Activities at Bryn Ivor Lodge Care Home

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 gathered together in the bistro to enjoy an afternoon of fun with our recently acquired indoor curling set. 

The activity was adapted so that everyone could participate safely. Residents took turns to carefully aim and slide the curling stone towards the target. There was plenty of fun, laughter and friendly competition.       

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.  

The resident, we were delighted today to have a talk by a guest speaker from Llanrumney Hall Community Trust. Residents enjoyed learning about the history and heritage of Llanrumney Hall and its connections to local history and how it has been restored over the years.

Pictures and videos were used as a visual guide and residents could recall when they visited the hall in previous years and share their stories and memories.      

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.       

If you go down to Bryn Ivor today your in for a big surprise! 

Well actually if you were there last Friday you would have been right in the middle of our Teddy bears picnic! 

With DJ Nick James rolling out the tunes what a magical day spent with the residents, families and the Ranntastic Intergenerational mother and toddler group, everyone looked so cute!

Residents, staff and families came together to celebrate St Georges Day with a wonderful day of music, memories, reminiscing  and traditional English fun. The bistro was decorated with red, white and blue bunting, flags, roses, and dragons.     

We even had a visit from the Pearly Queen, whose sparkling traditional costume wowed everyone. 

The day brought residents together in a warm and friendly environment, encouraging social interaction and celebrating English Heritage.