Activities at Leeming Bar Grange Care Home

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Leeming Bar Grange care home, in North Yorkshire were delighted to have the vaccination at Leeming Bar Grange, which has lifted everyone’s spirits after what has been a very challenging year for everyone.

General Manager, Michelle Keep said: “Last year was a year like no other and the vaccine feels like the light at the end of the tunnel.  Our teams have been magnificent in how they have risen to every challenge during this pandemic and we are proud to play our part in this next phase to ensure the most vulnerable are protected.”

Mavis Hornby, resident at Leeming Bar Grange said: I am so pleased to be given the vaccine.  It will help to keep our home safe and is the first step in getting things back to normal and having a buzz of visitors in the home once again.”

Leeming Bar are thrilled to be able to make the most of the homes designated visitor suite and allow the residents to see their old friends! Prior to the start of the pandemic the home welcomed each week the children from Bedale Day Nursery to visit so the residents were over the moon to see their happy smiling faces again!

The children came along with their Christmas jumpers on and sang some of their favourite Christmas songs!  It was also the birthday of one of the homes residents so the children kindly sang happy birthday which had our birthday girl beaming from ear to ear!

To say thank you, the residents gave each of the little ones a small gift and the children enjoyed themselves so much so that they have agreed to come visit us every month!

Residents were lucky enough to be visited by the incredible Northallerton Silver Band who wrapped up warm to come play to them some of their favourite Christmas carols in the homes beautiful gardens. The atmosphere was buzzing with festive cheer.   Resident, Bill commented that “the band was superb” as he gave them a standing ovation. The home hope to welcome the band back to play again in person soon.

Everyone at Leeming Bar would like to say a huge thank you to Northallerton Silver Band for helping them to create a wonderful festive season for the residents!

Leeming Bar Grange care home in Leeming Bar recently presented local Bedale Community Meals on Wheels with Christmas presents for each of their service users.

The Leeming Bar Grange Team donated gifts as part of the homes Kindness Advent in which the home has been spreading Christmas cheer throughout advent. The team generously donated enough gifts for all of Meals on Wheels service users.

Diane Hosking, Bedale Community Meals on Wheels Co-ordinator said “Thank you so much for the generous donations. This is very kind of The Leeming Bar Grange Team”

The fun and laughter has continued at Leeming Bar Grange care home, in Leeming Bar as residents recently enjoyed trying their hand at poetry writing at their new creative writing group

Residents at Leeming Bar Grange have enjoyed our engaging activities programmes consisting of craft groups, games groups, virtual music performances, themed armchair exercises, baking, memory lane discos, virtual religious services, bingo, quizzes, coffee mornings, and armchair travel; arranged by the homes’ activities team for residents within the home and local community groups.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Leeming Bar Grange care home, in Leeming Bar were celebrating the birth of baby chicks this week at the home.

There was a lot of ‘egg-citement’ at the home as seven chicks hatched throughout the week. Residents were able to pet and feed the chicks as they found their footing in their new home.

General Manager Michelle Keep said: “It was an eggs-cellent day when the eggs finally hatched! Residents at Leeming Bar Grange, as well as our team were all very excited about the new-borns, we’ve named the chicks Mavis, Ken, Shelley, Billy, Simon, Bevvy, and Norma.