Activities at South Grange Care Home

Staff and residents are celebrating because their wonderful Managing Director, Fiona Fagan, from Barchester’s North East and Scotland Division, has stepped completely out of her comfort zone to compete in the Barchester Charitable Foundation Cook Off 2024.

Fiona went head-to-head with the Managing Directors from Barchester’s four other divisions and cooked up a storm to raise a phenomenal £24,595 for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation which helps connect vulnerable people and those living with a disability to community groups in their local area by providing grants to improve mobility and quality of life.  Each year the Foundation distributes thousands of pounds to individuals, small community groups and charities across England, Scotland and Wales.  

Alison from our YPD unit, enjoyed a weekend break away to Piperdam. Accompanied by Carer Liz and Nurse Val. They had a great weekend going for nature walks, feeding the ducks at the pond, visiting Blair Athol’s landmarks and indulging in delicious food.

Alison is counting down the days to her next adventure!

We were delighted to host local musician Paul Sullivan for a brilliant afternoon of song and dance. Residents and staff had a great time singing, clapping and dancing along.

Paul also brought a special guest along with him. His dog, Belle (a registered Therapet), who gave the residents some much needed snuggles.

We look forward to welcoming Paul back very soon!

Here at South Grange we have a lot of creative residents and we regularly enjoy trips into the community as part of our life enrichment programme.

Residents, Joyce and Thelma and accompanied by the activities team were invited along to Broughty Ferry Parish Church where they host their art club every fortnight.  The ladies both created their own master pieces which have taken pride of place on their walls.

We can’t wait to see what pieces of art we make next  time!

Residents across our homes had a fantastic time exploring the Eden Project virtually - an educational charity and visitor attraction based in Cornwall, featuring sprawling outdoor gardens and breathtaking biomes that house the largest indoor rainforest in the world.

During the session, residents who joined were reconnected with nature through their senses, memories and stories.  A big thank you to the community team at the Eden Project for the wonderful event.

We had a lovely afternoon last Friday at our Community Cafe. Everyone enjoyed the social occasion with a fresh cream tea prepared by our chef which was washed down nicely with a cuppy.  

The residents really enjoyed spending time with our friends from our community and we hope to see even more people joining in next time! A reminder that our next Community cafes will be hosted on the last Tuesday of every month starting from this month!