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.
Marius Sidoriuc
Hi, my name is Marius, I am the activities coordinator here at Harton Grange. I joined Barchester's family in 2021, as I found their approach and standards on dementia very interesting. Since early 2022 I work for Barchester as both activities coordinator and care assistant. In 2018, I started my journey in health and social care as a care assistant and very soon after, I completed courses on dementia and activities (NAPA, level 2) and I worked as both activities coordinator and care assistant in Kent. I'm also an apprentice in health and social care. I've met some amazing people that have guided my understanding of dementia.
The most important thing for me is to see our residents achieving a meaningful raison d'etre, living as they like and to benefit from a range of activities starting from Namaste to reminiscing and spiritual needs (such as praying or listening to hymns), art and craft, armchair exercises, music therapy or finger nail pamper sessions.
I like to acknowledge that I am working as a part of a whole team, including the fantastic management, hospitality and maintenance departments, promoting a person centred approach for each resident and we are glad to know each persons preferences and abilities in order to plan how the day will look with them. One way we are able to do this is through our residents' and family' meetings where we try to let everyone have their say about the way they want to live and the activities they take part in.
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 Harton Grange Care Home
Romantic lunch
Love is certainly in the air at Harton grange, Norma and Joe, Ron and Maureen enjoyed their romantic 3 course meal which was cooked by our head chef Joy. Both couples enjoyed eating together while listening to Dean Martin.
Valentine's virtual event
Across our homes we had a fantastic time joining, Kathryn Delve, Master Florist, for a Valentine’s-inspired live virtual flower arranging demonstration. Kathryn shared brilliant and creative ways to decorate our tables with beautiful flowers that are sure to make your heart swoon!
Those participating in this virtual event put their skills to the test and followed along with some amazing creations of their own. Residents truly enjoyed the experience.
Live entertainment from Alex Hall
Love, music, good mood were all in the air as Alex Hall made us enjoy a fantastic afternoon through the rhythm of music.
Diane said that Alex has a great voice and he is welcome to come again anytime.
Some of us enjoyed to dance, to sing or just to listen to Alex music. It was great to see our manager Judith dancing with our residents and our fantastic carers sharing a good time with our residents as well. Even our deputy manager Beverly and our admin Claire managed to join us when Alex started to sing Y.M.C.A. song. Young and old, we were all happy!
A Trip to the Garden Centre
What's best to do when the weather is so cold? To visit a garden centre for a hot coffee, said Meriel and Marguerite. Therefore, we put the the warm coats on and we went to Green Fingers Garden Centre in South Shields. Moira joined us and we spent a great morning having hot coffees and cheese scones as we chatted about so many things...
Baking Club
We had a great afternoon making oat biscuits, this time. For our special recipe we used golden syrup and not much sugar - we tried to make the biscuits as healthy as possible. Maureen, Meriel, Audrey, Kitty, Dot and Peggy can't wait to have some biscuits tomorrow. We were fortunate to have Peggy's daughter, Susan, to help us. I baked all the biscuits and I can say they are yummie yummie...
Visiting Alum Pub, South Shields
Visiting a pub can bring back many memories and it is a good place for sharing memories as well. We went to Alum Pub, South Shields, where Dennis used to go years and years ago. Last time when Dennis visited this pub was 20 years ago.
David and Ken enjoyed a brown ale as and Dot was thrilled to join us and she enjoyed a lemonade.
Everyone had a lot of fond memories to share, especially about the old collieries, old Shields, ferries, the dock.
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