Activities at South Grange Care Home

This week the activity staff and some residents wrapped up warm and headed out into the cold for a walk around our beautiful nearby estate for some much needed fresh air after being stuck in doors for a few weeks. One of our residents Alan was delighted to join us for this walk and enjoyed reminiscing about his days of walking his two German shepherd dogs through the woods as this was his favourite place to let them off their lead and roam free. Alan is looking forward to getting out more into the fresh air especially when the sunshine comes out too.

The Murdoch trophy was donated by former resident Murdoch’s family after he sadly passed away. Murdoch was a keen domino player who loved to play with fellow residents and staff. We held our domino tournament where Michael and Margaret were our finalists. We are very pleased to be able to present our overall finalist Margaret with the Murdoch Trophy.

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.

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.

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!

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.