Activities at Washington Grange Care Home
Our group and individual activities are designed to mentally and physically stimulate those we care for. We try to organise a mix of activities and events that reflect the interests and capabilities of residents for anyone and everyone to participate in. Our evenings of afternoon entertainment is enjoyed by residents and their families, who are all encouraged to sing along and dance. We try to involve our local community; members of the clergy often visit to hold lovely afternoon church services for residents. It is essential that our team are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for those we support through person-centred activities, and that everyone has a fun and active time here at Washington Grange.
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 Washington Grange Care Home
Home present cheque to local charity
We have recently presented our local North East Dementia with a cheque on behalf of Barchester's Charitable Foundation.
One of our residents commented: “What a lovely afternoon, and an incredible charity!”
Barchester’s Charitable Foundation makes a real difference to the lives of older people and young adults with disabilities in England, Scotland and Wales. Their funding focuses on connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community in order to reduce isolation and loneliness.
Medical Detection Dogs
Across our services residents had a fantastic time during a special live virtual event, led by Emilia from Medical Detection Dogs. Emilia took us on a journey to discover how the organisation began training dogs to support people with complex health conditions, saving their lives on a daily basis.
Using their amazing sense of smell, these dogs can identify odour changes emitted prior an episode and alert the person to take preventative action.
We were introduced to the wonderful dogs and the science behind the sniff. It was a delightful experience for everyone, especially our canine-loving residents.
Big Quiz of the Year
All over the country our care homes and hospitals linked up for Barchester’s Big Quiz of the year!
Residents tested their knowledge with a variety of questions, from historical humdingers and musical musings to pictorial puzzlers and connective conundrums.
Everyone who participated had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.
Festive crafts
Residents of Washington Grange enjoy their regular and popular arts and craft sessions. Over the festive period we spent time making, decorating and writing cards to loved ones, friends, staff members and members of the local community.
Everyone was encouraged to work on their skills, some residents preferred to draw on their cards, other to write festive poems and Christmas wishes. These group activities got us into the Christmas spirit and the cards turned out beautifully.
Meeting the Reindeers
Across our homes we got into the Christmas spirit of things by joining a festive live virtual experience, led by Des and Kelly from Performing Pets.
Our residents were thrilled to meet the charming furry friends and get up close and personal with the reindeers.
We certainly learnt some interesting facts about the animals and had a fantastic time.
Retail therapy
Residents at Washington Grange recently enjoyed a trip out to their local shops to check out what was new before enjoying a refreshing cup of tea.
Residents said: "Thank you, it’s been lovely to get back out and see the shops" "It’s been a lovely morning!" General Manager, Paula Joicey said: "it’s nice to take the Residents out and see them enjoy themselves, especially seeing everyone chat to people they bumped into and saying lovely things about the home and all the colleagues.”
