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 Andrews
Hello, my name is Gosia and I am the Activities Co-Ordinator here at Cumberland Grange.
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 Life Enrichment Programme which is full of fun activities for our residents to take part in. We do lots of different activities here which change on a regular basis, including weekly trips out in our mini bus, flower arranging, live musical performances, arts and crafts, cheese and wine nights and so much more. We also have groups which happen every week, mostly lead by our residents, including Poetry Club, Gardening Club, Politics and Pastries, Cumberland Grange Choir and Knit and Natter.
We have monthly resident meetings where we discuss life at Cumberland Grange. We talk about the activities that we currently run, including activities that our residents would like us to incorporate into the planner.
Making wishes come true is also something that we love to do. So, if our resident has a wish, together we try our best to make that happen, because life at Cumberland is about having fun and making even more special memories.
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
Birthday Celebrations
We’ve had a weekend of celebrating Birthdays here at Cumberland Grange!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our lovely Sheila.
Family and friend time, delicious food, a freshly baked cake and flowers, just perfect.
We always feel so lucky to be apart of our residents celebrations!
BAKE SALE & JAZZ
Yesterday afternoon we held a Bake Sale to raise money for Barchester's Charitable Foundation, but for those that know us, know that we love a dance and a sing along (any excuse to get us up on our feet!).
Thank you to Dave for once again gracing our ears with your incredible musical performance
& thank you chefs and Ange our amazing Kitchen Assistant for baking the most delicious cakes and scones.
We ate, we drank, we danced and we sang, all whilst raising money for charity!
A wonderful afternoon, thank you to all who joined us.
Happy Birthday Dennis!
We recently celebrated our lovely Dennis on his Birthday! A wonderful person who deserves nothing but happiness.
It is such a privilege to be able to be apart of our residents special days.
PUB TRIPS
Photos from our pub trips over the past two weeks.
If you haven’t already heard, we are doing a ‘pub crawl’, going to 50 different pubs in and around Exeter, visiting a different pub each week. 5 down, 45 to go!
Our Tuesday night outings are a wonderful weekly addition to our activities planner and a great time to catch up with the loved ones and family members who join us.
Accessible, friendly pub recommendations are always welcomed
Getting summer ready!
Our Head of Maintenance Bob and wonderful resident Sandy have been busy preparing our new planters for our terrace areas over the past couple of days/
Our gardener Evie will be planting an array of beautiful flowers soon, just in time for summer.
We’ll be sat out here surrounded by gorgeous blooms whilst sipping on mojitos in no time, watch this space!
DEMENTIA AWARENESS WEEK
As part of Dementia Awareness Week, we were invited along to the Dementia Awareness Information Day at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust where we met lots of wonderful nurses and charities, including Age UK Exeter and Pets As Therapy
It was a wonderful opportunity to have great, meaningful discussions and conversations with other professionals around supporting our loved ones, residents and patients who are living with Dementia.
We shared ideas on enriching the lives of those living with Dementia and spoke about ways in which we can further support each other so that as a community we can offer more to families and carers who need an extra helping hand.
It was certainly a room full of passionate people (and dogs!) and we had a lovely morning connecting with many like minded others.
We have a wonderful Memory Lane Community here at Cumberland Grange and we would love to show you around if you are considering care for a loved one! You are even welcome to come and join us for lunch during your visit to really get a good feel about life here at Cumberland.
