Activities at Lanercost House Care Home
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!
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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
Exercising the Mind, Body and Soul
Keeping active, having social interactions and being mentally stimulated is very important to Residents at Lanercost.
As part of the homes life enrichment programme, the activities coordinators include firm favourite’s in the homes calendar with fun-filled adapted games that they played over the years in a safe environment!
Halloween fun for Residents
Barchester’s Lanercost was a den of ghoulish activity as the home’s spooky Halloween party got in to full swing.
Staff and residents got in to the spirit of things with music and games and staff dressed up to get into the spirit of things to the amusement of Residents.
General Manager, Nigel Godman cackled: “Our residents and staff love an opportunity to dress up and what better time of the year to do this than Halloween? We’ve had a whole range of tricks and treats for the people that live here and we have all really enjoyed every moment of it!”
Residents enjoy life enrichment
The fun and laughter has continued at Lanercost House care home, in Carlisle as residents recently enjoyed trying food tasting sessions, quizzes, postcards home, word games, armchair exercise, theme days, video calling, virtual tours, gardening, bread making, flower arranging, free prize bingo, residents meetings, personal pampers, coffee mornings and much more.
Residents at Lanercost House have enjoyed our engaging activities programmes consisting of virtual concerts and entertainers, YouTube exercise sessions, virtual religious services, choir singing, museum and city tours arranged by the homes’ activities team for residents within the home.
Keeping active
Residents at Lanercost have been enjoying weekly sessions of music and movement which sees them having fun and keeping fit at the same time. Activities said "we always have great fun in these sessions and our residents enjoy a laugh when they do funny musical workouts".
Residents enjoy afternoon tea for Mcmillan
We celebrated our McMillan Coffee Morning on Friday 25th September. We enjoyed lots of delicious treats kindly donated by staff and residents for this worthy cause. It was a very different occasion this year without any visitors but we made up for it with lots of chatting and laughter.
Residents enjoy carnival tropical treats
Sadly due to the pandemic, one of London ’s biggest and glitteriest street parties didn't take place but that didn't stop Residents enjoy a colourful carnival themed day, Residents were treated to a selection of mouth watering tropical treats and the flavours and taste sensations were a stimulation on the tongue and enjoyed by all.
