Activities at Lancaster Grange Care Home

We we’re thrilled to welcome back Clearer Productions here this afternoon at Lancaster Grange Care Home. Residents of all communities came together for a musical show, Nikki and Neil gave us a spectacular theatrical West End performance. Nikki sang songs from a variety of musicals, Sound of Music, Oklahoma, and many more that our residents were able to join in. We especially enjoyed the several outfit changes from Nikki, this is something  we always look forward to the fabulous dresses from the West End.

We certainly had fun today with  Ladies Day At Aintree coming to Lancaster Grange Care Home this morning. Residents came together in our coffee shop, all showing up in their finery, for a game at the races. Ladies shared ownership of the horses naming them, themselves Blue Boy, Red Rum, Pure White, Black Beauty, Yellow Boy and LG.  Two races ran, The Kings Race and the Queens Race, while activities Cherilyn was race commentator. Residents had a fantastic time, Pat said ”it was a brilliant game” and thoroughly enjoyed herself. Tomorrow residents will watch The Grand National on the Cafes big screen.

Our Residents have had an enjoyable afternoon here at Lancaster Grange with Roger Filkins playing the electric organ on our community of Memory Lane. Today we recognised National tea day with a fun and stimulating Tea dance. Our residents of all communities came together to listen to timeless music on our Memory Lane Community. Joining in with our ‘Armchair Tea Dance’ brought back many memories for our residents and made many of them smile or sing-a-long. Music can have many benefits for those living with dementia. It can help reduce anxiety and depression, help maintain speech and language, enhances quality of life and has a positive impact.

We recognised Comic Relief, Red Nose Day here at Lancaster Grange with a ‘Fund Raising Charity Bingo’  held in our coffee shop this morning. Our staff joined in with a ‘fun dressing up or dressing down’ raising money for Comic Relief, alongside our ‘Charity Cake Sale’. We’ve raised a fantastic £85 today, thank you to all who donated cakes and the ladies in the kitchen Sharon & Rachel, a whole home approach.

This week we are recognising Day 2 of Nutrition & Hydration week. From March 12 - March 18

Nutrition and Hydration Week aims to highlight, promote and celebrate improvements in the provision of nutrition and hydration locally, nationally and globally. This morning our residents took a trip into our local community for a spot of essential shopping at our their request visiting Waitrose & Partner on our visit, and to our delight, we were presented with lots of fresh fruits, strawberries, raspberries, and bananas from their community engagement liaison team, to support our nutrition & hydration week. 

This afternoon our residents enjoyed sensory fruit tasting, and all took part in food themed games, evoking memories of eating with the family. We finished the afternoon off with a very nutritious fruit smoothie that met the dietary needs of all our residents in our community of Memory Lane. With the help of our hospitality team, we adapted it to have a higher calorific value where necessary.

This afternoon, our residents of Lancaster Grange had the pleasure of visiting Claypole Church of England Primary School

We were warmly welcomed with hot drinks and home-baked shortbread, which were proudly served by the children. 

What a fabulous afternoon we had. The children who are practicing for a school choir competition that will take place later this week sang to us. This afternoon's performance by the children was fantastic and inspiring, leaving our residents and activities team feeling very proud to be a part of. Thank you again for all that helped this wonderful intergenerational afternoon happen. 

After our trip, two of our residents expressed how good it was to be back in school after many years of teaching.