Two student nurses from UWS Dumfries Campus came along to visit Alma as part of their university project looking at promoting physical activity. The students researched literature to see what activities have been researched as being beneficial to the older generation that would benefit all or at least most individuals at Alma house and then came along and carried out these activities with an interactive session of various exercise activities. This has been the 3rd year we have supported the students who are ever so grateful for our support. Our residents had a fun filled afternoon.

Welcome to our February newsletter, hopefully this will give you a little insight into some of the things we get up to and how we spend some of our time here at The Grange. Below are some of the things we’ve enjoyed so far

Well what a month it has been! Jayne and I would like to thank everyone for being so supportive and welcoming for our first month at Bonchester Care Centre. We both feel we are part of the Bonchester family!

I would like to start by welcoming our new manager Susan Gibson to the home and wish her well during her time with us. Hopefully it will be a long one. We have already seen some huge changes to the home, and we note that she has a fantastic sense of humour also. (Much needed) haha. Welcome Susan.

Flower arranging is a winner with our residents. Everybody enjoys the different colours, smells and it stimulates coordination.

January has been a little more relaxed and quite for our residents as we get over the festive period.
Most of our residents have had some one-to-one time with our Activities Coordinator, Esther and have been to the café and a walk round some of the shops in our local town of Dalbeattie. Most of the residents enjoyed reminiscing as they saw some familiar face and areas of the town.

We started the New Year with a plan for healthy eating and starting our daily walks to the village.
Our Therapy dog, Eddie is making a big difference to our home. Eddie is enjoying lots of love and fuss from both our residents and staff.