Activities at Lanercost House Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Our dedicated Activities Coordinators offer a wide range of mentally and physically stimulating activities for residents and families to enjoy. There are regular outings in the minibus to places of interest, such as local cafes, garden centres and parks, as well as visits from entertainers, musicians and singers - and also from PAT dogs. We host various events, such as themed days, cheese & wine evenings, in addition to offering one-to-one activity sessions, including pampering, games and puzzles. Our activities staff strive to ensure residents participate in any way they can with activities that reflect their capabilities and interests.
Emily Stubbs
I joined the Lanercost House family in June 2021 as a Care Assistant and then joined the activities team in May 2022.
I love bringing joy and fun to residents, relatives, and staff on a daily basis as well as planning and organising themed days, events, and celebrations.
I think the activities’ role is very important for Residents' well-being. Whether they like to keep active with armchair exercises, join in with our weekly quiz or hop in the minibus for a day out - there is something for everyone. I aim to ensure that each Resident's interests and hobbies are supported.
I am passionate about creative and sensory activities and I love to sing and dance together with Residents. I love my job!
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 Lanercost House Care Home
International Women's Day!
We celebrated International Women’s Day by looking back on the history of women that changed the world, like Marie Curie, Emily Wilding Davison, Rosa Park and Princess Diana.
We then had a chat about women in our lives now that deserve a mention, like the carers and nurses that look after us every day, who we couldn’t live without, as they do such an amazing job.
Celebrating in style!
This afternoon Janet celebrated her birthday in style. Her family very kindly organised a singer to come in and entertain our residents.
With her family around her, she enjoyed her favourite music, especially the songs by Elvis. We also sang happy birthday to her with a beautiful handmade cake from our talented chef, Andy.
A big thank you to Derek Hodgson for your talented singing and dancing for us all. We really enjoyed it!
St Patrick's Day!
We celebrated St Patrick’s day today with some different activities, there was hats and pots of gold, we had a quiz and managed to get all the questions correct.
Then we had some activity booklets to complete from Oomph Wellness, we finished off with a social afternoon in our bistro, where we had Guinness and a game of dominoes.
Love is in the air!
We celebrated Valentine’s Day with a special afternoon tea. There were lots of lovely treats, music and chatter. We had a lovely afternoon with lots of happy faces. One resident, Tommy, got a rose for his wife Sheila, who is also a resident, and they enjoyed each other’s company for the afternoon.
This morning, our memory lane community enjoyed a Valentine's breakfast of heart-shaped pancakes, fresh fruit and heart-shaped marshmallows.
Arts Class!
Today we did something a little different.
We had Shaz, our volunteer, here to show us how to make a trinket dish with modelling clay. We all had a go at making our own, and we were very impressed with the finished products.
Minibus Adventure!
Our Memory Lane community decided to take a trip to Bowness on Solway for breakfast with a view! And what a view it was. They enjoyed croissants, pancakes, tea and coffee.
We talked about times we went to the sea when we were younger and just took in the scenery.
Definitely a favourite kind of trip!
