Activities at Braeburn Lodge Care Home
Our dedicated activities team are constantly dreaming up new and wonderful ways to support and stimulate the residents we look after. From trips to crafts, parties to skittles, musical performances and quizzes, we include something for everyone and pride ourselves on including everyone into the fun. We have a brilliant team of volunteers who help us to deliver more trips, support us at events and pop in for a cup of tea and chat. We have pet therapy at least once per week (sometimes twice!) and we take advantage of every school break by holding large scale events that we can invite families with children to. We have been developing ties with our neighbours since we first opened and thanks to this, we have successfully brought together our residents with local churches, choirs, Brownies groups, and schools. Whatever your interests are, here at Braeburn, there's something for everyone.
Dee Tugluer
My name is Dee Tugluer and I am the Activities Coordinator for Braeburn Lodge. I have been working in the care sector for almost a year and half. Prior to my job in the home I worked in the design sector and marketing for over twenty years. I also took a short break from my career to take care of my children and did so some volunteer work for my local community, schools and charities.
I really enjoy working for Braeburn as I have built a good relationship with all our residents. I love to make everyone feel happy and content, and get excited to plan and implement a beneficial Life Enrichment programme for our home.
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 Braeburn Lodge Care Home
Pennyless Pays a Visit to Braeburn
To celebrate St George's Day this year, we invited local group, Pennyless, to play us some English folk music. We had everyone clapping and joining in singing – and boy did we dance! We had such wonderful fun and were definitely ready for our tea and cake by the end of the set.
Celebrating the Queen's Birthday at Braeburn Lodge
To honour the Queen’s 90th birthday, we held an afternoon tea party, complete with cream teas and a toast with some bubbly, given by one of our residents, congratulating the Queen on 90 wonderful years in service to her country. It was a brilliant opportunity to reminisce about our own experiences with the Royal Family and visits to Buckingham Palace. It seems that the party atmosphere had everyone in high spirits!
Green Thumbs in the Sun
We began work on the vegetable plot today and cleared the bed, relocating plants elsewhere to make room for our new plants. After spreading a top layer of compost, we were ready to start sowing and hopefully we’ll soon have marrows, courgettes, strawberries, tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, radishes and spring onions! Many hands made light work of it and we were ready for a glass of lemonade in the sun when the job was done.
Shopping for the Garden
This week the sun has been shining on Braeburn, so we can finally start work in the garden. We took residents out to the local garden centre, Waterside, to choose the fruits and vegetables that we will grow in one of our raised beds. Dianne, one of our volunteers, was kind enough to help us and we were very grateful for her knowledge when it came to picking the plants.
A Day in the Sun
Today we got out into the beautiful sunshine for a trip down our local market to pick up a few bits, including some lovely homemade cookies that went beautifully with our coffee in the Stage’s Garden. We couldn’t have asked for better weather and the idea of getting lunch driven out to us so we could stay all day was suggested! The river looked beautiful and after the nice walk through the market and sitting in the sun, we were ready for an afternoon siesta after lunch!
Off for a Pint
This week we broke the mould and went for an evening drink at the Goat Pub and Restaurant, just up the road. Everyone ordered their favourite drink and it really was a treat. It made a lovely change from our usual coffee morning trips and it has been decreed that we must do it again!
