Activities at South Grange Care Home

South Grange in Monifieth commemorated the signing of the Armistice Day agreement on the day that the guns finally fell silent.  They joined the rest of the United Kingdom in holding a two-minute silence at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, of the eleventh month.

As well as marking Armistice Day by wearing poppies and observing the national two minute silence, residents took part in therapeutic activities by making poppies and also a poppy display. Our residents also enjoyed the morning listening to old war time songs and reminiscence about their days in the forces.

Yvonne, a resident at South Grange, said: “It is very important that we keep the memories of those who fought alive and that we also think about those involved in conflicts around the world today.”

Here at South Grange we got into the spooky Halloween spirit of things by creating an autumnal display with painted and carved pumpkins, flowers and wreaths.

We hosted a fun-filled party in the afternoon with delicious Halloween inspired treats, mocktails and themed music.

Some of our residents preferred to paint and decorate pumpkins and to dress up for the occasion, others got involved in themed quizzes and games, and enjoyed watching Halloween films.

We all had a spooktacular time.

We had a lovely time joining Chef Alex Connell from Vegetarian for Life for a Halloween-inspired virtual cooking demo.

Alex demonstrated how to prepare a few themed dishes, such as root vegetable tagine, roasted butternut squash mac-n-cheese, chocolate pots with piped biscuits and flapjacks.

Our residents were delighted to be a part of this lovely virtual culinary session by tasting the vegetarian dishes from the comfort of our home.

A Hospitality Supervisor at South Grange in Monifieth has received a prestigious 30 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 30 years.

Christine Penman, now Hospitality Supervisor, started at Barchester in October 1991 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.

Jane McFarlane, Employee Services Director at Barchester said: “I’m always pleased to hear stories about the long service of Barchester staff and am delighted Christine has achieved this milestone. It is dedication like this that ensures our residents are provided with a happy place to live.”

South Grange joined in with celebrating Wear It Pink Day during Breast Cancer Awareness Month along with hundreds of thousands of other people across the UK.

Wear It Pink is a Breast Cancer awareness campaign which has raised alot for breast cancer since the campaign started in 2002. Schools, businesses and families get together to eat, wear and make something pink in order to raise money for breast cancer.

The residents tucked into their favourite pink treats made by the home’s chef with help from staff and residents! Everyone in the home, including the carers all added something pink to their outfits to celebrate the day

Residents at South Grange have welcomed some new company in the form of a robotic pet who they have fondly named, Grainger. The home has been having lots of sensory sessions with the amazing robotic pet.

Colleagues have found Grainger to be quite the hit with Residents, The robots interact with the Residents and react to different touch or movements. The cats purr and vibrate which makes them almost seem alive!  

Residents who have sensory impairments think they are fantastic.