Activities at Lancaster Grange Care Home
Activities are the cornerstone of a wholesome home experience and our Activities Coordinators are always putting their creative minds to the test by organising new and exciting social events for residents to partake in. Of course, we take into account the likes and dislikes of those we support, so if someone doesn’t feel like trying something new, there will always be something on offer to reflect their personal interests. For the people who may just prefer some peace and quiet instead, we also offer one-to-one time that can be enjoyed with a nice cup of coffee or just a simple chat – whatever they desire.
Charlotte Thompson
We would like to introduce to you our Senior Activities Coordinator, Charlotte Thompson. Charlotte has worked at Barchester since 2015 and prides herself on delivering a person centred approach, valuing equality, diversity & offering tailored activities. Charlotte joined the team at Tennyson Wharf in October 2022 before moving back to us here at Lancaster Grange in January 2023.
Charlotte is pleased to be welcoming families and volunteers back into the home. Charlotte is a senior activities coordinator and enjoys supporting other homes in our region as part of her job role.
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 Lancaster Grange Care Home
Our first cat therapy visit for our cat loving residents here at Lancaster Grange
We happily enjoyed a ‘Purr..fact’ day here yesterday, in all our communities at Lancaster Grange.
We warmly welcomed Michelle's Animal Therapy & Petting Party with her therapy cats. Michelle brought along 6-month-old Angeline, and therapy veterans Simon and Boots, all the Persian and Rag Doll pedigree breads.
Residents queued to take part in this very first only cats therapy session. To our residents' delight, no one was disappointed.
The cats brought calm, kindness, affection and sensory stimulation to all our cat-loving residents. We look forward to welcoming the cats back in the summer!!!
Celebrating a birthday on National Beer Day
Today at Lancaster Grange, we had a wonderful day celebrating world beer with a pint and prosecco birthday party and sunny garden walks.
This afternoon we had a great time celebrating Gerald's birthday with the residents here at Lancaster Grange. As it turns out, Gerald shared his birthday with World Beer Day and Gerald happily shared that he spent most of his working life working on accounts for breweries.
Gerald had fun with our afternoon quiz and knew a lot of answers while we learnt all about beer! To mark the day, our residents had a fantastic time sampling beer and prosecco in our comforting lounge.
Enjoying the glorious weather with garden walks and trips out into the community
The residents of Lancaster Grange have been out and about enjoying the sunshine over the last few days. Yesterday afternoon, the residents of Thorsby enjoyed afternoon garden walks and talks in our sunny grounds.
A glorious afternoon was spent in our grounds admiring our spring flowers. Ray was thrilled to visit our RAF Monument and found this very moving, having spent time serving in the RAF himself.
A great time for our residents of Thorsby. This morning, we went out and about in our minibus, taking a scenic and countryside drive through villages including Bottesford, Staunton, and Allington. We stopped at our destination, Belvoir Castle, to take in breathtaking views of the castle.
Our residents have had a fantastic day and the weather has been good. Happy times here for our residents of Lancaster Grange.
Coffee Morning with Jules singing for our residents
Our Monthly Coffee Morning for March was a huge success as we sang and danced the morning away with Jules.
Each month, Jules visits our home and usually sings in our community of Memory Lane.
Yesterday, we had the patio doors open, enabling our residents who were enjoying the outdoors to hear the fabulous entertainment.
Our residents felt energised to dance and sing the morning away, taking the coffee morning into full swing.
Our Community Coffee Morning is held on the first Thursday of each month from 10.30am, welcoming families, friends and our local community to join us.
World Book Day in our Grounds, enjoying the spring weather
What a great way for our residents here at Lancaster Grange to celebrate and recognise World Book Day. A group of residents were fully engaged in funny short stories, great weather, and wonderful company on Thursday afternoon.
Our lovely resident and friend, John, gave us a treat with short stories, poems, and an uplifting vibe to complement the day. John's stories and hilarious endings left our residents captivated and made this afternoon very memorable.
We had a great time in the gardens and all felt so good being outdoors in nature. A great way for us to celebrate this day together.
Barbershop choir re visiting our home to our residents delight
It was an absolute pleasure to welcome back into our home members from Harmony Lincs - LBHC.
As part of our life enrichment program, we enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of live singing in our Memory Lane community. All our communities came together to hear the gentlemen sing together. Our residents were eagerly waiting in anticipation after they made such a huge impact with their last performance.
The Barber Shop chorus performed brilliantly, and we were honoured to deliver a well-deserved hot drink and delicious honey cake baked in our morning baking club.
What a fun and fabulous group! This was a fantastic afternoon with such a fun and energetic group making our residents feel valued and energised.
