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
Memory lane residents enjoying cocktails through community engagement
This morning at our care home, Lancaster Grange, Bradley from The Brews Brothers- Micropub & Coffee House in Fernwood was welcomed by our resident’s for cocktail tasting.
Yesterday was National Cocktail Day and today we celebrated it in style.
Bradley kindly gave us his time to make and talk through ingredients while making cocktails for our residents and alcohol-free cocktails.
Bradley's presentation of the ingredients and how they work together to produce delicious cocktails brought delight to our residents here at Lancaster Grange.
Today's cocktails included a stunning green Grasshopper that was a delight, a delightful Pina Colada, a tantalising Mojito, a non-alcoholic Mojito, and a refreshing Aperol Spritz.
The finale of the morning was Bradley making an alcohol-free Tom Collins that was delicious.
We would like to extend our warmest thanks to Bradley and Brews Brothers for making this amazing tasting experience possible for our residents to enjoy.
Walks to Fernwood village park
At Lancaster Grange this week, we will be participating in Dementia Action Week.
Dementia Action Week is a national event that sees the UK public taking action to improve the lives of people affected by dementia.
In 2024, the Week will take place on the 13th – 19th May.
This afternoon, we thoroughly enjoyed a fantastic group walk over to Fernwood Village Park in the glorious sunshine.
Thanks to the incredible support of our care team, maintenance and activity team, families, and volunteers, we were able to walk/ assist 12 of our residents to the park in our community to enjoy ice cream.
What a wonderful and joyous walk we all had.
Our residents took in the glorious park views, the woodland and we were graced with warm sunshine.
We would like to share a heartfelt thank you to everyone that helped today and enabling our residents to enjoy this happy experience.
A fantastic start to our Dementia Action Week.
Finding forget me nots in our grounds
Earlier this week, when the sun was shining, our residents at Lancaster Grange enjoyed walks and talks around our grounds.
On a previous walk, different residents had spotted forget-me-nots in the garden. This came up in our morning activity, and Dennis was looking forward to finding them.
Skyelett, our Duke of Edinburgh student, helped with garden walks in the afternoon, and to our delight, we found them again.
The flower 'Forget-me-not', a small blue flower, represents remembrance and is long associated with dementia.
Our residents were thrilled and delighted.
Dennis said ‘he felt joyed to see the flower again’ Dennis also mentioned we could move them to a suitable space in the hope they would spread, after inspecting the beautiful flowers.
We continued our afternoon with a fun singalong in the gardens.
An afternoon with Clearer Productions – Songs from the shows
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.
Ladies day at Aintree with residents of Lancaster Grange
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.
Celebrating National tea Day with Rodger Filkins and a armchair tea dance
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.
