Staff and residents at Barchester’s Drummond Grange Care home in Lasswade love any excuse to get creative so when they found out it was Gingerbread House Day on December 12, they didn’t need any persuading to get cracking!

The staff and residents got busy decorating with icing, sprinkles and more to make some of the glitziest gingerbread houses in town. For a bit of extra fun, the home decided to have a Gingerbread House decorating competition between the communities in the home. The residents had a great time working with staff to build and decorate their houses. They all looked great however unfortunately Melville community house collapsed just before judging, but still tasted good! Pentland community was crowned the overall winners of the competition!

Senior General Manager, Alina Brehar, said: “We were all so excited when we found out there was a Gingerbread House Day, what a fantastic excuse to spend the day making gorgeous festive decorations. The best thing about it is that, now that we have judged which gingerbread house, we like best, we get to eat them all – delicious!”

Our varied life enrichment programme keeps residents active, and provides a daily choice of engaging physical, mental and spiritual activities tailored to residents’ interests and abilities.

Drummond Grange Care Home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering high-quality care across its care homes and hospitals. Drummond Grange care home provides nursing care.