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.
Read our brochure
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
St Swithin's Day
Residents were planning a Coffee Morning in the homes garden to celebrate St. Swinthin's Day. But................it rained after monitoring their chances with their weather chart. They reverted to plan B and held an indoor coffee morning with a selection of traditional home made cakes.
National Allotment Week
Residents at Lanercost took part in National Allotments Week during 10th – 16th August.
National Allotments Week started in 2002 as a way of raising awareness of allotments and the role they play in helping people to live healthier lifestyles, grow their own food, develop friendships and bolster communities.
Allotments have many benefits. They bring people together and unite them through their shared love of home-grown, healthy fresh fruit and vegetables, physical exercise and social interaction.
This week residents at Lanercost got involved in planting herbs, a quiz to identify allotment vegetables or plants.
Friendship Day
Residents of Lanercost celebrated Friendship day by sharing personalised handwritten poems and letters as a gift to each other and to share to team members as a thank you for all their hard work during the covid19 pandemic.
Residents spent the day reminiscing about old friends and telling tales of new friendships made within the home and reading friendship poems.
A 'Blooming' gift
A resident was delighted to receive her regular monthly bouquet of colourful blooms from her daughter which she proudly displays in her room. The beautiful plants fill the room with a wonderful scent.
World Chocolate Day
Residents at Lanercost revelled in all things sweet on World Chocolate Day with a range of chocolatey activities on Tuesday 7th July. Staff helped Residents make chocolate cakes and everyone voted on their favourite version of the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Gene Wilder or Johnny Depp? The original 1971 version won the vote, which some of the Residents enjoyed watching.
Divisional Nurse of the Year
Congratulations to Catalin Radu, who has been named as a Divisional Winner in the 2020 Barchester Care Awards. Catalin is a finalist in the Registered Nurse of the Year category and has been invited to attend a virtual awards ceremony on 8th October, where she will find out if she has won overall.
