Activities at Harton Grange Care Home

"It was marvellous! It was so fabulous! Please ask him to come back soon." I heard all these sentences from our wonderful residents after a great afternoon dancing and singing together with Alex Hall.

As everyone loves Alex, we thoroughly enjoyed a fantastic atmosphere and having a great time together.

We hope that next show with Alex will be in the garden.

We took a special journey, today, at Minsteracres. Patricia and Dot visited last year this place and since then asked me multiple times to help them to visit it again. Nancy loved to join us on this trip. It was so impressive to see again the majestic old trees guarding this landscape. This year Minsteracres is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the first Passionists here. Patricia enjoyed to meet and to have time with her daughter Marnie and son-in-law Alan.

We loved to pray in the Church, to find peace and time for some reflections. As last year, every person from Minsteracres Retreat Centre  was very kind and helped us with whatever we needed. We also enjoyed the lunch in their dining hall.  It was a great spiritual experience as Dot said.

Residents across our homes and hospitals had a fantastic time with vocal coach Dan Cooper from Biiah as he led an amazing sing-a-long session for residents to enjoy. Residents who joined the event were able to learn different techniques as they sang the famous ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ by Jimmy Cliff and ‘Here Comes the Sun’ by The Beatles. Across our homes there were smiles and laugher all around. The session was such a success and was great for the mind, body and soul.

We had a brilliant time across our services with Harrogate Skills 4 Living as they took us on a wonderful virtual visit to their Harrogate Chocolate Factory.

Residents were thrilled to discover details about the chocolate-making process and the fascinating journey from bean to bar, all while enjoying some delicious sweet treats.

The Factory aims to employ people with learning disabilities and autism, involving them in all parts of the process, from sorting and roasting the beans to packaging and sales. The experience was truly enjoyed by all who joined this event.

We continue to celebrate a varied life enrichment programme and across our services we linked up with other Barchester care homes and hospitals up and down the country for some interactive Beat the Clock games.  

Our residents truly enjoyed solving word puzzles, conundrums and mathematical problems as part of Barchester’s very own game show series.

Everyone who joined had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.

Georgia from Tails ‘N Snails  put a lot of smiles on our residents' faces with her wonderful pets, some of them rescued. One of the most attraction was Gizmo, still a hoglet (the African hedgehog), so cute and full of energy.  Norma and Dot loved to touch the Royal Python and for Maureen it brought back lovely memories. Nancy and Teresa just adored the hoglet and enjoyed to touch the rabbit and Ruby, the tortoise.

Jean was so thrilled to see the Guinea pigs. As these pets were just taken in Tails ‘N Snails  care, they didn't have a name yet and jean decided to give them names: Brian and Jimmy. Alice was happy to see them again as they visited us last year.