Activities at Stoneham Grove Care Home

Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.

Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.

Enriching life
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Iuliana Buican

Activities Coordinator

Hello, my name is Iuliana and I'm Activities Lead here at Stoneham Grove.

I worked as a History Teacher for 12 years before joining Barchester in 2017.  

I am passionate about my job and I love working with people. I enjoy planning and providing meaningful activities that make a difference in the lives of our residents, counting their hobbies and wishes.

In my free time, I enjoy travelling, dancing, quizzing and playing board games with my  family and friends.

I am looking forward to using my skills and experience to enhance the lives of our wonderful residents.
 

Life-encriching activities booklet

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 Stoneham Grove Care Home

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A whole lot of Rock'n'Roll...

 Our residents had a fantastic time celebrating what would have been Elvis Presley's 90th Birthday this week as we were joined by singer Doug who entertained us with Rock 'n' Roll greats from the 50's and 60's. After all that singing and dancing the residents were ready to relax with a cuppa and a slice of cake whilst watching a special screening of "Love me Tender" in our cinema
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It's a full house for British Birds...

 It may be a very cold and frosty day today, but that didn't stop us from doing a spot of bird spotting!Until the Spring emerges and we can bird watch in our beautiful gardens, we have been spotting British birds with a great game of Bird bingo...  Congratulations to Len who won the game by gaining a full house ahead of his friends Len celebrated his win with a large cup of cappuccino and a slice of home made cake.... delicious 
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Our first christmas....

We celebrated our very first Christmas in style on December 25th.... Father Christmas delivered presents for all the residents in plenty of time for when they woke early on Christmas DayResidents, Relatives and Members of the Community enjoyed a first class Christmas Lunch, courtesy of our Head Chef Peter. You can’t beat Roast Turkey and Traditional Christmas Pudding followed by a choice of Christmas pudding or home made trifleThe day also included festive music, and games and was rounded off by a traditional festive movie 

We have Wheels....

We are very excited as we recently took delivery of our very own mini bus!Life enrichment is such an important element to our person centred care here at Stoneham Grove and the delivery of of own mini bus means we will be able to take our residents out and about with ease to local places of interest. We are very lucky to have such wonderful places to visit locally and we look forward to hearing where our residents would like to go!Watch this space to see our adventures 
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We are open.....

Last week we  opened in style.....our very special VIP opening was performed by Deputy Lieutenant of Berkshire, Susan Roberts, in front of invited guests from local businesses and community organisations.

Barchester’s General Counsel and Director of Quality, Risk and Compliance, Mike O’Reilly, and General Manager, Jodie Lunnon, hosted the event and invited guests to view the stunning new 64 bed care home, along with its beautiful landscaped gardens, which is now open and welcoming its first residents.

The home has been designed with residents’ comfort in mind and the team at Stoneham Grove will offer residential support, respite stays and specialised dementia care, all delivered by a dedicated and passionate team of trained professionals.

Our Rainbow Table has arrived!

Our rainbow table is up an running and we are so excited to start using it with our residents. This table is full of wonderful benefits and here are just some of those: Positive effect upon well-being by improving mood, reducing apathy and restlessness, as well as increasing engagement levels especially across the mid-to-late stages of dementia. Increased physical social and cognitive activity. Increased positive emotion and reduction of withdrawn-like symptoms.An added benefit of our mobile Rainbow Table is that our residents can utilise it anywhere in our home; lounges, coffee area, the garden or even bedrooms – the fun will come to them! Provided to us by The Digital Rainbow Ltd visit their page for more information!

Upcoming events

Meet the Alpacas.... Thursday 16th January 2.30pm

We will be joined by "Visit Alpacas" for a virtual meet and greet of their alpacas and we will also be learning some fun facts about them

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Open Day - Saturday 18th January

Looking for care for yourself or a loved one? Join us for our Open Day for a personally tailored tour of our beautiful home 

 

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Dementia Friends

Join Sarah Swift from the Alzheimer's Society for this free interactive information session to learn how dementia affects a person and what you can do to make a difference

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Home fire safety Talk

Join us for our home fire safety talk when we will be joined by White watch, Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue service, Theale fire station. 

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Stoneham Grove Social

Meet new people whilst enjoying a cup of freshly brewed coffee or tea and a delicious slice of home made cake 

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