Activites at Washington Grange Care Home

Our Deputy Manager, Lynsey has received a prestigious 20-Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 20 years.

Lynsey Clark, now Deputy Manager, started at Barchester in July 2005 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years. 
 

Here at Washington Grange we celebrate the gentleman. We started off our celebration with Kev, the care home singer, who we danced with and sang the morning away.

To continue our celebrations, some of our lovely gentlemen enjoyed a meal with their loved ones in our conservatory. The day was amazing from start to finish and all the family members were forever grateful for making it special and making the memories together.

Residents enjoyed a trip out to the nearby ‘Discovery Museum’ in Newcastle, where they explored all areas within the museum.

Their favourite part was the maze of special events starting from World War 1 to 2020. The ladies reminisced about their memories of the war times.  It was an interesting day out and learning new facts about local history.
 

Here at Washington Grange we celebrated the 80th anniversary of VE Day by watching the service and joining in the celebrations. 

Later that day, we had the blue-light choir sing for our residents to finish off the celebrations. We decorated our homes and residents joined in with accessories too.

A Care Assistant has received a prestigious long service award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare 15 years.  Sharon Flather, now Care Assistant, started at Barchester in May 2010 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.

Paula Joicey, General Manager, said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating fifteen years of loyal service to Sharon Flather. She has demonstrated her dedication and loyalty to this home and its residents year after year. I speak for all of us here at Washington Grange when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Sharon Flather”

As part of our Dementia Action Week activities, we held a ‘Dementia disco’ and the home was a sea of neon colours and vibrant music.  Residents joined in the party wearing their favourite colourful outfits, with colleagues participating too with the theme.

It was a fun-filled activity and everyone enjoyed it!  

Taking advantage of the Spring sunshine we enjoyed a morning in the garden, playing dominoes whilst reminiscing over refreshing ice-lollies of our favourite ice-creams when we were younger.

It was a lovely way to spend time enjoying the great outdoors and each other’s company. We are looking forward to the Summer days ahead.
 

Here at Washington Grange we celebrated Mother's Day in style by having a fulfilling day, starting with a singer in our downstairs lounge, then followed by an afternoon tea with all their loved ones. 

All the ladies and mams had a fantastic day celebrating on Mother’s Day surrounded by their friends and the ones they love. They all received a lovely gift and enjoyed being treated specially.

This month here at Washington Grange, two of our lovely gentlemen, Ron and Albert, celebrated their birthdays the same day. 

They enjoyed their special day with homemade cakes made by our lovely cook Lisa, who they shared with their family and friends. Ron was his 85th birthday and Albert was his 80th. They got spoilt by all their families and made to feel so special on their special occasion.