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.
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 Lancaster Grange Care Home
Sensory Games and Crafting
Residents at Lancaster Grange had quiz games, and creative crafting today. Wanda from Activities was warmly welcomed on Thoresby and Clumber community. She had brought music and sensory games and farm animals themed aqua painting.
On Sherwood community residents had Quiz Games, memory card games, and continued working on a new Year's Calendar soon to be displayed, with paper flowers.
Quiz Night
Yesterday evening we held a fundraising Quiz Night here at Lancaster Grange. Resident’s families and friends were invited to join us in the cafe for a ‘Cheese and Wine’ reminiscence quiz evening.
We are very grateful for those who joined us and raised money for the specialist Dementia puzzles to be used on our Memory Lane Community.
Congratulations to the ‘Famous Five’ team for winning!
Murder Mystery
We’ve had fun, laughter and suspicion this afternoon at Lancaster Grange. Cherilyn our Activities Lead hosted as Agatha, a ‘Murder at Sea’ Murder Mystery afternoon.
Residents took leading character roles, from Lady Philippa Grange, The Philanthropist Sir Lancaster, Johnny Trump the Gambler ‘Silver Dollar’, the Philosopher Professor Hawkins, Ship Mates, Ships Cook Mrs Gourmet, Betsy the Ladies Maid, Grimmes the Ships Janitor and Activities Wanda played Lola the Showgirl.
The characters came alive with role play, questioning and improv.
No one guessed it was Betsy!!!
World Braille Day
This morning, Sherwood residents had the chance of writing their name in Braille with Gabriella from Activities. Today is World Braille Day and we discussed the importance of accessibility and independence for the blind and visually impaired.
In the afternoon Memory Lane residents had a variety of sensory games and puzzles including Jigsaw, scent identifying games, bird song quiz and pass the word puzzles.
Cherilyn Activities Lead held a talk and discussion on Sherwood Community in recognizing Sir Issac Newton on what would have been his Birthday.
We would like thank our volunteers for their help today.
RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch
Unfortunately it was too cold to go outdoors this afternoon at Lancaster Grange, so we had just as much fun ‘Bird Watching’ on the big screen. We identified the different British birds, using guide books, sensory garden spray enhanced our senses and RSPB soft birds. Our resident Joan shared her story of ‘Goldie’ a Goldfinch fledgling that she hand reared, and lived for 14 years in her spare bedroom.
Starlings virtual talk
Across our services our residents have enjoyed a wonderful live virtual talk about starlings, one of the UK’s most gregarious birds, hosted by Rachel Dowse from The Royal Parks London.
Rachel examined our long history with this bird and the importance of common species to our lives. Our residents had the opportunity to find out more about the great murmuration and why we need to pay special attention to these beauties before it's too late.
The virtual experience was truly enjoyed by all.
