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
Chinese New Year
We brought in the Chinese New Year and the year of the Dragon with festive celebrations across the home. Residents enjoyed getting creative and making their own dragons and then sampling some of the delicious Chinese themed food prepared by our Chef.
Some of us had a go at using chop sticks, which isn’t as easy as it looks! - but we all had a wonderful day embracing the Chinese culture and really enjoyed celebrating this occasion.
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
We enjoyed making bird feeders out of cereal and pipe cleaners and filling up bird feeders with fat balls ready to take part in the Big Garden Bird Watch, our gardens didn't have many just our usual visitor the pigeons.
Sheila Resident here said 'I've always loved looking after the birds in my garden and making sure they have enough food'
Weekly Exercise Class
What better way to start the day than with some gentle chair exercises.
We all know how important it is to keep healthy and active, so we are always looking for ways to support of Residents to do this.
In our latest session we used our new resistance bands and parachute games.
Residents enjoy gentle exercise classes every week its a good way to keep active and have a little social time too!
National Activity Providers & Professionals Week
Staff and residents at Lanercost House Care Home in Carlisle, run by Barchester Healthcare, have been celebrating National Activity Providers & Professionals Week, which took place from January 22-26. Residents and staff wanted to thank the wonderful activities team at the home, whose hard work and dedication make a real difference to the lives of the Residents living there.
National Activity Providers & Professionals Week is an annual event to support activity professionals and thank them for all the many different varied activities they provide to residents and patients. Each and every member of the team at Lanercost House offer unique, tailored activities and entertainment to the residents every single day. They always go above and beyond their role and for this everyone at the home is truly grateful.
CQC rates us 'Good'!
The team at Lanercost House Care Home in Carlisle are celebrating after passing a recent Care Quality Commission inspection with an overall ‘Good’ rating and being praised for operating a safe and well led service.
The report stated that residents at the home received good quality person-centred care and were supported by kind, caring, respectful staff. The inspectors also found that the manager of the home was committed to providing the best quality care for people and to promoting a positive culture for both residents and staff that was open, inclusive and empowering and achieves good outcomes for people.
Residents were very complimentary about the home and the staff, comments included: “I feel safe here, I couldn’t ask for any better.” Another resident said: “All the staff are wonderful, they can’t do enough for you.” A relative added: “We cannot speak highly enough of this place, the staff are superb. We couldn’t want for a better home for our loved one.”
A big thank you to all staff at the home for their hard-work, dedication and support.
Congratulations!
Aqua painting and beetle drive!
Some of our residents enjoyed getting the paint brushes out and painting with water, they enjoyed painting the pictures then having a chat about what the pictures were which then lead to reminiscence.
We started a new coffee afternoon in our bistro where we decided to have a beetle drive, for some it was the first time they had played the game and it must of been beginners luck to as the winner had never played before. It was such a brilliant afternoon and everyone had fun!
