Activities at Harton Grange Care Home

We had a great afternoon making oat biscuits, this time. For our special recipe we used golden syrup and not much sugar - we tried to make the biscuits as healthy as possible. Maureen, Meriel, Audrey, Kitty, Dot and Peggy can't wait to have some biscuits tomorrow. We were fortunate to have Peggy's daughter, Susan, to help us. I baked all the biscuits and I can say they are yummie yummie...

Visiting a pub can bring back many memories and it is a good place for sharing memories as well. We went to Alum Pub, South Shields,  where Dennis used to go years and years ago. Last time when Dennis visited this pub was 20 years ago.

David and Ken enjoyed a brown ale as and Dot was thrilled to join us and she enjoyed a lemonade.

Everyone had a lot of fond memories to share, especially about the old collieries, old Shields, ferries, the dock.

Wonderful Thursday afternoon! We welcomed Christine for a great musical reminiscing.

This time, Christine invited us in a beautiful journey through the most popular ABBA songs. Thomas, Margaret and many other residents said they enjoyed very much as Christine has a wonderful, vibrant voice.

Great time for conversation in the morning! We had two special guests, Nicky and Liz. We spoke about the famous English wood engraver, Thomas Bewick. Some of us remember  the book "A History of British Birds" illustrated by Bewick. This was a good opportunity to remember about the old collieries as well, about the changes in landscape in North East. We enjoyed even to see some pictures by the famous photographer Chris Killip.

Dennis remembered the tenor Richard Tauber and we listened together some songs.

Nicky and Liz, with their beautiful voices, ended the conversation session singing "You are my sunshine".

Across our services residents had a fantastic time during a special live virtual event, led by Emilia from Medical Detection Dogs. Emilia took us on a journey to discover how the organisation began training dogs to support people with complex health conditions, saving their lives on a daily basis.

Using their amazing sense of smell, these dogs can identify odour changes emitted prior an episode and alert the person to take preventative action.

We were introduced to the wonderful dogs and the science behind the sniff.  It was a delightful experience for everyone, especially our canine-loving residents.

We had two wonderful art and craft sessions with Rosi, in the afternoons. Residents got involved and got festive as we made lots of Christmas decorations and even little Christmas trees from fresh branches. Residents have loved displaying these around our home.