Activities at Crandon Springs Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Katherine Cork
Hello, my name is Kath and I’m the Activities Assistant here at Crandon Springs.
As part of the Activities and lifestyle enrichment team, I help in organising our daily activities, ensuring that all of our residents have a variety of activities to choose from each day. I love enriching our residents’ lives by providing meaningful and engaging activities and, having been both a teacher and care assistant in the past, have a wealth of experience behind me. You'll rarely find me without a smile and I'm very family orientated, and I love how both the residents' and colleagues Crandon Springs feel like a second family to me!
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Crandon Springs Care Home
Home Blessing
Residents here at Crandon Springs, have had the pleasure of meeting our local vicar, Reverend Sam from St Cuthberts Church where he conducted a tear jerking home blessing.
Revd Sam kindly produced a beautiful service and home blessing whilst being welcomed by our residents and colleagues.
Tracey our Life Enrichment Coordinator said "It truly was a wonderful way to bless our residents home. Revr Sam is an inspiration and took quality time to speak to each individual resident"
We look forward to hosting a monthly communion for our residents alongside St Cuthberts Church.
National Grandparents Day
Sunday the 3rd of October celebrates National Grandparents Day. In preparation for National Grandparents Day this week, our residents have kindly donated 50 individual cards to our local nursery Rockers and Rollers Day Nursery for the children to colour and personalise to gift to their families.
National Grandparents Day was founded by the charity Age Concern in 2008 and is celebrated on the first Sunday of October.
Card Club!
On the 1st of October our residents have been enjoying a social afternoon in the cafe playing cards. After a meeting with our life enrichment team, our residents and colleagues have set up Card Club!
Every Friday our residents will be able to come to the cafe, enjoy some fresh bakes, coffee and a range of card games to appreciate.
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Residents at Crandon Springs in Wells held a charity coffee morning on 24th September to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Crandon Springs coffee morning was a big success – they managed to raise over £200 and, most importantly, everyone had a lot of fun doing it! The event included a visit from The Mayor of Wells, Councillor Philip Welch and also a two hour set from Wells City Band for all to enjoy.
The British charity provides financial aid, specialist healthcare services, and all different kinds of support to those living with cancer. The purpose of the coffee morning is to sit down with your friends and family and catch up with a nice cuppa for a good cause. The money raised will help Macmillan make sure no one has to face cancer alone.
Natalie Deverall, General Manager at Crandon Springs Care Home, said: “Holding our own Macmillan coffee morning has been a huge amount of fun and everyone at the home is always keen to support this fantastic charity in any way we can. We are very glad to be able to do our bit to raise further awareness and money for the charity.”
Crandon Springs care home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering personalised care across its care homes and hospitals. Crandon Springs provides residential care and dementia care for 64 residents from respite care to long term stays.
National Fitness Day
Our residents here at Crandon Springs really rejoice in keeping active and continuing their mobility improvement. Today our residents have been celebrating National fitness day by having a class of "Flexercise" held by our life enrichment co-ordinator, Tracy and also getting the golf net se up in the garden.
National fitness day is an opportunity to highlight the important role of physical activity of all ages and abilities. Due to popular demand our residents take part in 2 Flexercise classes per week!
Cheese, Wine & Quizzes
Our residents here at Crandon Springs, love nothing more than a social afternoon in the lounge. Our life enrichment co-ordinator, Tracy, set up a selection of cheese and wines for our residents to enjoy whilst taking part in our weekly knowledge quiz.
George, one of our residential residents is so far, the winner week on week for our quizzes with the fastest and accurate answers every time.
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