Celebrating life at Barchester

Residents enjoyed a wonderful Country and Western themed day today, complete with a full-themed experience to match. Dressed in cowboy hats, everyone had great fun getting up to line dance and sing-a-long to Kelly Wyatt, who performed favourites from artists such as Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton.

In the kitchen, the chefs were busy preparing a delicious themed meal of barbecue pulled pork baps served with homemade coleslaw and macaroni cheese on the side, which residents thoroughly enjoyed.

It was a fantastic day filled with music, dancing, great food, and lots of smiles, and a lovely time was had by all.   

Yesterday we celebrated National Floral Design Day a little early with a lovely flower arranging session

It was wonderful to see everyone getting involved, choosing their favourite colours and creating their own beautiful displays. The home was full of smiles and creativity.

Our home is certainly looking vibrant now, a beautiful and colourful step into spring.   

We were so pleased to welcome the RNLI pop-up shop into the home again today, it meant a great deal to many of our residents.

Thank you to the lovely team for bringing so many beautiful items for sale and some fantastic raffle hampers, all in aid of the RNLI, helping create such a warm and enjoyable day for everyone.  

Our residents have been enjoying a lovely afternoon celebrating Pancake Day with freshly made pancakes and plenty of tasty toppings!

From classic lemon & sugar to indulgent chocolate and fruit, there was something for everyone to enjoy.  

We know just how magic music is, and today was a perfect example of this. Our residents enjoyed dancing and singing along to familiar songs bringing back special memories and a smile to everyone’s faces. It was so heart-warming to see.

Thank you so much again to D&M's Disco, Wedding & Party Specialists for providing the perfect party atmosphere with a fantastic playlist for our residents.     

We had a delicious time celebrating National Pizza Day!

Residents enjoyed making their own pizzas today with the help of our activity team with a variety of different flavours, margarita, ham and pineapple, chicken and sweetcorn and pepperoni.

Beth our General Manager then bought pizzas for the team to enjoy at our Staff meeting today. A small Thank you for all their hard work and dedication.     

We enjoyed a lovely Teddy Bears’ Picnic here at Cumberland Grange. 

Residents brought along their cherished teddies as we shared afternoon tea with scones and enjoyed reminiscing, telling stories, and sharing special memories connected to them.

A truly heart-warming afternoon enjoyed by all.   

Our Activities Team is dedicated to ensuring that we organise events that encourage our residents to host their families and friends at Alice Grange. Our home is always to open to loved ones who wish to take part in our life enrichment program. 

To celebrate Mother's Day The Alice Grange team organised a high tea and the Chef produced a selection of home made finger sandwiches and homemade cakes and bakes. With entertainments relatives joined their Mother's to thank them on this special day.

Ensuring that we host events that relatives and friends can join is very important to us here at Alice Grange. 
 

Supporting residents to enjoy outings, shopping, meals out and other trips is a key aspect of the weekly activities calendar. 

Our Residents enjoyed some sunshine and fresh air (at last) with a trip out to the river Deben. There were smiles all round and they truly enjoyed getting back to nature and the sunshine and fresh air.

Regular outings are just one aspect of our life enrichment program and all the trips we take are at the request of the residents. Our monthly activities calendar boasts a range of outings and entertainment.