Activities at Rothsay Grange Care Home
The activities coordinators at Rothsay Grange work 7 days a week to ensure there is a variety of planned group and one to one activities to suit all individual needs. The activities consist of weekly running activities such as chair zumba, Music therapy, an Arts club and many more. We also run a weekly minibus trip to local places of interest giving everyone a chance to have a trip out of the home.
Rothsay Grange also knows how to have a good old tea party alongside some fantastic entertainers and productions that visit the home on a regular basis. Irene and Aimee feel its very important to have the residents that live here to have a fun and fulfilled life and encourage them to attend as many activities as they wish.
Irene & Leah
Irene and Leah have been working together since 2019, and thoroughly enjoy planning and providing activities for our residents. They are a great team and always bring joy and fun to wherever they are in the home.
Leah has worked at Rothsay since she was 16, as an apprentice carer, and has worked her way into a position that she loves.
Irene has many years’ experience in working with vulnerable adults and children, and also started working here as a care assistant several years ago, before moving on to senior carer and then into the activities coordinator role.
Both love seeing the way that residents' lives are enriched with the activities they provide, and love interacting with all the residents in our care.
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 Rothsay Grange Care Home
Celebrating Rothsay Grange's 13th Anniversary
Excitement levels were through the roof at Barchester’s Rothsay Grange Care Home on Weyhill Road in Andover as residents, families and staff celebrated their 13th anniversary!
The 13th anniversary had a 60s theme and there was live entertainment from Lauren. There was a banquet, delicious homemade party food with a homemade ‘13’ cake, Pimms and Mojito cocktail for everyone to enjoy.
Bonfire Night
We had a fireworks night here at Rothsay Grange, we opened our home to the friends, family and the community for a night of fireworks and an hour of singing from 'The Two of Us'. Sue and Dee, the singers, are regulars of the home and do all the singing to help raise money for charities.
The residents had a great time! The fireworks started at 6pm then it was time to sing along with Sue and Dee. We had hot chocolate with all the trimmings and warm cookies. It was a great night and so nice seeing so many people join us.
Halloween at Rothsay
Our residents enjoyed a spooky Halloween party on 31st October. We had lots of treats for all to choose from, the dining room was very tastefully decorated with fun Halloween things.
We had Del sing for us, and the residents were up and dancing throughout the hour. One resident said how wonderful the singing was and the food was lovely.
The floor staff made up the residents faces, and they had a great day of fun and games with treats.
Rag the Therapy Dog
Rag, our local therapy dog, came to see us today. The residents spoiled him rotten. He loves people, and the residents enjoyed giving him hugs and treats. Rag is new to doing this, but he is very good and liked seeing us all.
Warm Wax pamper
One of our activities coordinator is a beautician. On the 2nd one of residents had a warm wax treatment on her hands. This helps with increase blood flow, relaxes muscles and decrease joint stiffness. The resident said having the treatment her hands feel relaxed and soft.
Musical with cheese and wine evening
On the 2nd September we had a musical theatre that came to us. Troubadour Productions preformed One fine day and the actors John and Sandra work as gardeners at Buckingham Palace. This being a special year for our Queen means that the gardens need to be absolutely perfect. They sang songs such as ‘Laughter in the Rain’, ‘Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head’ and ‘You are my Sunshine’ all residents was singing along. The residents and their families got to enjoy the musical a long side cheese and wine.
