Activities at Edingley Lodge Care Home

This morning some of our residents took the opportunity to head out into the garden to plant a variety of vegetables and fruit in our sensory garden.

We can’t wait to see what the garden will look like in a couple of months’ time! Our aim is to create an outdoor safe space for our residents filled with sounds, scents and textures that will help stimulate all the 5 senses.

This year, English Wine Week takes place from June 17th to 25th and is being celebrated by wine enthusiasts from all over the country.  It was certainly a week of fun-filled tastings for the staff and residents at Edingley Lodge care home in Newark, Edingley.

Whether you love a glass of fizz, a nice dry white, a delicate rosé, a juicy red or all of the above, English Wine Week is the perfect excuse to immerse yourself in the wonderful world of English wines.  It is no longer unusual to see fields of vines in England, or to find English brands on the wine list in restaurants, English wines are now a force to be reckoned with.

Residents have enjoyed celebrating British wine week with a cheese and wine social in the home.
We had a variety of classic wines including red, white and rose along with different cheeses and cheese flavoured snacks.

Residents also enjoyed watching the horse race this afternoon.

Today we treated our residents to a relaxing musical morning. This wonderful event was planned in aid of the Royal Ascot.

Cat Alexander the very talented Harpist made sure our residents had a very memorable morning.

You better beer-lieve that residents at Edingley Lodge care home were more than happy to raise a glass, and sample some top craft ales, bitters and lagers, in celebration of National Beer Day on June 15th.

The hospitality team at Edingley Lodge set up a bar for a real pub experience and brought in a range of brew-tiful British ales for residents to sample.  Residents and their visitors enjoyed a beer tasting in the garden, virtual tour of a local brewery, learning about the history of beer they sampled the different craft ales, bitters and lagers.

Across our services we had a lovely time joining Rhiannon Watkinson from the RAF Museum London for an interactive talk exploring the exciting and innovative aviation history of Hendon.

Our residents were able to learn about the first flights from the fields at Hendon, the creation of the London Aerodrome and Battle of Britain pilots who flew from RAF Hendon.

The talk also included photographic and film material from the Museum’s archive. Residents across our homes had a fantastic time and we truly enjoyed the virtual experience.