Activities at Lancaster Grange Care Home

We took advantage of the beautiful spring morning here at Lancaster Grange, taking our homes mini bus for a scenic countryside drive.

Visiting local villages we happily stopped for coffee and cake at Baker's at Sixty-two, a friendly local tea shop in the neighbouring village of Long Bennington. Our residents were warmly welcomed and enjoyed sampling their home baked cakes.

This morning at Lancaster Grange, we held our dementia friendly coffee morning. Our residents came together for a social morning of different games, reminiscence from Oomph Wellness and meaningful conversations with visitors to Lancaster Grange.

We hold this coffee morning on the last Thursday of each month and welcome family, friends and our local community to join us. 

This month our residents spent the morning in our community coffee shop, building new friendships and connecting with one another. 

Social interaction is a huge part of our residents daily lives here at Lancaster Grange. Our purpose of social interaction is to enable our residents to express themselves by forming friendships within their home, boosting daily emotional and esteem needs. 

This afternoon here at Lancaster Grange our Coffee shop was a hive of activity, in preparation for the Kings Coronation  celebrations.

Ladies of Sherwood Community came together making sensory flower arrangements for table decorations. 

Ros helped collect a variety of foliage from the garden, while other residents arranged Roses, Chrysanthemums  and Spray Carnations.

A lovely sensory activity here at Lancaster Grange.

Across our services Residents had a wonderful time participating in an interactive virtual talk with Pippa Catterall, Professor of History and Policy at the University of Westminster, where we delved into the rich history of coronations.

During the talk, we explored fascinating topics such as the coronation chair, the crown, and other significant aspects related to King Charles' upcoming coronation. Our residents were thrilled to have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the memoirs of past coronations from 1937 and 1953, as well as learning about the coronation oath and what to expect from the ceremony, including the music, guests, and pageantry.

We’ve had a fantastic Easter Bank Holiday Monday here at Lancaster Grange.

Residents came together in our Cafe for this morning’s Movement to Music, followed by a wonderful live performance from Jeremy, singing Rock’n’Roll classics that everyone sang-a-long too.It certainly brightened our morning.

We would like to thank local businesses and friends of Lancaster Grange who generously gave prize donations for our Easter Raffle….Marks and Spencer, Boots UK, Baker's at SixtyTwo, Gannets Middlebeck, JandJ Alpacas - The Alpaca Centre & Coffee Shop, F. Doncasters Butchers, One Stop, The Corner House, Reg Taylors Garden Centre, Spectrum Wellness + Performance, Morrisons, and Shine Salon Claypole.

We have raised a staggering £260 this will go towards buying specialist music playing therapy teddies for our nursing and dementia communities. 

Thank you to all who have supported our fundraising.

The residents of Lancaster Grange took to their games this morning of the iconic game Scrabble. 

Scrabble is played with two to four players who score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board. 

We had a lot of fun with the words we came up with and certainly enjoyed the morning, celebrating National Scrabble Day. 

National Scrabble Day has cast a spell on us, a fun morning here at Lancaster Grange.