Activities at Archview Lodge Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Diane Wood
Hi, my name is Diane and I am Head of Activities here at Archview. I have worked in the homes since 2009.
I strongly believe in creating moments for our residents and embracing their individuality with tailor made activities, whilst remaining person centred and respecting resident’s preferences. Every day I like to ensure the residents on memory lane can enjoy themselves and have a good time whilst forming bonds with each other and the staff around them.
Outside of work, I have a 23 years old son and a wee dog called Hugo and my ambition is to make people smile and be happy.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Archview Lodge Care Home
Oliver’s exercise class
Our Ambassador Oliver at Archview took our exercise class this afternoon. Keep active, having social interactions and being mentally stimulated is very important to residents here at Archview.
Betty
One of our Residents loves her baby dolls so one of our staff member brought her baby nephew into visit Betty. Betty was over joyed to see a real baby as she hasn’t seen one in a while. Betty’s face said it all.
Summer Fair
Cllr Margot Russell did the honors of ribbon cutting to launch the Summer Fair much to everyone's delight.
Celebrating togetherness and community spirit, we all enjoyed a Candy Floss stand, Chef's delicious BBQ, a Cocktail Bar, Outdoor games with a bouncy castle for the children, face painting, tombola, raffle stall and home baking. Live music was performed by the fantastic Steve Quinn.
Resident Ambassador delivers exercise class
Resident Ambassador Oliver at Archview hosted and delivered an engaging armchair exercise class.
As part of the Life Enrichment programme, keeping active, having meaningful social interactions and being mentally stimulated daily is a very important part of every day for residents
An afternoon at the Opera
Our homes had a fabulous time with the talented soprano Astrid Joos from Street Theatre. Astrid spoke about a selection of famous operas and our residents were treated to performances of wonderful arias from operas well-known to all, such as ‘Giuditta’, ‘Don Giovanni’ and ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’.
It was a lovely experience, truly enjoyed by all.
Book Club with Dr Tim Howard
Residents across our homes had a lovely time joining Dr Tim Howard, 4th generation GP, whose whole life has been about patient care, for an exciting virtual event to discuss his novel ‘Let’s Kill All The Lawyers’.
The novel is a medical fiction thriller that explores the impact of life and death events, mistakes and forgiveness, and the impact of law and justice on the day- to-day lives of ordinary people doing their best in difficult circumstances.
Residents had the chance to ask their own questions once the discussion was over and a great time was had by all.
