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
Home celebrate Easter in style
Staff, residents and family at Barchester’s Braeburn Lodge care home, in Deeping St. James celebrated Easter with a whole host of different activities including an Easter egg hunt, Easter Raffle, Easter Tombola and an Arts & Crafts corner for the children to enjoy. There was also a live concert in the garden, prepared especially for this wonderful event.
Welcome to Spring Activities
We have spent the last few weeks preparing ourselves for Spring, whether it be planting new seeds or creating beautiful paintings.
Many of our residents were budding “artists” in the past and still like to be as creative as they can be. So we provided lots of new resources for residents to explore and play around with. We also received a lot of support from our wonderful care team during these exciting activities.
Mother's Day Treat
We decided to treat our lovely Ladies this year with a lovely Pre-Mother’s Day concert. Many of our residents joined us for this event with family members and friends, making this day even more special for them.
Gabriella, our entertainer for the day is a very talented opera trained singer who specialises in classical music. She interacted with our residents on a one-to-one basis and made sure she sang songs which would tailor the personal needs of all residents. Our residents were also treated to some delicious cake and light refreshments throughout the morning.
By the end of our concert a few of our residents were quite emotional and as one quoted “ The song Memory was my mum’s favourite song! This concert has meant so much more to me,”.
St. Patrick's Day Community Event
Our residents had a wonderful morning celebrating St Patrick’s Day. We invited children over from our local Nursery for an exciting morning full of St Patrick’s Day crafts and cake baking. The children were very excited to be taking part and tried very hard to create beautiful artwork.
We were also very fortunate enough to listen to some poetry read out loud by one of our lovely residents. Joyce was a teacher for many years before, and therefore she was quite thrilled to be taking part in this educational activity.
Overall, this day turned out to be a very joyful and fulfilling event. Our residents cannot wait to invite the children over to our home again very soon!
Sensory story telling
Across our services, our residents were treated to a special virtual sensory storytelling session. Together with Art Historian Jon Sleigh and the Historic Royal Palaces community team, we explored several royal palaces through the theme of food, dining and celebration!
We enjoyed a fantastic taste-a-long experience from the comfort of our home, from Tudor treats to Stuart sweets. A lovely time was had by all.
The Arctic Airship Italia
Across our services we had a lovely time joining Mark Piesing for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘N-4 Down: The Hunt for The Arctic Airship Italia’.
Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fascinating story of the world-famous exploring airship Italia, returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928. The airship was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history.
The virtual book club experience was truly enjoyed by all.
