Activities at Chalfont Lodge Care Home
Chalfont Lodge is a large care home and we have a diverse range of groups and events to ensure that everyone feels welcome and included. In the Lifestyle team we work hard to create a sense of community and ensure there is always someone to talk to and something to do.
Our residents help us to plan the monthly lifestyle programme, making sure that everyone has something they like, enabling people to keep up with life long hobbies or pick up new ones. We have long term projects like our summer parties, car shows, BBQs, craft fairs, Christmas shows to mention a few and residents can be as involved as they would like in all stages of the planning or just come along and enjoy on the day.
We love going out on trips, to lunch, shopping or to socialise with other local groups, we also have many people who come into visit us with church services, music, talks and support for our bigger events.
We have a fantastic team of staff and every department is involved in making sure our residents get the most out of living here. We have a brilliant music therapist who works her magic 3 days a week, running group and individual sessions. Our Physiotherapy team keep everyone fit and active, working with us to make sure everyone has access to sports and team games.
We have a full programme groups, events and clubs but none of it would be possible without our residents and their families, we all work together to make this a home from home and to keep laughter and friendship at the heart of what we do.
Alex Perkins & Louise Doyle
Hello, I’m Alex the Activities Lead at Chalfont Lodge, working with me is Louise Doyle. I've worked at Chalfont Lodge for 8 years now. I originally started off as a volunteer and fell in love with the residents, families and staff. Since then, I've been an Activity assist, Activity Coordinator and now the head of the department! Activities are my passion and I love creating an environment where all of the residents can thrive and do what they love!
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Chalfont Lodge Care Home
Pancake Day here at Chalfont Lodge
There was lots to celebrate here at Chalfont Lodge on 1st March, Pancake Day and St. David’s Day! Our Chef prepared our pancakes and our residents in our Lakeside Restaurant enjoyed creating their own delicious fillings! The fillings included traditional lemon and sugar; choices of exotic fruits and hot chocolate sauces with fresh cream !
Baking Bread
Two member's of our fantastic activities team, Alex and Denise, marked 'Real Bread' week with some of our residents by baking some very tasty bread for afternoon tea
Both residents and staff are all in agreement, there is nothing like the smell of fresh bread baking
The Big Bird Watch
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Chalfont Lodge care home in Chalfont St Peter got out their binoculars and bird books to support this year’s Big Garden Birdwatch initiative.
The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch is an annual event to try to understand what is happening to our native birds. The idea is to log all the birds you see in your garden, from your window or in your local park in a one hour period any time between January 28th and 30th.
Valentine's Lucky Dip
We were so pleased to announce the Winner of our Valentine’s Day Hotel Chocolat Hamper.
Raj our fabulous manager ran a Face book 'lucky dip' competition for our Facebook followers
There was great excitement in our home as the winner's name was picked out of the hat by resident, Victoria.
The winner was Niki, our Unit Manager on Memory Lane!
Love is in the Air
Love is in the Air and here at Chalfont Lodge, and we are sharing the love this Valentines Day between our residents, friends and colleagues.
Raj, our fantastic General Manager made sure every team member had some chocolate of their choice.
Niki, the Unit Manager on our Memory Lane baked and decorated delicious cup cakes for staff and residents.
Team members busied themselves decorating and dressing our restaurant and home for all to love see and enjoy.
Steeped in History
Our very knowledgeable Activity Assistant, Rachel enthralled our Residents with her 2nd Talk on the history of Chalfont Lodge!
The picturesque Chalfont Lodge has been many things over the decades, including a hotel in 1921 and a girls school in 1930, however the original lodge was eventually demolished to make way for our fantastic care home.
Our grounds are steeped in history and are truely beautiful
This year we celebrate our 25th Anniversary of The Chalfont Lodge Care Centre.
