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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.

Read our brochure ‘Life-enriching activities’ for more information about life in our care homes.

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Yasmine Dawson

Activities Coordinator

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.

Celebrating life at Braeburn Lodge Care Home

National Prosecco Day

To celebrate National Prosecco Day our residents and their loved ones were treated to a dazzling West End musical performance by Nicky and Neil from Clearer Productions, bringing the magic of the stage right into the home.

The prosecco was flowing as residents and visitors sang along to the famous theatre classics!

Summer Fete

Summer Party Time at Braeburn Lodge! We opened our doors to welcome families and friends from the community to our lively Summer Fete.

Our fantastic hospitality team, led by Marcin, put on an incredible spread, and we truly appreciated his outstanding efforts.

It was wonderful to see so many residents and families enjoying themselves outdoors on such a beautiful day. The party was in full swing as we welcomed back the amazing Gabriella Pineda-Rodrigues for another stunning musical performance.

Realism painting

The residents enjoyed a morning of relaxing realism painting. The subject was a bowl of fresh fruit. The residents were able to let their creative imaginations explore as they painted their own interpretation of what they could see. As you can see, everyone had their own creative flare and the paintings turned out beautiful.

Resident, Gill, said "I'm not a painter, but I'm doing quite well at this."

A Beautiful Lincolnshire Drive

The residents at Braeburn Lodge enjoyed a scenic drive through the stunning local countryside. They ventured through Tallington, up to Uffington where they saw some sheep grazing, then down Greatford Road and through Barholm, before heading back into Deeping.

It was a beautiful drive that several residents remembered once driving themselves. Resident Mac said "I used to drive all around here, it’s nice to come back".

World Chocolate Day

World Chocolate Day is celebrated every year on July 7th, honouring the introduction of chocolate to Europe in the 16th century. This day is a global celebration of chocolate in all its forms, from dark to milk, bars to truffles, and everything in between. Everyone at Braeburn Lodge indulged in a delicious chocolate fountain with fresh, juicy strawberries. It was an afternoon full of sugary goodness, which ended with chocolate everywhere! What could be more perfect for all the chocolate lovers?

Resident Brian's eyes lit up as he saw the melted chocolate over strawberries and was very keen to dig in!

National Cheesecake Day

Our American friends enjoy cheesecake so much that in the USA they created a National Cheesecake Day on July 30th.

The best way to celebrate this, would of course, be to make your own cheesecake! eat some cheesecake! and just generally really enjoy thinking about cheesecake!

Our residents did exactly just that as we spent yesterday morning creating a collection of scrumptious home made cheesecake!

Zechariah on the Sax

Braeburn Lodge had the pleasure of welcoming back Zechariah and his amazing saxophone for a stunning performance. As he played the music, the residents were on their feet dancing. It was a morning full of laughter, singing and some of the best dance moves we've seen! Zechariah is always a hit with the residents and over time he has developed his own fan club.

Resident Sheila said "he's lovely, isn't he? And his music is good too!"

Did somebody say shopping?

Resident Brenda's wish was to go on a shopping spree! She has an eye for anything sparkly and is a big lover of glistening pieces of jewellery. The trip was planned to coincide with Brenda's 90th birthday celebrations. She was over the moon to be able to go and purchase some new jewellery to wear to her party. Of course, Brenda didn't stop at the jewellery, she also brought a new bag and mug. Brenda had the best day and her shopping spree wishes have come true!

Brenda said, "I love my new jewellery, just look at how pretty it is, I feel so special!"

Darwin visits Braeburn

Braeburn Lodge had a lovely visit from Darwin the therapy pony. Darwin is just over 8 years old and is a falabella pony, so this is him fully grown! He has been in training for 6 years for his very special role and has mastered it perfectly.

Darwin is extremely gentle and has been taught to pick up on people's reactions and emotions. He gives the residents comfort and happiness when he visits. Everyone loves him! Resident Anne said "Oh, isn't he a pretty boy" as she was stroking him.