Activities at South Grange Care Home
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Gillian Conway
Gill has worked for South Grange since 1996. Gill's role in the home is ensuring our residents enjoy a fulfilling quality of life. The programme that Gill and her colleagues provide is stimulating, creative and varied.
Gill enjoys the time she spends with residents and families. The team welcomes any suggestions made by residents and family members in relation to activities.
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 South Grange Care Home
Pets at the Palaces with Jon Sleigh
Residents across our services had a delightful time during a special virtual sensory storytelling event, led by Art Historian Jon Sleigh from the Historic Royal Palaces.
Jon took us on a journey to discover some of the more unusual and unexpected inhabitants of the palaces and the Tower of London, sharing fascinating stories about the pets at the palaces.
Whilst enjoying the virtual experience, our residents were treated to hot beverages, delicious biscuits, berries and cakes. It was a truly lovely time for all.
A Trip to the Garden Centre
What a fun morning we all had.
Our residents had an amazing time travelling in our minibus to the local garden centre, where they enjoyed a coffee and cake. They were able to enjoy a morning of relaxation looking at the variety of flowers and plants.
We had a fantastic time.
Movie Night
South Grange residents had a wonderful afternoon watching Top Gun Maverick movie. They were served hot dogs and refreshments from our very own usherettes. Some of the residents had watched the original Top Gun which was released in 1986 and said the new one was as good.
20 Years of Service
Catherine, a nurse at South Grange, has received a prestigious 20 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 20 years.
Catherine started at Barchester in May 2003 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.
She was presented with a lovely cake display prepared by our talented chef.
Thank you Catherine for all of your kindness and care for everyone.
Gardening Club
Residents have loved watching the garden take shape over the last few weeks with their plants and flowers blooming. One resident said “the flowers have brought a smile to my face every time I walk around the garden”. Another resident has said he was fascinated “that there were three different styles of daffodils bunched together”. Our residents are looking forward to planting more beautiful flowers and watching them grow throughout this year.
Cycling without Age
This week we had a visit from Cycling Without Age Scotland Monifieth who brought along two of their Trishaw's and volunteers from the charity chaperoning a resident and a member of staff on a ride around the local streets, this helped residents to bring back memories of their younger years.
This was a big hit with both staff and residents. We are looking forward to welcoming the volunteers and trishaws back to South Grange.
Upcoming events
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
There are endless ways to get involved and we'd love to hear from you!
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all heros! Come and take a break with us and enjoy a warm drink and a slice of homemade cake.
Community Cafe - Last Tuesday of the month
We extend a very warm welcome for our community friends to join us at our monthly Community Cafe - all welcome.
