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Harrier Grange Care Home has been abuzz with excitement and activity as we welcomed the joyous Easter season with open arms! The month kicked off with a delightful

When a loved one has dementia, it can be challenging to find activities that are both enjoyable and adapted to their changing abilities. However, engaging activities are crucial

As the gentle warmth of the sun caresses our surroundings and flowers bloom in vibrant hues, Harrier Grange welcomes the arrival of Spring with open arms. This month

This Valentine’s Day, our residents have been busy with a variety of celebrations and activities. Loved ones of residents were invited to join us, giving them the opportunity

As a resident progresses through life, they have different needs and preferences. No two people are the same, some may be more able, whilst others may need some

As we step into 2024, our journey forward is marked by a heartfelt tribute to the past. Join us in navigating the new year with fond remembrance for

As December unfolds, Harrier Grange Care Home has been buzzing with festive activities, creating a delightful atmosphere for residents and their families. The Christmas fete held earlier this

As the chilly days and frosty starts are starting to creep in, we thought it only fitting to make our outing for this month a trip to Rosebourne

The residents at our all-inclusive care home have all been super busy this past month, with lots of activities taking place outside of our home. James’ Pace Coffee

This month, we celebrated the change in season by having our first ‘Harvest Festival’, which all of our residents got involved in. We wanted to reflect on the

With the recent wet weather we’ve been having, our summer plans of outdoor fun and cocktails in the garden have been postponed until sunnier skies appear once again.

On Saturday 15th July, Harrier Grange Care Home hosted its first Summer Fete since COVID-19. The activities and admin team have been working hard for the last 3 months to organise an

In recent years, care home fees have raised to some of the highest we have seen them, and care home costs in the UK are among some of

The purpose of Glad to Care Awareness Week is to celebrate and recognise those that work in the care sector and show appreciation for their dedication and contribution

Like many people across the UK, Harrier Grange Care Home celebrated the Coronation of King Charles last weekend. The activities team within our home worked hard to make

It is important to understand why well-being is such a high priority for care homes and the measures they take to ensure they can support this around-the-clock.

Residents at Harrier Grange have enjoyed Valentine’s Day, particularly those residents who were able to join Valentine’s lunch with their partners, which brought back memories and where they

Dementia’s progressive nature means a unique journey for each person living with it. This condition typically causes care and support to be increased over time, and at some

On 22nd December 2022, the Harrier Grange residents had their annual Christmas Party. Residents and staff had a very busy, meaningful day and everyone was in high spirits.

Residents gathered in one of our communal living spaces to listen to our visitor who spoke about the Harvest Festival. In the UK, harvest season often happens between

A huge step in anyone’s life is taking the necessary steps to move into a care home. The majority of people only consider a care home when all

The team at Harrier Grange have been busy getting out into the local community, attending job fairs in Andover this month. The first job fair was conducted at

On Friday 26th of August, we celebrated National Dog Day here at Harrier Grange. We thought it was only appropriate to incorporate a dog-themed arts & crafts session.

We incorporate many board games into our activities programme as it encourages group bonding, and helps residents to improve their hand-eye coordination and problem-solving skills. This month, residents

Like those across England, the staff and residents of Harrier Grange have also been joining in and celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Over the June Bank Holiday, we

We would like to introduce you to our very talented Hairdresser, Samantha. Samantha has been working with us for over a year now and has quickly become a

On the 12th of May, we celebrated International Nurses Day at Harrier Grange. It was a chance for us all to say a big thank you and dedicate

We have been celebrating many birthdays over the past few weeks at Harrier Grange. Rosie had her birthday on the 15th March, and this was to be her

We recently had a four-legged visitor come to greet residents at Harrier Grange Care Home. Koda is a recently trained therapy dog who had his first ever working

What is a Retirement Home? A Retirement Home is designed to provide older adults independence, recreational activities, and places for socialisation in a home-from-home environment. Also known as

Love was in the air this Valentine’s Day at Harrier Grange. Our home was beautifully decorated with red hearts and other Valentine’s Day themed decorations, which certainly brightened

At Harrier Grange Care Home in Andover, we are proud to announce that we have been awarded a 5-star food hygiene rating, the highest possible, after a routine

Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, is the celebration of a new year according to the Chinese lunar calendar. It also symbolises the start

At Harrier Grange Care Home, we had a fantastic start to the year with plenty of activities, birthdays, and entertainment. Our Activities Team have done an incredible job

At Harrier Grange Care Home, it is our mission to enable our residents to make more of every day, and this December has been no different. Our dedicated

Dining and socialising with other residents is a vital part of living here at Harrier Grange Care Home. It is a time for our residents to be offered

In October, the residents of Harrier Grange Care Home participated in an enjoyable session of armchair exercises accompanied by feel-good music to get their bodies stimulated. It wasn’t

Our residents and staff members at Harrier Grange Care Home enjoyed spending the last day of August by having their very own BBQ party, prepared by our in

At Harrier Grange Care Home our experienced in house chef is dedicated to ensuring that all of our residents receive the very best nutritious, home-cooked meals that cater

Residents and staff enjoyed celebrating Guy Fawkes Night at Harrier Grange! 2020 has been a difficult year for everyone in one way or another owing to the COVID-19

We were thrilled to receive a heart-warming review from a resident who recently stayed with us for 3 weeks’ respite care. They wrote on carehome.co.uk: “I never thought

Residents and all of the staff at Harrier Grange Care Home dug out their favourite Christmas pullovers in support of a children’s charity. Everyone at Harrier Grange Care

We teamed up with Co-operative Food to support MacMillan’s Worlds Biggest Coffee morning on the 26th of September! We are delighted to have been featured in the Andover

We held our first Christmas Fayre on Mon 26th Nov – please see below for some pics from the day. Our Care Home Manager Kay Jerrams said: “We

We’ve been having such a great time this past month and we wanted to show you some of our photographs from the things we’ve been doing. We’ve been

We teamed up with the Co-Operative last month and raised £148.20 for Macmillan Cancer Support. We hosted the staff from the Co-Op Andover distribution centre in Andover Business

We are delighted to introduce our new Activities Co-Ordinator at Harrier Grange, Stacie Judge, to oversee and manage our lively and varied activities programme bringing fun, action and

We’ve teamed up with the Co-operative Food Primary Logistics Services to raise money for Macmillian cancer charity, and we’re inviting YOU to join us for tea and (homemade)

One of our lovely residents, Freda Riste turned 100 recently and she says the secret to a long life is to not get stressed and ‘be appreciative of

The pupils from Farleigh School, a Catholic preparatory day and boarding school in Red Rice, visited our residents to enjoy all the excitement of a Summer Fun Day.

We’ve been feeling rather summery and flowery at our home recently! Our residents were involved in a flower arranging afternoon last week. Using a mixture of red roses,

We visited Mottisfont Abbey in Romsey today where we had a look around the rose flower gardens, had a spot of lunch in the stables cafe and enjoyed

Our residents got into the spirit of the Royal Wedding last weekend by having a party of our own! Our home was decorated with patriotic bunting and tableware,

We ventured to Finkley Down Farm this week to see the animals. Activities Co-Ordinator, Chris Martin said: “We took great pleasure in feeding the goats and sheep before

The Mayor of Test Valley joined in our celebrations last Saturday to mark the national open day, focused on creating community relationships. The idea behind Care Home Open

Our resident Charles White, an ex-professional footballer met a former Southampton FC team-mate for the first time recently – 70 years after the pair represented the same club

On Saturday 21st April we are celebrating National Care Home open day, which is about bringing the whole community together. We have lots of fun activities going on

Last Tuesday our home had some live eggs brought to us by the Living Eggs company in Reading. Activities Co-Ordinator, Chris Martin said: “We had an incubator with

This Thursday we were visited by the Rhythm of Life band who played some timeless classics for our residents. Our Activities Co-Ordinator, Chris Martin said: “The band consists

Harrier Grange Care Home are seeking to recruit Registered Nurses to join their friendly team. The purpose built care home in Andover has been finished to an exceptionally

Our residents enjoyed having Zoo Lab visit our residents recently, bringing along some incredible creatures. Activities Co-Ordinator Chris Martin, said: “The African land snail was very popular amongst

The Mayor of Test Valley was on hand to cut our cake at our first birthday celebrations recently. We are proud to have welcomed more than 50 residents

Our home had the delight of having the Wallop Military Wives Choir in to sing to our residents recently. Our Activities Co-Ordinator, Chris Martin said: “The residents were

We are delighted to have achieved a fantastic rating on the distinguished, leading UK Care Home review website – www.carehome.co.uk We achieved a fantastic 9.9 rating due to

Our residents, Kath and Charles, enjoyed visiting the Museum of Army Flying in Middle Wallop this week. We were able to see the impressive aviation engineering from the

We do love a wedding anniversary here at Harrier Grange, our Joan and Richard are celebrating their 70th this year, with Richard’s philosophy to a long and happy

Alan Poulton the Pianist visited our home and played some festive songs for our residents. Activities Co-Ordinator, Chris Martin said: “Alan played the old classic Christmas songs we

Our residents have been getting into the festive spirit! Activities Co-Ordinator, Chris Martin said: “We’ve had lots of fun decorating the home with two trees – 6ft and

The wonderful Tickled Pink visited our home to perform to us a Christmas Spectacular which involved lots of singing and tap dancing! Activities Co-Ordinator, Chris Martin said: “Our

Our own Tony Greening, 87, had the absolute pleasure of being reunited with his sister, Joan, for the first time in over a year recently. Our Activities Co-Ordinator,

Our home hosted a wonderful guest last week, Balloon Artist Chris Kimbers. Chris created many weird and wonderful models such as: dogs; aliens; unicorns; flowers; babies; octopuses… you

Ladies lunches are a great way for us to explore new places and get to know each other a bit better…. any excuse for some tasty lunches! On

We recently enjoyed a trip to the Rosebourne Garden Centre, read all about it here! Winter is coming so we wrapped up cosy and headed off to the

We recently invited children from a local nursery to spend time with residents to help improve their overall health and happiness after being inspired by a hit TV

Our residents got into the Halloween Spirit carving pumpkins and painting clay ones! Other residents decorated Halloween biscuits in the shape of ghosts, bats and pumpkins which they

We are recruiting for a Home Admissions Advisor Day Care Practitioners, Day Carers, Night Carers, Host/Hostess and a Laundry Person at Harrier Grange. Please click on our ‘Careers’

Our residents were treated to wonderful accordion playing this week. Robin Geard, who has over 30 years of experience playing the accordion in care homes, visited our home

Our residents and Activities Co-Ordinator, Chris, played a variety of games in the lounge last week: velcro darts; slipper football; and armchair skittles. Residents Pam, Kath, Freda, Joan

Last Thursday our residents – Kathleen, Pam, John Gibbons and John Keeling – visited Houghton Lodge Tea Rooms, where they enjoyed tea and sandwiches in the conservatory. The

Our residents had a great visit from Valley Leisure to run a seated stength and balance class. The purpose of the class is to promote physical wellbeing by

Our residents were able to test out the lastest Zumba Gold craze last week… Lynn Redman from Valley Leisure, a charity based in West Street, Andover, led the

Our residents had a great Tai-Chi session with the Mayor of Test Valley – Cllr Carl Borg-Neal, last week. Leigh Eastman from Eden Therapy, based in Upper Clatford,

Our Activities Co-Ordinator, Chris Martin, decided to get the residents hands messy moulding Play-Doh on Monday morning! They made shapes with cookie cutters, Pam and Chris kept it

We had Valley Leisure in to visit our home on Monday and they instructed a Zumba Gold class, which involves dancing to music in an armchair, with our

Reminiscence based activities have been popular in our home recently, in particular a board game named Call to Mind. The rules are simple, spin the arrow on the

What’s the secret to a long-lasting marriage you ask? Our Tony, 86, and Carol, 84, have revealed the secret to a long marriage is always supporting each other,

Our residents travelled to Romsey last week to visit the Historical Mottisfont Grounds. The residents were treated to some toasties and ice cream before they had a look

Residents Pam, Gloria and Chris, our Activities Co-Ordinator, had a lovely outing to the Rosebourne Garden Centre to enjoy some afternoon tea. Walking around the centre certainly worked

Our residents were in massage heaven on Tuesday! Yvonne from Hands on Massage came to our home to pamper our residents, massaging their arms, hands, legs and feet

We are all about keeping active here at Harrier Grange – our most popular activity at the moment being Catch & Throw! The retro 50’s music comes on and

We had a wonderful visit from some of the children from Farleigh School! The school children brought in iPads to show our residents their e-portfolios which had all

We took a trip to Sir Harold Hillier Gardens last Thursday where we explored the grounds and had a bite to eat in the cafe. There was a

Our residents were practising their armchair skittles skills yesterday in our home! Our Tony even managed to get a strike! Are there any other care homes out there

Last Friday, our residents had a wonderful trip to the local pub! Chris, our Activities Co-Ordinator, brought along a portable speaker and played some 50’s music for our

Our residents enjoyed competing against each other last Friday to be the champion of the bean bag toss! Some drinks, 50’s music and friendly competition were had by

Our residents enjoyed a wonderfully creative trip to the Pottery Café – Splash of Colour – in Salisbury last week! We came home with a plethora of wonderfully

We hosted our 1950s style afternoon event of entertainment and refreshments as part of the suggested theme in 2017 for National Care Home Open Day, which was ‘friendship’.

Photographs from our wonderful open day – more details to follow.

We are hosting open days at Harrier Grange 10am – 4pm on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of June. You are cordially invited to our Open Day events

We took a trip to Longstock Garden Centre with some of our residents. During our trip we had a lovely walk and look around the gardens, the greenhouse