Activities at Cumberland Grange Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Gosia Maliga
I have been in the care sector since 2008, and I also have a degree in teaching. I am here to arrange and run a varied range of activities for our residents to take part in, keep them entertained and enrich their lives. From flower arranging, quizzes, arts and crafts to movies in the cinema, I try to make sure there is something for everyone here to take part in, and tailor events to suit each resident.
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 Cumberland Grange Care Home
Seated Exercise
Our Life Enrichment team have been busy supporting our residents here at Cumberland Grange. This week we have been focusing on Seated Exercise Classes - which you can see have been a huge hit!
Our residents thoroughly enjoyed the exercise class led by our Activities Team and look forward to this being a regular fixture in our weekly activity planner.
Pet Therapy!
Our residents and colleagues here at Cumberland Grange have spent the day with a new fluffy visitor!
Our newest member of the team is Chloe, our therapy dog. Chloe spent the day visiting the residents either in their rooms or social areas and everyone involved loved it.
Pet therapy has proved benefits emotionally, increased energy levels, self esteem and mood!
We look forward to welcoming Chloe back into our home.
Goodbye Christmas
Out with the festive period and in with the New Year! Our residents have been helping our team take down our Christmas decorations around the home here at Cumberland Grange.
For our residents, it was a great opportunity to support our colleagues in a meaningful way and reminisce over past Christmas'
Cumberland Grange supports local charity event for Alzheimer's Society
Barchester’s Cumberland Grange Care Home in Exeter, got in the Christmas spirit yesterday by sending Hugh Dickinson their Homes Services Advisor along to deliver a donation of some delicious cupcakes prepared by Chef, John Holman for a charity Christmas light switch on in Ottery St Mary.
Cumberland Grange, love getting involved with the local community and supporting charity events. Having a specialist unit for residents with Alzheimer’s and Dementia, we were very happy to have the opportunity to help raise funds for such an important cause.
Lighting up time got a whole new meaning at Abbott Close as Mr & Mrs Harris, with the help of Dom Boull from D&M’s Disco, Wedding & Party Specialist went all out this year to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society.
The community came together to see the Christmas lights switched on while enjoying hot chocolate and Cumberland’s cakes being served by the Harris family to help raise funds and keep everyone warm on the chilly winter evening.
The event was a great success raising over £300 for the Alzheimer’s Society. Dom from D&M’s Disco played Christmas Music and gave a countdown to the crowd while a snow machine filled the street making it feel very festive. Hugh also handed out some goodie bags to the crowd making it really feel like Christmas.
Trip to Powderham Castle Farm Shop & Cafe
Another very successful trip out on the mini bus this week to Powderham Castle Farm Shop.
Our residents enjoyed buying so local delights and a look around before having a lovely coffee in the café.
Garden Centre Trip
Another successful trip today for some of our residents. We had planned a trip to Exeter Quay but sadly the rain came in just as we were about to set off. So we took a trip to Bernaville Nurseries where our ladies enjoyed tea and cake.
Then they selected some orchids for their rooms and bird seed to encourage birds to our beautiful gardens at Cumberland grange.
