Activities at Wood Grange Care Home
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
Ruby-Mae Walker
Hello, my name is Ruby-Mae and I am the activities Co-Ordinator here at Wood Grange.
My background is working in dance education and production as well as experience in the mental health care sector. I am extremely passionate about my role here in promoting life enrichment within the home and I feel privileged to work alongside such amazing people, and to be a part of our residents lives, spending quality time with them on a regular basis. I work alongside Louise to plan and organise daily activities to suit our resident’s needs, Louise and I are very enthusiastic about our roles and the resident’s well-being is always at the forefront of our minds.
I love to dance, keep fit by going to the gym and spending time with family.
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 Wood Grange Care Home
Pot Crafts
Our home's ambassador, Jean Biggs, assisted a memory lane resident in decorating a pot ready to plant her hyacinth. We had lots of fun doing this but as you can see we also had lots of fun getting in a mess.
East Kirkby Airfield
Resident Ray, who was celebrating his 100th birthday, is a veteran of the forces and really enjoyed visiting East Kirkby Airfield, as did his friends from the home, who spent the day out with him. Ray’s son met us at the airfield and also spent the day with him.
Sensory Bus
Residents Heidi & Robina had a lovely time on the sensory bus, which visited us here at Wood Grange for a day. This was such a success that it has been arranged for the bus to visit every Tuesday throughout the summer weeks.
Margaret's Beauty Treatment
Resident Margaret received a hand massage from her daughter Jane. Jane celebrated 1 year since the opening of her beauty salon and her mum Margaret had never seen the salon before, due to suffering from anxiety.
However, with a lot of reassurance activities Margaret was able to go and visit her daughter's salon. This was such an amazing surprise for Jane who said that she never ever thought her mum would see her place of work.
The Magic Table
We are delighted to announce that we have just had a Magic Table installed, which is an interactive light projector, designed to support residents living with dementia by keeping them engaged through specialised games.
The light projections respond to hand and arm movement, allowing residents to stay stimulated and, most of all, have fun!
You can read more about it on this page.
Eat Your Garden
Throughout the week, we had a raffle in reception, and staff and families baked cakes for us that were made with ingredients from the garden, such as rhubarb, beetroot, lavender and carrots. These cakes were cut up and sold alongside recipe book that detailed the process of making them, which was titled ‘Eat your Garden’. After announcing that the cakes could be part of your 5 a day, sales increased immensely.
Upcoming events
November
The leaves are falling, and November is calling. Check out our upcoming activities for the month.
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead - all welcome.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
Looking for a place or venue to hold a meeting? For more information on what we have to offer please get in touch.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
If you would like to become a volunteer or more information on volunteering, we'd love to hear from you.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Come and take a break on us! Calling all emergency services personnel, district nurses, enjoy a warming drink and slice of cake on your break.
Memory Cafe
Join us at our 'Memory Cafe' and meet our highly trained dementia staff who will be on hand to answer any questions you may have or just to have a chat.
