Activities at Rothsay Grange Care Home
The activities coordinators at Rothsay Grange work 7 days a week to ensure there is a variety of planned group and one to one activities to suit all individual needs. The activities consist of weekly running activities such as chair zumba, Music therapy, an Arts club and many more. We also run a weekly minibus trip to local places of interest giving everyone a chance to have a trip out of the home.
Rothsay Grange also knows how to have a good old tea party alongside some fantastic entertainers and productions that visit the home on a regular basis. Irene and Aimee feel its very important to have the residents that live here to have a fun and fulfilled life and encourage them to attend as many activities as they wish.
Irene & Leah
Irene and Leah have been working together since 2019, and thoroughly enjoy planning and providing activities for our residents. They are a great team and always bring joy and fun to wherever they are in the home.
Leah has worked at Rothsay since she was 16, as an apprentice carer, and has worked her way into a position that she loves.
Irene has many years’ experience in working with vulnerable adults and children, and also started working here as a care assistant several years ago, before moving on to senior carer and then into the activities coordinator role.
Both love seeing the way that residents' lives are enriched with the activities they provide, and love interacting with all the residents in our care.
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 Rothsay Grange Care Home
Summer Fete
Summer came to our home when the team hosted a variety of activities throughout the day, including a raffle, stalls selling silver jewellery, hand knitted gifts and cards, live entertainment from Jayne Deer, there was even a visit from the Three Bees goat project with their therapy goats, which were enjoyed by everyone who came to the event.
The team made everyone feel welcome and were delighted to see different generations having fun together. Visitors enjoyed plenty of refreshments, from the BBQ prepared by the catering team, who were hard at work making sure that a great time was had by all – it really was a team effort!
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it.
National Ice Cream Day
The residents at Rothsay Grange Care Home celebrated National Ice Cream Day 24.
We are sure you will agree their creations look delicious, Margaret named hers Wizzball, Janet called hers Chocolay and Strawberry Swirl, and Irene had a Summer Blizzard!
The residents love to celebrate the National Days.
Sing-Along Ttime
The residents not only got to hear amazing Rock and Roll songs from one of our visiting singers Michelle, but they were also encouraged to join in!
The residents love their music.
We do like to be beside the seaside
Staff and residents alike love a visit to the seaside especially Mudeford Beach.
Residents and staff had a brilliant time visiting Mudeford Beach to soak up the first rays of sun of the year, eating fish and chips and delicious ice creams treats.
The team are already planning their next visit.
Beauty Therapy Time
Weekends are here to take time out and relax. Irene one of our activities team at loves nothing more than doing a pamper afternoon. Jackie said she loves having her nails done as when she was a child she used to bite them now they are long and beautiful nails.
School Visit for Easter Bonnet Parade
Residents were delighted by the visit from the year 3 and 6 pupils from Vigo Primary School who found time in their busy end of term schedule to search for Easter Eggs in our gardens and show off their Easter Bonnets. Easter eggs were duly hunted down and eaten, and then the pupils showed off their bonnets with a parade where a winner was chosen and presented with an Easter chick of their own, which it was very generously decided that they would use as their choir mascot.
Two residents were also celebrating birthdays and were given a chorus of 'happy birthday' by the classes which was a lovely touch. There was also a special moment that we loved when one resident was offered a bonnet to try on by one of the pupils and took them up on the suggestion with smiles all round!
