Activities at Oak Grange 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 home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Nicola Chamberlain
Hi, my name is Nicola and I am the Lead Activities coordinator here at Oak Grange, the wellbeing and happiness of each resident are at the forefront of everything we do, and I am committed to upholding these values as your activities coordinator.
With five years of leadership experience and a passion for supporting others, I am thrilled to be part of this team. My creative background allows me to develop innovative and engaging activities that enrich the lives of residents. I am dedicated to creating a welcoming and stimulating environment where everyone feels valued and connected.
Together, we will embark on a journey of discovery, enjoyment and companionship. From engaging social events and group outings to stimulating cognitive exercises and creative pursuits, our goal is to ensure that there is always something for everyone to look forward to.
Furthermore, I am here not only as an Activities coordinator but also as a friend and confidant, I encourage open communication, suggestions, and feedback from each resident and their families.
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 Oak Grange Care Home
Double celebrations at Oak Grange
Celebrating with staff is very important to the residents of Oak Grange, we recently had a double celebration party for our bride to be and a mummy to be. Amy was off to get wed and the lovely Jenni is now on maternity leave waiting for the arrival of her beautiful daughter. Residents and staff become like family and they all wanted to wish them both well so we held a double shower with lots of presents and of course CAKE. Decorations up and some funny quiz questions for them both the afternoon was a success. We are sure when Jenni brings her daughter into see us there will be a queue for having cuddles. Amy you looked beautiful on your wedding day and we wish you all the best for the future.
The Fireflies Choir
The fireflies are a community based female choir with over 50 members from Cheshire, Wirral and north wales. They sing a varied repertoire of music, including jazz, traditional and acapella. We were very lucky that they came and sang for us here at oak grange and they were fabulous. The residents had a wonderful morning listening to all their lively singing and they sang a special song for one of our residents who is nursed in bed, all 24 ladies went in his room and sang one of his all-time favourite songs, it was magical. We hope they will be back very soon to join us at our summer garden party.
200 Years of Cadburys
During this year’s Dementia Action Week, our residents had the opportunity to delve into Cadbury incredible 200-year history and take a trip down memory lane to reminisce on some of the nation’s most loved chocolate. A lovely afternoon full of memories and interesting conversations of our favourite chocolate and sweets from childhood. Along with some delicious chocolate from Cadburys we all had a great afternoon.
It’s National Scrabble Day!
The home was in high spirits as we celebrated the day in style with a brilliant game of scrabble. Residents are very competitive and challenged a few words that they didn’t recognise so out came the scrabble dictionary to ensure there was no cheating going on. Scrabble was invented in 1938 by an American architect, who finding himself out of work invented the board game to keep himself busy, little did he know how iconic his game would become. In 2013 Nigel Richards became the first ever 5 times champion of the national scrabble competition winning over ten thousand pounds.
The day finished off with a Scrabble quiz and delicious afternoon treats, which brought smiles and laughter into the home.
Many of the residents take pleasure in playing scrabble and find it relaxing, they also enjoy making new friends along the way.
Afternoon Tea on the Titanic
Remembering the fateful Titanic which sailed from Southampton on the 10th April we held our own version of Afternoon tea in Palm Court. Beautifully laid tables with china crockery and gold menus along with waitress service and perfectly made Tea and Scones. Our talented chefs served up delicious homemade pastries, scones and delicate cucumber sandwiches. The very talented Rhianwen Pugh came with her beautiful gold harp to play us some hauntingly memorable music to create a realistic bygone era of decadence. Sharing some interesting facts about the Titanic and photos , along with some footage of the actual titanic gave us an insight into how luxurious the ship was, only to end up at the bottom of the sea with all those lost lives. A truly wonderful afternoon for residents and families that joined us.
Classical choir at Chester cathedral
Residents of Oak Grange enjoyed an afternoon performance at Chester cathedral recently. One of the largest choirs ever to perform at Chester cathedral conducted by the renowned opera singer Abigail Harris. Abigail who graduated with honours from the royal academy of music has performed in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore hall. Along with her 160 members of the choir they performed a nostalgic medley of classical songs in the heart of the cathedral. The experience was just breath-taking and residents thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon. The cathedral was full to the brim and our residents met with some old friends and made some new ones, meeting other local care homes to build our community liaisons. One of our residents said she had not heard anything so beautiful in a long time and it was so amazing to be in the cathedral to listen to the beautiful singing. We hope we are lucky enough to get to heat this wonderful choir again in the near future.
