Activities at South Grange Care Home

National Day of families is celebrated on May 15th and pays homage to the pivotal role of families in society. Families are the cornerstone of our communities and South Grange residents and colleagues came together to support residents to complete their own family trees which all have been added to the homes ‘Tree of Life’. The tree has been placed in the cafe area for everyone to see. We always encourage and love to see families join in with our daily and themed activities and events. A big thankyou to Sam (Head of Maintenance) for bringing our ideas to life once again!

A senior carer at South Grange has received a prestigious Long Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 20 years. Alma Labridga, started at Barchester in May 2004 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.

Catherine Lappin, General Manager said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 20 years of loyal service with South Grange. She has demonstrated her dedication and loyalty to this home and its residents year after year. I speak for all of us here at the home when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Alma!”

Staff and residents got involved with Dementia week by creating our own Forget-me-knots for our display. The residents have also got involved in a variety of activities including quizzes, arts & crafts, exercises and going out for daily walks to help keep the brain stimulated.

Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning – thinking, remembering, reasoning – which can affect a person’s day to day life and activities.  Functions that can be impacted are memory, language skills, visual perception, problem solving, self-management and the ability to focus and pay attention.  The number of people living with dementia in the UK is forecast to increase to over 1m.

We were so lucky to have had sunny weather for our weekly trishaw rides last week.

Betty, John and staff had a lovely afternoon out with the volunteers of Cycling Without Age Scotland Monifieth enjoying the warm weather with no jackets on. Followed by spending time in the garden with the volunteers soaking up all the sunshine with an ice-lolly, it was well deserved after all that chauffeuring the residents and staff around in the warm weather. The residents love to tell their stories and like to hear theirs too.

Cycling without Age is run by volunteers who take older people and those with mobility difficulties out on ‘trishaw’ cycle rides. Their trishaws are three-wheel cycles with a passenger cab out front and is motor assisted.

Our rides are comfortable, fun and free. They enable people to experience the city and nature close-up from the bicycle. It also helps them regain important social connections.

Our volunteers and passengers enjoy the physical and emotional benefits.

Residents across our services had a wonderful time joining Cadbury for an interactive virtual talk on their fascinating 200-year history.

Residents joining learnt interesting facts about the chocolate giant, shared memories, and reminisced about their favourite sweet treats.

It was a heartwarming experience filled with laughter, nostalgia, and plenty of chocolatey goodness!

Residents joined in with our first gardening club of the year, unfortunately it had to be done inside due to the rubbish weather in Scotland. To kick start the first gathering we coincided this with National Sunflower Planting day.  

We had a busy afternoon planting our very own individual sunflower seeds for the year ahead. We are looking forward to seeing them grow and flourish into the beautiful flowers they are. Our pots are out in the garden for everyone to see.