Activities at Bryn Ivor Lodge Care Home

Halloween at Bryn Ivor Lodge Care Home, the resident got excited for Halloween by decorating and celebrating Halloween. Bryn Ivor Lodge’s residents adore getting into the swing of things, and what better way to spend a wet and windy day than while away the hours in front of the log fire in our cosy cinema room and complete a jigsaw or two and to finish the celebrations off with a performance from Craig Balien which kept us in the spooky mood last week as we waved Goodbye to Halloween!       

Avril our in house, fully qualified masseuse, visits once a month to give our wonderful residents a bit of relaxing "me time" and as they wait for a lovely hand massage they can do a little magic painting or complete a jigsaw puzzle in our beautiful cinema room.        

The EFFRO project is a Welsh Government-led scheme working in care homes all across Cardiff. They are providing us with 10 sessions, spread over 10 weeks. Giving us fresh ideas for activities to run daily in our home, from bird feeders to Bee Bombs. 

We bid farewell to them this week with a decorating old vinyl records party! A great idea and very reminiscent. 

The sun keeps shining and the Prosecco and mocktails keep coming! 

Summer fun in our beautiful gardens with music, games and entertainment. Beautiful Summer.

We worked very closely with Henry's family to facilitate an incredible celebration of Henry's 100th Birthday! A party we will all never forget! We were literally smiling and laughing through the whole day! 

And we would like to say a huge Thank You to the O'Sulivans School Of Irish Dancing for their stunning performance, Happy Birthday Henry! O'Sullivan School of Irish Dance.       

Bryn Ivor Lodge boasts having eight acres of grounds around its home. I think that's definitely enough space to form a little walking group and have a stroll first thing in the morning, then grab a coffee and a chat in our beautiful Bistro and finish off with a cosy film in our Cinema room before going to lunch.            

Residents have enjoyed trips out this month, visiting various locations all across Cardiff. 

One of our lovely residents really wanted to be by the sea side! And it was an absolute pleasure to make her wish come true!      

What a summer we have been having! The sun just kept on shining and the prosecco and mocktails kept on coming! we held yet another fantastic garden party and this time the super talented Mark and Louise graced our presence.    

Residents thoroughly enjoyed a day spent out in our stunning Gardens today, as the run up to our Chasing Rainbows Festival is in full swing!     

The very Talented band, Taylor Bell kept the tunes rolling in all afternoon as we stayed cool in the shade with paper fans in one hand and mocktails in the other! Life is Good.

We celebrated Pride with a party and a wonderful ABBA tribute band, the has been beautifully decorated with rainbows and flags as We wanted to honour our residents lived history. Because they have lived through decades of varying social attitudes and hardships, fun and laughter was had by residents, family members and staff.

At Bryn Ivor Lodge we Foster a safe "woke" environment where all staff and residents feel valued, Respected, seen and empowered.       

Residents are enjoying learning about Black History, Heritage and Culture this month at the home and we were deeply honoured to have Paul West, the very famous and extremely talented saxophonists grace our presence and show case his talents for our residents, we celebrated in style.                 

WOW Let's have a big round of applause for Nicola who visited us last Friday! Her fashion show really was out of this world! And we're extremely impressed by the clothes she had on sale. She's coming again on Friday the 11th of December at 2pm with everything that sparkles for Christmas! 

So if you would like to buy your loved one a new festive jumper, please inbox us or let reception know, and we will be happy to sort that out for you, or come along and join the fun! 

This is community engagement at its finest! Our activities Lead Cynthia has worked really hard creating strong bonds with St Mary's Church of Marshfield. Ross the vicar and David his understudy are wonderful, between us all we have organised for residents to come along to a tailor made service at their stunning Church once a month. 

We also provide an in house service and communion at Bryn Ivor Lodge taken by the Vicar Hilary who also comes from St Mary's.    

The EFFRO project is a Welsh Government-led scheme working in care homes all across Cardiff, they are providing us with 10 sessions, spread over 10 weeks. 

Giving us fresh ideas for activities to run daily in our home, from flower arranging to painting. The residents enjoy the visits and getting creative.

Welcome to our new Bryn Ivor Little Dragons group that will be taking place every week at the home. 

The first session went well and fun an laughter was had by the children as well as the residents. It was nice to see the generations enjoy time together in activities, Resident of the home are looking forwards to many more sessions to come.