Activities in our home
Lots of baking and quizzes!
September 2021 | Bramshott Grange | StoriesWe spent some time in one of our kitchens making and baking bread along the theme of the harvest festival! It tasted delicious! We sat down for game of scrabble. Its great fun and always very competitive! The classic games are always the best ones! This morning we had a quiz, our ladies and gentleme...
Read morePuzzles, Poetry and some Delicious Baking!
September 2021 | Bramshott Grange | StoriesThis morning we all read and discussed some poetry, we love to keep our minds engaged with literature! We did some group baking, it is Sourdough September so we made some delicious sourdough bread and butter pudding! We settled down for some fun puzzles and games. A very competitive game of Scrabble...
Read moreArts and crafts and picking our own veg!
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | StoriesThis week we have been very creative with lots of arts and crafts. We have also been in the garden picking our own veg! Arts and crafts! One of our lovely hosts requested some flower decorations for the dining room tables. Our ladies and gentlemen were more than happy to help and create these beauti...
Read moreTable Tennis
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories The Oomph Wellness Olympics continue! It’s court games week so we enjoyed table tennis Read morePicking Our Home Grown Veg
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Picking more home grown veg today Read moreGymnastic silhouette
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Our other art sessions created silhouette gymnastic abstract in conjunction with our Oomph Wellness Olympic themed events Read moreSponge Painting
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Today’s art class we got creative with sponge painting Read moreOur themed garden
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories We are very proud of our Wizard of Oz themed garden. Audrey enjoyed a trip around our grounds today and admiring the finished project Read moreOlympic Baking!
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Getting creative with our Oomph Wellness Olympics and made shortbread Olympic Rings! Dormy Care Read moreOlympic Pictionary!
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories This week is gymnastics in our Oomph Wellness Olympics and we enjoyed a game of Gymnastics Boggle with an impressive score of 48 words, followed by Pictionary with some gymnastics and some other objects drawn! Read moreBeer tasting and bottle painting
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Yesterday was international beer day and we enjoyed sampling lots of different beers after a bottle painting session Read moreOomph Olympics opening ceremony
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Oomph Wellness Olympics Opening Ceremony. Our ladies and gentlemen were very serious listening intently to our opening speech followed by Dennis lighting the cauldron! Read morePuzzles on a rainy afternoon
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Completing puzzles on a rainy afternoon – hugely satisfying Read moreDotty Dog Therapy!
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories A special visitor today. Dottie provided a bit of pet therapy! Read moreThe start of the Oomph Olympics
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories It’s the start of the Oomph Wellness Olympics! Today we made our torches! Read moreFriday Fizz
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories It’s fizz Friday – cheers everyone hope you enjoyed our adventures this week Read moreA Sea Shanty Performance
August 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Kevin performing Sea shanties for entertainment followed by a cream team traditional Devon style Loving our Dormy Care holiday! Read moreIndoor Beach Games
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Enjoying our Dormy Care holiday with lots of indoor beach games due to the rain! Read moreHoliday Fun!
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Holiday fun on our Dormy Care vacation! Read moreSea Shell Art
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories As part of our Dormy Care holiday week we enjoyed getting creative today in our art session using shells from the seaside Read moreBramshott Grange’s Summer Holiday Day Two!
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Taking it back to our younger years when we used to enjoy coconut ice on our holidays. Dormy Care holiday time! Read moreBramshott Grange’s Summer Holiday Day One!
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories We all scream for ice cream! Introducing our very own ice cream cart! Perfect on a hot sunny day! Read moreA morning of flower arranging
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | StoriesFlower arranging this morning followed by an informal worship service celebrating creation. Everyone received a card with a photograph of one of our entries from the spring Arts competition with the lyrics of “all things bright and beautiful” on the reverse. Many of those who attended the s...
Read moreMaking some bunting
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Prepping some bunting for our #greatdormysummerholiday next week!! Read moreQuiz and fizz
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Quiz and fizz fun last night went down a treat! Read moreAn afternoon of watercolours
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories We all enjoyed some water colour sessions and loved getting creative Read moreOur first gentleman’s club
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Thank you to our Maintenance Manager Owen for hosting a great gentleman’s club Read moreThis weeks Knit and Natter!
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Knit and natter session which we all love! Read moreLuxury in the garden!
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Garden time with pimms, strawberries and Chelsea buns Read moreA game of Beetle Drive!
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories A fun new activity – a game of beetle drive as requested by our ladies and gentlemen Read moreGlad to Care Week
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories It’s #feelgoodfriday as part of #gladtocare week! All our homes have a gym with a focus on keeping active and promoting wellbeing. @AutumnaCare @PersonCentredSW Glad to Care Read morePoetry group
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Poetry group today shared some of our favourites from various books Read moreWorld chocolate day
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories World chocolate day so we enjoyed baking chocolate cupcakes and of course, enjoyed even more – sampling them all! Read moreOur Garden Project
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Making the sign for our Wizard of Oz themed garden project using modelling clay! Read moreExercise and treats!
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Morning exercises followed by pimms and strawberries with cream Read moreEnjoying an afternoon tea
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Enjoying some Wimbledon themed treats! Lovely afternoon tea time Read moreOur veg patch progress!
July 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Our vegetable patch is coming along nicely. Our ladies and gentlemen love working in the garden and seeing their produce grow Read moreDay 1 of Wimbledon
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Day 1 of Wimbledon and we have enjoyed some tennis themed quizzes this morning followed by watching an opening match! Later we had fun making tennis ball puppets and then enjoyed special Wimbledon themed cupcakes #carehomeopenweek Read moreWe love being creative
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Busy afternoon getting creative .. keep following our posts to see what we are making! Read moreA morning in the garden
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Enjoying time in our garden this afternoon Read moreA creative afternoon
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Playing games this morning followed by an afternoon of colouring and papier-mâché for our garden project! Read moreBramshott Grange Street Party
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories It may be raining here in Hampshire but we have managed to have a fabulous indoor street party Delicious food, drink and celebrating life! Read moreReleasing our Butterflies
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Releasing our butterflies into the Bramshott garden Read moreHydration station!
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Getting crafty with flower making to decorate our hydration stations Read moreProgress with our garden project
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Working today on our garden project Read moreBramshott Baking!
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Bramshott baking! Busy afternoon making some tasty treats.. today was courgette cake! Read moreWater balloon throwing!
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories An afternoon of water balloon fun! Well done Elizabeth on winning Read moreGuess the drink!
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Guess the drink time. Bit of fun for #nutritionandhydrationweek Read moreIt’s Nutrition and Hydration week at Bramshott Grange!
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | StoriesIt’s Nutrition and Hydration week, an annual event to highlight, promote and celebrate improvements in the provision of nutrition and hydration. It’s important to stay hydrated, particularly during the warmer weather and we have a selection of refreshing drinks available. Reinforce, Foc...
Read moreOur garden project begins
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Garden project continues today as we painted tyres to create some colourful plant pots! Read moreA beautiful day in the garden!
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Beautiful day in Hampshire and nothing we love more than enjoying the sunshine and working on our garden Read moreWatercolour artists!
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Fabulous watercolour painting session, we have some budding artists Read moreNational Carers Week at Bramshott Grange
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories A big thank you to all our fabulous care team for everything they do. Read moreA creative collage
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories We always enjoy getting creative and today we started on a special collage Read moreAlice in Wonderland Project
June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | StoriesAlice in Wonderland Tea Party! An afternoon of celebrating all the work our ladies and gentlemen had put into the project of redecorating the dinning room with a paper mache clock, Alice bunting, wall hangings, a tea stand sculpture, a table runner, teapot table centre piece decorations, pai...
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June 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Frank and Sylvia enjoying knit and natter Read moreOur West End Adventure!
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Wow what a day! We planned a day of visiting the West End! A chance to enjoy songs from the musicals, fabulous food and a few glasses of bubbles! Read moreBaking some treats!
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories We made some delicious sweet treats yesterday, chocolate truffles and peppermint creams Read moreAn informal worship
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Informal Worship with Trinity as the theme. We enjoyed various hymns and our ladies and gentlemen were given book marks and enjoyed tea and cake that was used as part of the service. Read moreA visit from Dottie
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories We had a special visitor today. Dottie enjoyed interacting with our ladies and gentlemen – smiles all around! Read moreSome crafty decorations
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Creating table decorations for a special day next week Read moreQuiz Time!
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories We love a challenge and last night we enjoyed a quiz followed by some fun with the beach ball Read moreRainy Day Puzzles
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories What else to do on a rainy day? A great sense of achievement as we completed lots of puzzles Read moreThank you to our nurses!
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Beautiful home made biscuits for all our nurses to thank them for everything they do #NursesWeek2021 #ThankYouNurses Read moreTai Chi Class
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories It’s always great when we find a team member with a talent. Dennis one of our nurses taught us Tai Chi and we all joined in! Read moreVE Day
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories VE Day celebrations lovely day with musical entertainment and afternoon tea Read morePapier-mâché crafts
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Frank is getting stuck in to making the papier-mâché clock Read moreTeapot flowers
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Teapot flower arrangements for our dining room project Read moreA little afternoon Jazz
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Yesterday was International Jazz Day and we enjoyed our 1st out door entertainer, Paul Anthony, after a year! Fabulous cake made by Frank our head chef and cut by Michael who is a jazz fan, enjoyed by all with Friday fizz! Read moreArt at Bramshott Grange!
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Our Dormy art competition has been a huge success and the ladies and gentlemen have produced a great piece Read moreThe purrfect companion!!
May 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories The purrfect companion!! Social distancing has heightened the impact of social isolation and loneliness on our aging loved ones, leaving many looking for solutions to provide comfort, companionship, and joy in their physical absence. Welcome to Macavity, our new robotic cat! Read moreBread baking
April 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Today we baked bread! Delicious warm with butter! Read moreThe legend of St George
April 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Informal Worship service with hymns and the story of the legend of St George. Everyone received a handmade St George postcard. Now to enjoy delicious home made cakes and a glass of Friday fizz Read moreHRH 95th Birthday
April 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Happy 95th birthday to HRH, we have spent the day celebrating you! Read moreA tortoises grand day out
April 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories The tortoises certainly enjoyed being outside today! Read moreFriday Fizz in the sun
April 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Time outside in the spring sunshine followed by Friday fizz! Cheers Read moreA bit of a pamper!
April 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Who doesn’t love a bit of pampering? Spa afternoon today! Hand soak, hand massage, manicure with relaxing lighting, scents and soft piano music Read moreA morning of pictionary
April 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Fun Pictionary challenge, always lots of laughter when we play this game Read moreRaising a glass to Prince Philip
April 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Friday fizz with a difference. Tonight we said a few words and raised a toast to Prince Philip Read moreOur vegetable patch
April 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Planted seeds of runner beans, sweet peas and courgettes ready for this year’s vegetable patch Read moreEaster Sunday at Bramshott Grange
April 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Easter Sunday has been lovely – an afternoon tea with simnel whilst we opened our Easter letters written by the children of Grayshott Primary School to all our ladies and gentlemen Read moreA creative Easter session!
April 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Getting creative this afternoon and we made some fun Easter hats followed by home made hot cross buns and chocolate treats Read moreAn afternoon of flower arranging for Easter
April 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Easter flower arranging this afternoon Read moreTaking care of our new friends
April 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Hilary loves her new job! She has taken on the role of feeding and bathing our new residents… Read moreSunshine and icecream!
March 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Lovely afternoon in the sunshine enjoying an ice cream Read morePlanting sunflowers
March 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Busy planting sunflower seeds now spring is here Read moreBramshott Grange Day of Reflection
March 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories We have had a very special day of reflection. We enjoyed a special informal worship, a visit to our remembrance garden and spent time writing letters to our volunteers who we haven’t seen for the last year. Read moreCrafting session
March 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Working on making bunting for our Alice in wonderland dining room project Read moreSpring art project
March 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Beginning our spring art project. Read moreGetting creative
March 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Getting creative today as our ladies started working on a patchwork table runner Read moreThe first signs of spring!
March 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Enjoying the spring weather in our garden. We have started painting our shelves ready for our next project Read moreBramshott Time Capsule
March 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories We decided to create a lockdown time capsule and have buried it in the Bramshott Grange garden. Some memories there to be discovered in years to come Read moreOur 3rd Birthday!
March 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Birthday celebrations – cheers to three fabulous years! Read moreOur 3rd Birthday
March 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Our 3rd birthday is approaching so today we have been making cards to celebrate. Read moreSpring is Coming!
February 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Beautiful spring day enjoyed in the garden. Read morePancake Day!
February 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories We were “flipping” excited today when we realised it was Shrove Tuesday and there were pancakes on the menu! Delicious Read morePen Pals
February 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Enjoying our pen pal letters from Grayshott Primary School Read moreColourful Drawing
February 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Mindful colouring by one of our talented ladies Read moreThe Great Bird Watch
February 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Enjoying the great bird watch again organised by the RSPB Love Nature Read moreHappy Birthday Elizabeth!
January 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Happy birthday Elizabeth! We are all enjoying your cake! Read moreCreative Crafts!
January 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories We always enjoy getting creative in Bramshott Grange! Read moreBurns Night Celebrations
January 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Thanks to our head chef Frank for our Burns night dinner – cock a leekie soup, haggis neeps and tatties and Typsy Laird Trifle with a wee dram of whisky Read moreExercise Classes
January 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Great fun as part of our seated exercise class Read moreWelcome to our New Guests!
January 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Our new guests enjoyed a bath today! Read moreA Day of Baking
January 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Bramshott baking day! We made some delicious shortbread which we all enjoyed tasting! Read moreOur New Years Resolutions
January 2021 | Bramshott Grange | Stories New Years resolutions from the ladies and gentlemen Read moreNew Years Eve at Bramshott Grange!
December 2020 | Bramshott Grange | Stories End of year celebrations happening! Read moreNew Years Fun and Games!
December 2020 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Some fun and games on New Years Eve! Read moreChristmas Bingo!
December 2020 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Christmas bingo with chocolate prizes! Read moreA Very Merry Christmas
December 2020 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Opening our Christmas presents after a visit from Santa! Read moreChristmas Day at Bramshott Grange
December 2020 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Happy Christmas from us all at Bramshott Grange! Read moreChristmas Cards from Pupils
December 2020 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Thank you to Bohunt School for our Christmas cards Read moreChristmas Baking
December 2020 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Busy decorating our Christmas cake we made Read moreHome-made nativity!
December 2020 | Bramshott Grange | Stories How talented are our ladies and gentlemen? We made and painted our own clay models for nativity scenes around the home! Read moreChristmas Decorating!
December 2020 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Christmas is coming.. and we love making more decorations to display around the home. Today we made our festive wreaths to hang on doors and don’t they look fabulous? Read moreChristmas arts & crafts!
December 2020 | Bramshott Grange | Stories We have started making our Christmas wreaths, our ladies and gentlemen have made baubles with messages and our home is decorated with trees and angels. Definitely feeling festive! Read moreChristmas Decorations
December 2020 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Christmas has arrived at Bramshott Grange! We had the festive music playing and enjoyed mulled wine and mince pies as we decorated our various Christmas trees! Read moreChristmas Baking!
December 2020 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Bramshott bake off! Today we started making our Christmas cake and what a team effort! We all helped mix the ingredients and make a wish! Looking forward to decorating and eventually tasting! Read moreArt Time!
December 2020 | Bramshott Grange | Stories Afternoon art session! We always enjoy getting creative and today we painted Christmas baubles Read moreWinner – The Best Remembrance Garden
November 2020 | Bramshott Grange | StoriesWe were thrilled to win a prize back in the summer at the Dormy Gardening competition. Having got together with our ladies and gentlemen, we decided to create a very special remembrance garden here at Bramshott Grange. Our ladies and gentlemen wanted a quiet and special place where they can remember...
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October 2020 | Bramshott Grange | StoriesReady, Steady, Bake! We enjoy keeping busy and our cookery groups are always enjoyable. We have made our very own bread from scrath which made the home smell amazing! We have also made a Victoria sponge cake which tastes delicious!! The best part is when everything is ready, we get to taste! Bake of...
Read moreGetting Green Fingers at Bramshott Grange!
August 2020 | Bramshott Grange | StoriesSourcing our produce locally has always been our priority however during the summer months we were thrilled to be able to pick our own home grown vegetables. It gave us a sense of pride watering our garden and tending to our special vegetable patch! We also held our own sunflower competition and had...
Read moreBramshott Grange – Best Vegetable Garden
August 2020 | Bramshott Grange | StoriesThis summer we had a Dormy Care Gardening competition! Adapting the Peter Rabbit theme, Annabelle and Becky the activities team worked tirelessly to create an amazing vegetable patch in the corner of the garden. The ladies and gentlemen had great fun creating models, planting seeds and nurturing the...
Read moreLadies & gentlemen at Bramshott Grange stay connected with loved ones via Skype
April 2020 | Bramshott Grange | StoriesStaying connected with family and friends! Bramshott Grange has bought brand-new iPads so that our ladies and gentlemen can stay connected with loved ones at a time where we are sadly unable to accept visitors. Although our residents stay in regular contact with their family via the phones in their ...
Read moreWe’re getting into the Christmas spirit at Bramshott Grange!
December 2019 | Bramshott Grange | StoriesWe’ve been feeling festive this December and our ladies and gentlemen have been taking part in lots of festive activities. We love Christmas time at Bramshott Grange and can’t wait to see what this year brings! Here’s what we’ve been up to so far in the run-up to Christmas… 22nd November ...
Read moreCare advice experts experience typical day at Bramshott Grange
December 2019 | Bramshott Grange | StoriesWe recently had a special visit from trusted care advice and information experts, Autumna UK. Debbie Harris, who is the founder of Autumna UK, spent the afternoon at Bramshott Grange, experiencing a typical day in the life of our home. She wanted to find out if boredom in care homes was a thing of t...
Read moreSome Oomph at Bramshott Grange
May 2018 | Bramshott Grange | NewsWe are delighted with our latest partnership with Oomph-Wellness, with a focus on creating and delivering a fabulous range of activities for our residents! Taking a whole-home approach to activities, staff at Bramshott Grange have been trained in Oomph!’s Wellbeing Leadership programme. This will ...
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