Activities at Braeburn Lodge Care Home
Our dedicated activities team are constantly dreaming up new and wonderful ways to support and stimulate the mind, body and soul of the residents we look after. Taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life. 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.
Yasmine Dawson
I have worked at Braeburn Lodge since 2015. I started working as a carer and the activities side of the role really appealed to me. We organise a variety of activities to suit everybody’s preferences and abilities. I enjoy working at Braeburn and making a difference to the residents’ lives.
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
Our annual Easter fete!
Thank you everyone who came to our annual Easter Fete! Everyone had an amazing day filled with fun, treats and lots of great company. The Easter bunny really made everyone smile and the Easter egg hunt was so exciting with nearly 100 eggs being found!
Our raffle was a huge success, as always, and the cake stall went down a treat thankyou to The Café at Eventus for their kind donation. Janet said "I've had a lovely day, I really had fun on the tombola"
Zoolab visit!
We had an incredible visit from Zoolab! Showing the residents some incredible animals! We had Honey, the world’s largest gecko, Elvis the tarantula, popcorn the baby gecko and a few other creepy crawly visitors.
The residents found it was so interesting to hear facts about the different species, how they live in the wild and what they eat. All the residents were so brave, holding all the different types of animals. Resident Herta said ‘isn’t she so beautiful’ to Honey the gecko.
Mother's Day!
Braeburn lodge welcomed the extremely talented Gabriella Pineda-Rodrigues to perform a mother's day show for the residents.
Needless to say, it was an emotional morning filled with love and laughter as we celebrated all the wonderful women and mothers in the world. Our hospitality team made delicious treats for all to enjoy which was accompanied with a glass of bubbly!
Resident Stella said "it was amazing, I love it!" As she sang along to the songs with the biggest smile!
Waterside Garden Centre
We had a lovely trip to the Waterside Garden Centre to get some fish for our fish tank in our Café. The residents had a look around all the colourful flowers and plants and enjoyed a tasty lemon drizzle cake and coffee in their coffee shop.
This was a very special trip for one resident in particular, Geoff. Geoff’s wish on our wishing tree was to have his own garden, so we took him to Waterside to choose some seeds and planters for his balcony garden we are in the process of creating for him.
Geoff helped build Waterside when it was very first opened, so taking a trip there was also a very emotional and enjoyable experience for Geoff. Whilst we were there he said ‘being here is fantastic I’m having a great morning’.
A Walk in the Sunshine
What a perfect afternoon getting some fresh air in the sunshine! We made the most of the beautiful British sunshine and went for a walk around our beautiful gardens.
On the way, the residents visited our lovely fish tank and spent some time bonding with our therapy tortoise Armani. Resident Anne said ‘it’s so nice to be out in the sunshine’.
Anne used to love being in the sun and valued every second of soaking in the rays. The residents also picked some bright daffodils to take back to their communities.
Pitter Patter of Webbed Feet
Braeburn is happy to announce the safe arrival of 5 special duck eggs from incredible eggs. They hatched on the 13th March and stayed with us until the 21st. The residents were mesmerised as they watched the eggs crack and tiny ducklings crawl out.
Every day, the residents visited them in the café and the ducklings also went on a trip around the home to meet everyone else. Resident Joan said “they’re adorable, they’re growing so fast”. Residents, visitors and relatives loved being a part of this magical experience, and it's something we will be bringing back to Braeburn Lodge.
Upcoming events
April
Hello April! We are looking forward to Easter and a fun filled month ahead - all welcome.
Spring Newsletter
We are delighted to share our latest newsletter - Spring edition - we hope you enjoy reading!
May
We extend a warm invitation to you to join us throughout the month of May. All welcome.
Looking for a place to hold a meeting
For more information why not pop in and see what Braeburn Lodge can offer you.
Don't dine alone - every Friday
Join us every Friday from 12.30 until14.30 as we welcome the seniors in our communiuty to take advantage of our hospitality and join us for a nutritious lunch at Braeburn Lodge.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel, come and take a break with us - we offer a warm welcome and a hot drink, there may be a cake to two available!
