Activities at Corrina Lodge Care Home

Residents, staff, family and friends celebrated Bishal, who is a much-loved Care Assistant and member of the team and community at Corrina Lodge. 

Bishal was presented his prestigious Service Award by manager Carl Francis, in celebration of working at Corrina Lodge for 10 years.

Bishal started at Corrina in March 2015 and has worked with our wonderful residents, their families and friends to ensure that their needs have been met over the years. 

New manager Carl Francis welcomed everyone for a wonderful celebration. The sun was shining as we enjoyed listening to the incredible Lucy Lou Sings for You. Our very own resident, Kathleen, sang beautifully with Lucy 'We'll Meet Again’. We also enjoyed a delicious vintage picnic tea prepared by our head chef, Kathleen. 

We shared laughter, some tears, heard some incredible stories of people's memories of VE Day, Freda waving the Union Jack, Peter dancing the floral dance through the streets, Ken not being able to move as a 20yr-old lad getting off the tube in London. Special memories indeed! 

Introducing our wonderful Farnborough Sixth Form Volunteers. 

It's always good to welcome the girls to Corrina and their visits definitely brighten our day. During their most recent visit, the girls performed an impromptu song for the residents, which was definitely a hit.

Residents love sharing their stories and have such a wealth of knowledge. It's great to see generations coming together and enjoying each other’s company and having fun. 

The Corrina Family absolutely loved welcoming their family, friends and the local community to join them for some Easter Celebrations. It was lovely to see all the children enjoying the sunshine and the visiting Browells Wood Pet Therapy animals. 

Our very talented resident Jackie kindly made all our wonderful Easter baskets for the children, which were filled with delicious treats.

We had some wonderful comments from our visitors about how our home was so warm, friendly and welcoming, which was lovely to hear.

Residents, family and friends were treated to an incredible afternoon of music from the talented musician Francisco, who plays the Paraguayan Harp. 

Francisco definitely delivered an amazing repertoire of songs, which we could dance and sing along to. It was also very interesting to hear a bit about how Francisco came to play the harp and what it means to him. 

We were so pleased to be able to welcome the wonderfully talented Morrígan Academy of Irish Dance. The girls' energy and professionalism were brilliant, and the beautiful costumes were captivating.

Residents also enjoyed a delicious Irish stew served with soda bread made by our talented Head Chef Kath, who also served residents some Baby Guinness drinks whilst they enjoyed an afternoon of quiz and trivia with our lovely Life Enrichment team. A really great day was had by all!

Residents have been letting their creativity soar in celebration of ‘Inspire Your Heart with Art Day’ at our Hobby Club.

Residents used pastels to create gorgeous sunset pictures, igniting their imaginations and sparking joy. This activity is perfect for our residents who have poorer vision and communication. Art is a perfect way to express and process their emotions in ways they otherwise might not be able to, helping to increase memory and resilience. 

We talked about ways in which art inspires us to open up about the way we feel. Looking at certain colours, pictures and shapes they created. 

It was lovely to see residents communicating and bonding together. Art can offer a common ground that builds a feeling of community and fights against isolation or loneliness. 

We were joined by the multi-talented Daniel Brewerton. We had an incredible time learning about recording for radio. 

Daniel showed us how the process of creating a piece for radio works. 
Residents enjoyed recording, hearing and seeing how Daniel edited their voices and added sound effects. Finally producing a wonderful professional poetry reading, radio ready.

Residents said, "this has been really interesting and great fun, and we are looking forward to Daniel returning for another Radio Making Session in the near future."

This is the poem residents recorded and it sounded amazing. Their voices are perfect, full of lives lived and wisdom.

Sadakichi Hartmann1867 –1944

Why I love thee?
Ask why the sea wind wanders,
Why the shore is aflush with the tide,
Why the moon through heaven meanders;
Like seafaring ships that ride
On a sullen, motionless deep;
Why the seabirds are fluttering the strand
Where the waves sing themselves to sleep
And starshine lives in the curves of the sand!

One of our wonderful residents, Jackie, talked to the Life Enrichment team about how much she enjoyed making soup. 

She said that one of her favourites was watercress and, with this in mind, we decided that we would make soup at our next Supper Club.

It was such a success and so delicious that we unanimously decided this should be a monthly event, and with the support of our incredible Head Chef Kathleen, the Soup Club has been created. We are looking forward to cooking French Onion Soup with Spring in mind for March. 

"Bon app"

Residents, tots, family and friends enjoyed a wonderful party and we also welcomed the wonderful Ali from our local Camberley Library who shared some Rhyme Time fun.

The Corrina Community absolutely loved having all the lovely families joining us for lots of Christmas fun and singing. 

Connections with the local schools and community certainly brighten our days. The tots were so pleased with festive treats our wonderful residents prepared for them. 

Our very own Mrs Claus, Resident Jackie, had been busy clicking her knitting needles together to hand craft beautiful baby stockings.

We look forward to many more intergenerational life enrichment sessions in the New Year.

We had an absolutely wonderful day as we kicked off our Countdown to Christmas. A huge thank you to family, friends, staff and residents for working their magic, decorating beautifully and helping to light up our home. 

We welcomed the fabulous Katie with her Tap About Town Show which really was spectacular and full of energy. It certainly had everyone taping their toes, singing along and having lots of fun. 

Lovely Jean joined us with her Christmas Table Top Sale and residents, staff, family and friends enjoyed a bit of seasonal retail therapy.

As if that wasn't enough to top it off we welcomed the wonderful Surrey Heath Mayor who switched on our Christmas Lights with our brilliant manager Dumitru Varzaru. 

All that was left was raise a glass and enjoy a  warming mulled wine and a homemade mince pie courtesy of our wonderful Head Chef Kathleen.

Here at Corrina it is so important to us to celebrate the good times together as a community.

It was an absolute pleasure and privilege to join Mark on a journey of nostalgia and catching up with good friends. 

Mark lived at Yateley Industries for 30 years in a lovely bungalow in a wonderful community. He also spent 20 years of his employment working as a textiles printer there, before moving to a new job at the local Waitrose & Partners, for 10 years.

Mark was clearly a very loved and valued member of the community and was recognised by many on the visit. We heard some wonderful stories of the support Mark had given to others at Yateley Industries whilst he lived there.

Mark continues his great work within the Corrina Lodge Family as part of the team and is our Resident Ambassador. He is an advocate for fellow residents and their families and friends always going that extra mile.

Yateley Industries is a real community hub and we were made incredibly welcome. This amazing charity and community holds a very warm place in Marks heart. We will definitely be visiting again!

At Corrina Lodge the wellbeing of our residents is incredibly important to us. 

So today it was lovely to take some time to celebrate our gents.

It was wonderful to see some of our residents enjoy an outing to The Atrium Camberley  Tenpin Bowling, taking time to connect and share some laughs and quality time together.

We also offered wellbeing pamper sessions during the morning, including facials, therapeutic massage and opportunities for mindfulness, which were very much appreciated.

Proudly acknowledging one of our wonderful residents, Jackie, who has been busily knitting poppies, which she herself and wonderful activity assistant, Gina, carefully sewed pins on to sell and raise funds for Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI). 

Jackie is an real talent and has raised an incredible £50. We are so proud that she us part of our community here at Corrina Lodge Care Home - Barchester Healthcare 

She also proudly presented a wreath at this morning’s Remembrance Service at  Lyndhurst School which we were invited to attend. The wreath had some of the beautiful hand knitted poppies attached.

Here at Corrina Lodge, we celebrated Diwali, The Festival of Light.  

Diwali is a festival of new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness, and for some, also coincides with harvest and new year celebrations. 

It is particularly associated with Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity. 

We would like to wish all our staff & anyone celebrating this beautiful festival of light, a very Happy Diwali! May your home be filled with love & laughter, may the divine light of Diwali spread peace and happiness in your life. 

We were also thrilled and honoured to have the 52nd Mayor of Surrey Heath Sarbie Kang join in our celebrations. Our residents were overwhelmed that the mayor took the time to visit them individually.