Activities at Lancaster Grange Care Home

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.

We’ve had a fantastic Easter Bank Holiday Monday here at Lancaster Grange.

Residents came together in our Cafe for this morning’s Movement to Music, followed by a wonderful live performance from Jeremy, singing Rock’n’Roll classics that everyone sang-a-long too.It certainly brightened our morning.

We would like to thank local businesses and friends of Lancaster Grange who generously gave prize donations for our Easter Raffle….Marks and Spencer, Boots UK, Baker's at SixtyTwo, Gannets Middlebeck, JandJ Alpacas - The Alpaca Centre & Coffee Shop, F. Doncasters Butchers, One Stop, The Corner House, Reg Taylors Garden Centre, Spectrum Wellness + Performance, Morrisons, and Shine Salon Claypole.

We have raised a staggering £260 this will go towards buying specialist music playing therapy teddies for our nursing and dementia communities. 

Thank you to all who have supported our fundraising.

The residents of Lancaster Grange took to their games this morning of the iconic game Scrabble. 

Scrabble is played with two to four players who score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board. 

We had a lot of fun with the words we came up with and certainly enjoyed the morning, celebrating National Scrabble Day. 

National Scrabble Day has cast a spell on us, a fun morning here at Lancaster Grange. 

Baking on our Memory Lane Community a huge success. 

We decided on a recipe, it was something simple and easy to follow, this happened to be an old family favourite, the smell of ingredients certainly helped trigger memories. 

Cinnamon being a strong scent this afternoon... 

We made sure we had all the ingredients out and ready to use. If they’re in labelled bowls or jars, then that is even better as our residents can identify easily. 

Our tasks this afternoon were mixing, whisking and kneading, this is great for residents with dementia because it helps to always feel part of the process.

While we were working, we talked about the various foods that we loved and enjoyed eating and cooking when we were younger.

Baking with someone with dementia is less about getting the perfect looking cake, it’s more about enjoying the  activity together, spending quality time together and hopefully being able to reminisce. Finally, we tasted our pinwheels, it was a great sensory activity and gave us an enormous sense of achievement.

At  Lancaster Grange, our residents recognised St David's Day in many ways.

In our community of Memory Lane, our residents from different communities joined together to make Welsh cakes.

The recipe was supplied from our St David’s Day Activity book provided to us by Oomph Wellness a valuable resource we use here at Lancaster Grange. After our baking, we sat down and learnt many interesting facts about St David and enjoyed the fun colouring of our daffodils together. In our community of Sherwood, our residents participated in creative craft activities, social interaction and learning how to make beautiful daffodils the flowers that mark the day. Many needs were met today with St David’s day, we learnt so much, we felt proud of our Welsh cakes and a huge boost of esteem from our daffodils. St David is the patron saint of Wales and he is celebrated on 1 March. 

At Lancaster Grange we enjoyed celebrating International Women’s Day.  International Women's Day, an annual event that celebrates and recognises the achievements of women. We are proud to be part of Sainsbury's Community Engagement here at Lancaster Grange, today we gratefully received a huge donation of flowers and chocolates to share with our staff and residents here at Lancaster Grange. In receiving these wonderful gifts, our residents were filled with happiness, elated with the kind gesture of Sainsbury’s. Many of our residents were thrilled to have received them. Lots of smiles and happiness flowed through our home this morning, our residents enjoyed a fun morning of iconic women’s games and the activities team also visited individual rooms for meaningful moments of magic.