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
Musical Time
This week at Cumberland Grange our residents enjoyed some music from Tim.
"The Musial Gentleman"
Everyone enjoyed singing along with him in our lovely lounge.
Opening of Cumberland Grange
Today we celebrated the official opening of Cumberland Grange!
Eileen and Dennis our first residents this week were joined by Veronica Gosling who cut the ribbon!
Veronica has an Art Studio in Exeter called Studio 36 and came to Cumberland today with a collection of pottery, sculptures and artwork for the residents to enjoy. She also had a 1-1 art lesson with Dennis!
Veronica partners with Age UK and host’s a budding friends group where she supports people with dementia by hosting painting sessions at her studio with the motto ‘we don’t need language, we don’t need memory’.
Thank you Veronica, Dennis and Eileen
Resident of the Day
Eileen's day!
Eileen has travelled extensively, one of her favorite places to visit was Romania. So we had some treats delivered from Romania for her to share with the other residents.
Eileen's favorite meal is a roast dinner! Roast beef was on the menu yesterday and her family joined her.
Eileen has a passion for classical music! In the evening after dinner we were joined by flute trio called Flute Cake who performed a mixture of tunes from well know classics through to show tunes such as South Pacific and My Fair Lady. They even performed some Folk and Jazz!
Eileen and the other residents had a wonderful day!
Festive trip out
Feeling festive today as our residents enjoyed a trip out in the mini bus to Otter Nurseries in Ottery St Mary.
Whilst there they chose the first Christmas decoration to hang on the tree!
Making sure our residents have life enriching trips out into the local community is all part of the excellent service we offer here at Cumberland Grange.
Halloween Celebration
A very successful musical afternoon here at Cumberland Grange.
Our residents enjoyed a performance from the local band, 'Sounds Easy' along with some delicious treats prepared by our chef.
With a Halloween theme it was very much enjoyed by all.
