Activities at South Grange Care Home

Staff and residents at Barchester’s South Grange care home in Monifieth were treated to an interactive virtual floristry masterclass courtesy of Master Florist, Michal Kowalski, from Blooming Haus. 

Blooming Haus started with a small pop-up shop in Chelsea.  They have since blossomed spectacularly on to the floristry scene as ‘floral engineers’, carving themselves an outstanding reputation as one of the UK’s most innovative floral design studios. The company is the vision of Master Florist, Michal Kowalski and his business partner, Michael Dariane. The pair bring a completely fresh approach to floristry and their ambition to push the boundaries of traditional floristry has laid the foundations of Blooming Haus’ success to date.

What a bee-rilliant day we all had at South Grange in Monifieth, marking World Bee Day and learning more about the importance of bees to food production and the environment.  Our residents got involved in different creative activities during the day, from planting bee-friendly plants in the garden and making bee houses to producing colourful paintings of bees.

In the afternoon, we enjoyed a little honey tasting session and explored some healthy cooking recipes with honey.  It was a lovely day, which brought a lot of smiles and laughter into our home.

Community engagement is important to the residents and staff at South Grange and they were delighted to be able to share goody bags filled with activities from quizzes to puzzles to, Scott and his wife, Fee who is a Minister at the homes local church.  They will be sharing to members of their congregation to help combat social isolation.  The home are looking forward to the time when they can welcome them to the home to join them for their events.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s South Grange care home in MonifiethHall were treated to a photographic tour and talk about the era of ocean travel by V&A Dundee Curator, Charlotte Hale.  The presentation forms part of a series of six talks and virtual tours that V&A Dundee is hosting for Barchester Healthcare’s care homes and private hospitals across the UK.

V&A Dundee is Scotland’s design museum, it showcases Scotland’s outstanding design achievements and features world-class exhibitions alongside the permanent Scottish Design Galleries, and a changing programme of commissions, events and activities.  

We celebrated the anniversary of the birth of nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, also known as International Nurses Day, by acknowledging our dedicated and hardworking nurses at South Grange care home in Monifieth.

To mark the occasion and to say thank you, the home’s chef prepared delicious treats and refreshments for everyone to enjoy.

We received numerous cards and recorded thank you messages from relatives, friends and the local community, which were displayed around the home and shared with the team to make the day extra special.

Every member of our staff is going above and beyond. Thank you.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s South Grange care home in Monifieth were treated to an armchair work out courtesy of the Green Goddess, Diana Moran, and Shackleton’s furniture company, followed by a mindfulness session led by Shackleton’s Emma Raybould.

Diana rose to fame as a glamorous fitness guru on BBC’s Breakfast Time in the 1980’s and has made an outstanding contribution to improving the health and wellbeing of people in the UK. She now brings that experience to Shackletons as their Health and Wellness Adviser.