Activities at South Grange Care Home

Residents and staff had a brilliant afternoon honouring the king of rock ‘n’ roll and celebrating Elvis Presley’s 90th birthday. 

Everyone had a shot on the karaoke set singing a range of songs from Can’t Help Falling in Love to Suspicious Minds. 

Everyone loved singing and putting on their Blue Suede Shoes to dance along. Resident, Frank, who is a massive fan of Elvis, dressed up for the occasion. He helped put a big smile on other fans' faces as they got up to sing, dance and take pictures with the legend himself.

South Grange residents celebrated by creating their own cocktails, including: Fruity Sunrise, Non-Alcoholic Sangria and Virgin Mojitos. 

The cocktails that were made were the choice of the residents.

The global celebration marks the recorded definition of a cocktail in 1806. 

Resident Sheila said: "This was brilliant fun getting to sample some mocktails, there really isn't
anything better. I very much enjoyed trying some different mixes. I always like to try new things and the company was even better".

Our residents were so happy to see Korky and his owner Sandy again after their well-deserved break.

Korky is a lovely gentle Labrador Retriever mix and loves being around people. He is a retired guide dog but is now a registered therapet at the great old age of 12. He still has his loving nature and is a big friendly giant. 

Korky and Sandy are always greeted with smiles and outstretched hands from residents and very often it encourages them to share stories about pets they have owned in the past. Residents are always at hand with biscuits to treat him for being such a good boy!

Kind-hearted residents and staff from South Grange coordinated a collection of non-perishable food items and toiletry products. All the donations were handed over to their local Dundee and Angus Foodbank which will give these to members of the community who are struggling this Christmas.  

Senior Activities Coordinator, Gill Conway commented: “Everyone at the home is very much aware that lots of people are finding it difficult to feed themselves and their families this year and we all wanted to help in whatever way we can. We put our heads together to come up with a plan of action to collect as much non-perishable food and other useful products as possible to help those less fortunate than ourselves”.
 

Residents wrapped up nice and cosy for our afternoon in the cafe area, which was decorated with homemade paper garlands made by the residents. Chef Adam got the fire started for roasting our chestnuts and de-shelled them for us to enjoy. 

The activity girls dressed up in their tweed jackets, bonnets and cosy scarfs to serve everyone delicious hot chocolate from the flasks.

We finished the afternoon off by singing some festive songs such as Chestnuts roasting on the open fire and many more!

Staff, residents and families have spent the month of December getting into the festive spirit by dressing up in a Christmassy fashion and having their photos taken with our beautiful Christmas scene. 

Our scene features Santa in his sleigh, Rudolph, our Christmas tree, a cute polar bear and a cosy looking backdrop. 

It’s been lovely to see families getting in on the action too and having that updated family photo taken!

Everyone was included even if that meant taking a photo backdrop to the individuals.

Smiles all round!