Activities at South Grange Care Home

A Laundry Assistant at South Grange in Monifieth has received a prestigious 25 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 25 years.

Patricia Harris, previous care assistant and laundry assistant, started at Barchester in March 1996 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s South grange care home, in Monifieth, celebrated Easter with a whole host of different activities including Easter Quiz, Easter Bonnet Competition and Easter Bunny Hunt, followed by an Easter tea party.

Residents at South grange enjoyed an eggs-tensive range of Easter activities, from an Easter Bonnet competition, virtually attending an Easter concert to receiving a gift of Easter Bunnies. Residents also tucked in to a delicious Easter meal of roast lamb followed by Easter cake prepared by the home’s head chef Ross Morrison.

Operational Manager, Fiona Torrie said: “As always, we’ve all been looking forward to Easter. It’s such a nice time of the year – the residents love all the colourful Easter eggs and the Easter Bonnet competition. It’s really been an eggs-cellent few days!”

Staff and residents at Barchester’s South Grange care home in Monifeth were treated to a virtual talk about Mary Quant’s influence on the world of fashion by V&A Dundee curator, Mhairi Maxwell.  The talk forms part of a series of six talks and virtual tours that V&A Dundee is hosting for Barchester Healthcare’s care homes and private hospitals across the UK.

V&A Dundee is Scotland’s design museum, it showcases Scotland’s outstanding design achievements and features world-class exhibitions alongside the permanent Scottish Design Galleries, and a changing programme of commissions, events and activities.  

Residents and staff at South Grange Care Home in Monifieth celebrated all things Irish for St Patrick’s Day this week. The home was decorated with shamrocks and staff and residents became leprechauns for the day.

Held on March 17th, Saint Patrick's Day actually observes the death of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, but the day has come to be a huge celebration of Irish heritage and culture.

Staff and residents at the home marked the day by taking part in an Irish Quiz and dancing and singing the afternoon away to a virtual Irish concert by our local entertainers Kirsten and John. Chef, Callum Munroe prepared a fantastic Irish lunch of Irish stew, colcannon and soda bread all washed down with Guinness or an Irish whiskey.

For residents at South Grange care home in Monifieth, the long awaited reunion with two family members has become a reality, as two named visitors are now allowed to visit each resident in their bedroom.  Family members must visit separately, at different times.

There has been much anticipation of this moment by families and residents alike.  Guidance was issued by the Scottish Government at the end of February and Barchester Healthcare, who run South Grange care home, is proceeding with a safe and cautious approach to visiting. Strict protocols are in place with all visitors required to have a negative Lateral Flow Device test result before being allowed into the home, and infection control measures and social distancing in place for every visit.

Despite the need for testing and social distancing, it was still welcome news for so many residents and their family members to be able to meet in the comfort of their bedroom. Residents and their families/friends enjoyed getting together and catching up face to face.

Lorna Megaw, Senior Care Assistant recently received a prestigious award for 20-years long service at the home.  Lorna was over the moon to receive her award which was presented to her by colleague, Val McNally, Senior Staff Nurse who has worked alongside her for many years. Staff and residents all gathered socially distanced to share Lorna’s special day.  Congratulations Lorna!