dementia very interesting. Since early 2022 I work for Barchester as both activities coordinator and care assistant. In 2018, I started my journey in health and social care as a care assistant and very soon after, I completed courses on dementia and activities (NAPA, level 2) and I worked as both activities coordinator and care assistant in Kent. I'm also an apprentice in health and social care. I've met some amazing people that have guided my understanding of dementia.
The most important thing for me is to see our residents achieving a meaningful raison d'etre, living as they like and to benefit from a range of activities starting from Namaste to reminiscing and spiritual needs (such as praying or listening to hymns), art and craft, armchair exercises, music therapy or finger nail pamper sessions.
I like to acknowledge that I am working as a part of a whole team, including the fantastic management, hospitality and maintenance departments, promoting a person centred approach for each resident and we are glad to know each persons preferences and abilities in order to plan how the day will look with them. One way we are able to do this is through our residents' and family' meetings where we try to let everyone have their say about the way they want to live and the activities they take part in.
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 Harton Grange Care Home
Balcony Gardening
Billy and Meg, our activities coordinator, decided to brighten up our balcony garden by planting hanging baskets and a trough. Billy told us that he had never done anything like this before, so Meg told him the names of all the plants and how to water them to keep them healthy. He is very proud of our new garden project and has been showing everyone.
Open Day
We were pleased to welcome the Mayor & Mayoress to our open day on Thursday 18th July. Everyone had a wonderful day; we were entertained by the Harton Harmonisers, and we all enjoyed delicious food that was prepared by our Head Chef.
Our Divisional Winner
Well done to Beverley Wilson, who was named as a Divisional Winner in the 'Customer Service Champion' category for the 2019 Barchester Care Awards.
Harton Hinnies Arts & Crafts
Our banner was presented to us after a year long project with Equal Arts and children from the local school. Residents really enjoyed making it, which represented items from our local community.
15 Years at Harton
Congratulations to Lorraine McQueen from our care team for recently celebrating her 15th year at Harton Grange.
Celebrating Staff
Congratulations to Roz Gibson and Sandra Grant from our domestic team, who both recently celebrated 15 years at Barchester; and to Mary Garside, one of our carers, who celebrated her 10th year.
