Activities at South Grange Care Home
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Gillian Conway
Gill has worked for South Grange since 1996. Gill's role in the home is ensuring our residents enjoy a fulfilling quality of life. The programme that Gill and her colleagues provide is stimulating, creative and varied.
Gill enjoys the time she spends with residents and families. The team welcomes any suggestions made by residents and family members in relation to activities.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 South Grange Care Home
National Carrot Cake Day
We had a fantastic time celebrating National Carrot Cake Day, everyone agreed it had to be up there with one of the best days of the year.
Our residents tasted Carrot Cake that was specially prepared by our head Chef, Bernard, we also had a good old cup of tea/coffee to go along with it which was just the icing on the cake (no pun intended).
It was a fabulous day, enjoyed by all and more importantly we had a good excuse to eat Carrot Cake at any time of the day.
National Croissants Day
Residents and staff at South Grange celebrated National Croissant Day the right way … by having one with our morning cuppy.
Residents thought this was a great idea instead of having their usual biscuit. There was a variety of fillings to choose from such as jam, soft cheese, smoked salmon, butter and fresh fruit with cream. Some residents gave their fillings order to our activity team where they then prepared them. Whist other residents wished to make their own which was lovely to see how independent they were being.
National Puzzle Day
Residents at South Grange celebrated National Puzzle Day with fun-filled activities and, of course, plenty of themed games.
Our residents enthusiastically selected their favourite puzzle types, diving into jigsaw puzzles, crosswords, word-searching puzzles and more.
In the afternoon, we organised a friendly puzzle-solving competition and were joined by friends, family and local community members.
Look at the determination on our faces!
Weekly Nursery - Feelings
This week with our weekly visit from Grange Nursery we focused on the theme Our Feelings. Last year we helped the nursery children produce our own worry doll that everyone can recognise using different materials such as a wooden spoon as the body, wool for hair and fabric for clothing. Each week before we start our visit we go round the room to see how is everyone feeling on that morning and what is making us feel that emotion. This is a good way to let the children learn how to express their feelings. This week we had good feelings all round because the sun was shining and we were in good company and had a great morning with the children.
Happy Burns Day
To honour the famous Scottish poet, we had a facts and quiz morning before going onto have our Burns Day lunch.
Rory piped the haggis into the dining room before Perce beautifully addressed the haggis.
Our tables were specially decorated with tartan and Scottish flags for the occasion as our residents enjoyed delicious Haggis, Neeps and Tatties prepared by our talented chef, accompanied with a wee dram.
Pamper morning in the Salon
The ladies have been enjoying their pamper mornings in the salon. By having their nails painted by our activity girls and having their hair done by our in house hair dresser Karen!
The countdown is on for next week's pamper session.
Upcoming events
May
The month of May is the gateway to Summer and we have lots of fun things planned!
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
There are endless ways to get involved and we'd love to hear from you!
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all heros! Come and take a break with us and enjoy a warm drink and a slice of homemade cake.
