Activities at Stoneham Grove Care Home

How lovely that Eddie joined his mum, Betty on our visit to Hilliers' garden centre enjoying quality family time together and creating special memories. "It brings me great pleasure to see resident's families join us on outings or at our home. Betty was thrilled that Eddie joined us and thoroughly enjoyed herself" Jodie Lunnon, General Manager. 

Staff and residents had a fun filled and memorable day at the annual dementia awareness event hosted by Reading Football Club. The group were greeted warmly and enjoyed delicious complimentary refreshments, had a chat with charities and specialists in dementia and then enjoyed a walk around the stadium to see where the action happens! For many residents the visit helped them reconnect with the thrill of football bringing back fond memories whilst creating new ones with friends and carers. The trip highlighted Stoneham Grove’s commitment to meaningful activities that support wellbeing, social connection and a strong sense of community. 

Children from Purley Pre-School and the local community visited us for an Easter Egg Hunt, and we all had a wonderful time. Our residents were delighted to see the children running around and collecting the colourful eggs hidden in the garden.

Dorcas, a resident, said: “I loved taking part in the Easter egg hunt, it was such a lovely idea, and we were so happy to be able to give Easter surprises to all the children. I think the children all had a great time too."    

Thank you for your visit to Browells Wood Pet Therapy! We loved meeting your new additions to your gang! We met Russell and Maple the Guinea pigs, Bambi, Flower and Thumper the rabbits, Steve and Barbara the mice, Ezzy the chicken and Tora Bora the dog. Having an animal’s presence around you can instantly bring you joy, happiness and warmth! We are big animal lovers here at Stoneham Grove! 

We look forward to your next visit!   

Residents enjoyed an up-lifting show full of glamorous costume and a musical journey performed by Sadie!! Our residents at Stoneham Grove love a good sing song, and a dance - reliving moments and experiences from previous years! This included songs from “A long way from Tipperary”. 

We celebrated Mother's Day in style by inviting families to attend a cream tea held in our bistro! We had a fabulous afternoon filled with cakes, tea and entertainment by Rosie ...., who had everyone up and grooving! 

A big thank you to all the staff who made the afternoon possible. It was so nice to see everyone so happy and dancing the afternoon away!   

Our Head Chef, Peter, was joined by Regional Head Chef Szymon today to prepare a small snippet of what’s to come with our winter menu. Our residents and relatives enjoyed a selection of fabulous food.

Our canapés include roast garlic & butternut soup, mini Yorkshire pudding with roast beef & horseradish cream, bacon-wrapped ballotine of chicken with sage & mushroom with rosti potato, slow cooked belly pork with whole grain mustard mash, homemade pork ‘faggot’ with crispy onions, curried paneer with spinach & lentils, jam roly-poly with custard, sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch, treacle tart with clotted cream, and mango mousse with a chocolate crumb.     

A firm favourite of our residents at Stoneham Grove, is a walk along the river at Thames Promenade in Caversham. Residents were wrapped up warm in winter coats, within the space of a few days they’re enjoying an ice cream by the river with the sun shining!! There’s nothing better than stretching your legs, and breathing in some fresh air and admiring the nature and scenic scenes. 

We are so lucky to have so many interesting places to visit within easy access of our home. Recently we visited the Milestones Museum of Living History and explored the museum’s streets, shops and buildings to discover how people used to live, admired the unique collection of vintage vehicles and had a go in the penny arcade! 

Our residents spent time learning interesting and fun facts about the museum's collections and enjoyed a reminiscing session, where they shared amazing stories about their childhood.

We'd like to thank all the Milestones Museum staff for their kindness, generosity and guidance. It was a very exciting and enjoyable day out for all!       

As part of our great activities planner the residents are always kept busy with fun things to do at Stoneham. Our ladies had fun in our weekly baking club today where they could get creative making cakes, but also enjoyed a nice slice with a nice cuppa afterwards.