Activities at Lancaster Grange Care Home
Activities are the cornerstone of a wholesome home experience and our Activities Coordinators are always putting their creative minds to the test by organising new and exciting social events for residents to partake in. Of course, we take into account the likes and dislikes of those we support, so if someone doesn’t feel like trying something new, there will always be something on offer to reflect their personal interests. For the people who may just prefer some peace and quiet instead, we also offer one-to-one time that can be enjoyed with a nice cup of coffee or just a simple chat – whatever they desire.
Charlotte Thompson
We would like to introduce to you our Senior Activities Coordinator, Charlotte Thompson. Charlotte has worked at Barchester since 2015 and prides herself on delivering a person centred approach, valuing equality, diversity & offering tailored activities. Charlotte joined the team at Tennyson Wharf in October 2022 before moving back to us here at Lancaster Grange in January 2023.
Charlotte is pleased to be welcoming families and volunteers back into the home. Charlotte is a senior activities coordinator and enjoys supporting other homes in our region as part of her job role.
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 Lancaster Grange Care Home
Coffee Morning with Jules singing for our residents
Our Monthly Coffee Morning for March was a huge success as we sang and danced the morning away with Jules.
Each month, Jules visits our home and usually sings in our community of Memory Lane.
Yesterday, we had the patio doors open, enabling our residents who were enjoying the outdoors to hear the fabulous entertainment.
Our residents felt energised to dance and sing the morning away, taking the coffee morning into full swing.
Our Community Coffee Morning is held on the first Thursday of each month from 10.30am, welcoming families, friends and our local community to join us.
World Book Day in our Grounds, enjoying the spring weather
What a great way for our residents here at Lancaster Grange to celebrate and recognise World Book Day. A group of residents were fully engaged in funny short stories, great weather, and wonderful company on Thursday afternoon.
Our lovely resident and friend, John, gave us a treat with short stories, poems, and an uplifting vibe to complement the day. John's stories and hilarious endings left our residents captivated and made this afternoon very memorable.
We had a great time in the gardens and all felt so good being outdoors in nature. A great way for us to celebrate this day together.
Barbershop choir re visiting our home to our residents delight
It was an absolute pleasure to welcome back into our home members from Harmony Lincs - LBHC.
As part of our life enrichment program, we enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of live singing in our Memory Lane community. All our communities came together to hear the gentlemen sing together. Our residents were eagerly waiting in anticipation after they made such a huge impact with their last performance.
The Barber Shop chorus performed brilliantly, and we were honoured to deliver a well-deserved hot drink and delicious honey cake baked in our morning baking club.
What a fun and fabulous group! This was a fantastic afternoon with such a fun and energetic group making our residents feel valued and energised.
Celebrating Music
We wanted to share a wonderful day with our residents here at Lancaster Grange, celebrating the power of music within our home. In the morning, in our Memory Lane community, we held a sensory sing-a-long with props and percussion.
We sang songs that we would recognise and enjoy, evoking many memories and helping our residents to sing. Many of our residents were engaged in the group; singing and physical movement were encouraged, leading to much joy!
We continued our theme in the afternoon and welcomed the Grantham U3A Ukulele group into our home. We held a fun singing group in our Thorsby community.
This enabled residents to hear music in our nursing community and encouraged residents from other communities to join us. Have a look at our pictures from our power of music day!
Music can benefit the brain in many ways, including improving mood, reducing pain, and stimulating brain activity. It can also help with memory, cognitive function, and social bonding. We definitely benefited in many ways. What a great day here, celebrating music at our care home, Lancaster Grange.
National story telling day!
Throughout the day, we have been asking our team what stories are significant to them.
What were the books that you read to your children, or what do you remember being read to you? This morning we had a storytelling morning comprising short stories and reminiscing about stories we remember and challenging our memory.
Ann happily helped out in the morning by reading a funny short story to our residents in the life enrichment group. We continued with our day, and to our delight, we had a surprise visit from our friends Paddy and Diane.
Paddy and Diane kindly made Bailey's Fudge for us to complement our Who Am I quiz afternoon with Bailey's hot chocolate. Following a fun and interesting quiz that challenged our minds, Nicole happily assisted in handing out the delicious fudge, which we all thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you Paddy and Diane for you kind gesture.
A great day here at Lancaster Grange, stimulating our minds, bodies, and souls.
Time to talk
What a great way for our residents here at Lancaster Grange to recognise this day, by meeting new people, making new friends, talking and getting to know one another.
We asked ourselves… What is Time to Talk Day? Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. It’s a day for friends, families, communities and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives.
The afternoon was certainly embraced by our residents. We were thrilled to welcome Alison and her colleagues from the U3A group Singing for Fun.
We welcomed back Vicky and her husband from Fernwood Community Coffee Morning group along with other members.
We were also happy for guests to join us from The Dementia Friends group. We had such a great time getting to know each other over coffee and cake, and we recognised so many shared hobbies and interests, especially Beryl, who shared her story of music and singing with Alison.
What a successful afternoon! We certainly all benefited from the power of talking and getting to know each other.
