Activities at Harton 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.
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 Harton Grange Care Home
A Visit to Butterfly World and Preston Park
We didn't dance around the maypole and we didn't find any maypole dancers. Instead, we thoroughly enjoyed visiting Butterfly World, Preston Park and the riverside of river Tees.
David has enjoyed seeing so many butterflies, but despite of their density, he had no luck catching one - he tried so many times. Anne was thrilled to see the butterflies flying around, the fish and the small mongooses, called meerkat. As one of these mongooses was having siesta, Anne said she would like to do the same.
At a point Susan, Peggy's daughter, asked her mother why is she crying, and Peggy said: "Because I'm happy".
Spending time in a hot microclimate, we have sweated a lot. Margaret and her daughter Don enjoyed seeing so many vivid colors moving around like in an eerie tropical forest.
Coronation talk
Across our services Residents had a wonderful time participating in an interactive virtual talk with Pippa Catterall, Professor of History and Policy at the University of Westminster, where we delved into the rich history of coronations.
During the talk, we explored fascinating topics such as the coronation chair, the crown, and other significant aspects related to King Charles' upcoming coronation. Our residents were thrilled to have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the memoirs of past coronations from 1937 and 1953, as well as learning about the coronation oath and what to expect from the ceremony, including the music, guests, and pageantry.
Memory Boxes
The memory boxes in our home are very appreciated by our residents. Irene enjoys her memory box and is very proud of this as she called it the “treasure box”.
A Visit from Mr. Bunny
Mr. Bunny came in this year with plenty of chocolate figures donated by Judith, Thomasina’s niece. He received a very warm welcome from our residents as he visited all of them and wishes to them a Happy and Peaceful Easter. Linda, Jane's daughter, was very happy to see Mr. Bunny visiting her mother. I was happy too.
To have an Easter Display was a brilliant idea very appreciated by our residents and visitors. We enjoyed to take pictures with Mr. Bunny and Mrs. Duck having in background the Easter display. Judith, our manager, said: "It was a great experience for our residents. They loved to see the Easter display and to have pictures with Mr Bunny. We had an Easter Egg Hunt as well. I enjoyed very much to see everybody happy as we had a lot of fun. I want to wish to all of you Happy Easter."
Beverly, our deputy manager, enjoyed as well and had fun with our residents and found some eggs.
Upcoming events
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