Activities at Lancaster Grange Care Home

This afternoon, our residents of Lancaster Grange raised a glass of sherry to wish Queen Elizabeth a very Happy 96th Birthday. Celebrating in style with a Traditional English Garden Party our residents reminisced and shared stories of their experiences with Royalty. Judy shared the story of her invitation to a Buckingham Palace Garden Party, Judy attended with her sister and had a glorious time. We enjoyed home-made scones, strawberries and cream provided by our Chef Tom and a variety of teas.

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter  from residents & staff here at Lancaster Grange. Beginning our Easter celebrations, our residents took part in their own Easter Bunny Hunt in our beautiful sunny grounds. Everyone had a lot of fun and laughter it was lovely to see our residents working together to find the bunnies. Cherilyn and Charlotte are delivering Easter joy around our home visiting residents' individual room, providing meaningful moments.

On our Memory Lane community our residents have enjoyed a session with our interactive magic 360 table followed by an afternoon creating sensory fairy gardens for part of our Easter display. Many significant moments were also held while visiting our individual resident rooms. 

Our residents came together to enjoy an exciting virtual talk courtesy of the team at National Trust Talks Service.  The illustrated talk took us closer to one of Cliveden’s most famous families, the Astors. Our residents were able to discover what motivated William Waldorf Astor, America’s richest man, to purchase Cliveden in 1893 and how the estate became the centre of high society in the 1920 s and 30 s thanks to his son Waldorf and daughter in law Nancy Astor.

The Astors time at Cliveden came to an end in the 1960 s after the estate became infamously associated with Profumo Affair, but the house and garden continue to reflect their innovations and passions.  We all had a brilliant time.

We had a lovely time joining Holly and Marie-Therese from the Wallace Collection, for a virtual introduction to the Collection, followed by a sensory exploratory walk through one of the museum’s most famous landscape paintings.  The Collection ranges from Old Master paintings to 18th century French furniture, arms and armour.  We all had a wonderful time and cannot wait to put our creative skills to a test and paint some landscapes in the upcoming days.

This afternoon we visited the Southwell Minster and had coffee and cake at their charming restaurant The Refectory. We had the opportunity to receive a brief introduction from one of the guides, our residents were pleased with the information they received.