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.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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
Zoo Lab
We had Zoo Lab come and visit the home with some very unique animals, as we all got interactive with the various creatures, we learnt lots of information about each one. Some residents loved handling and touching them whilst others didnt like to even look at them for too long. Zoo Lab brought a good mixture for creepy crawlies from right around the world such as a Giant Land Snail, Cockroach, Trantula, Snake, Rat and Hamster. All these animals were pets of the the presenter that brought them to us and they all had names. All the residents enjoyeD learning new facts about the animals and finding out where they all orginated from.
New Years Eve Afternoon Party
Rothsay Grange celebrated the New Year with some Fantastic entertainment from Gary Roman singing a good mixture of Rock 'n' Roll, Country and Pop. Gary made a good show with serenading all the residents and relatives, the dining room was decorated in silver and black and everyone wore party hats to help get in the celebratory mood. Residents delved into some delicious homemade cakes, biscuits and the tea was flowing. Everyone had a fabulous party and said what a lovely time they had.
Christmas Cake Competition
It was that kind of year again, so we had residents design a cake they wanted to enter into the competition. We used a staff member's old secret cake recipe which turned out really well. Residents took part in mazipanning and icing the cake for its final pictures and, after this, they all enjoyed sampling the cake when it was cut.
A Very Special Visit
We had a few special visitors who came to say hello to residents and staff at the home. Residents enjoyed learning about them and stroking them; they had super soft wool which amazed some people. The alpacas were so well behaved and they didn’t miss anyone out as they used our lifts to get on to all floors.
100th Birthday Celebration
Dorothea, who is a resident at Rothsay Grange, celebrated her 100th Birthday on 17th December 2016 with family, friends and staff. Everyone made sure her birthday celebrations went off with a bang by decorating the home with 100 banners and balloons. Her son, Anthony, said that to celebrate a 100th birthday is an achievement in itself and that she is a wonderful Mother. Dorothea received her birthday card from the Queen, which she opened with all her family present.
A Visit from Jan Doling
On Friday 9th December, Rothsay Grange welcomed Jan Doling, a keen crocheter to the home who has been making blankets since January 2016 for a charity called Sunshine International Blankets of Love. The charity operates by volunteers making blankets in their own time using their own wool for the elderly and people living in care homes. Jan, from Andover, has made 14 blankets to donate to the residents of Rothsay Grange.
Each blanket has taken Jan 40 hours to make; she started this project in January 2016 and finished on Sunday 4th December, totalling up 560 hours. Jan said that she really enjoys making the blankets and using different colours and blending all the wools together to create different styles and patterns. All the blankets are named and have a butterfly crocheted on them to symbolise the charity, which was founded in Birmingham.
