Activities at Lynde House Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators get a real buzz off their work here as enthusiasm is essential for the role. We decorate and celebrate for all the big annual events, Valentine's Day, Easter, Mothering Sunday and much more. There are also regular fixtures in our activities programme, including bingo, a sherry morning and quizzes, that are always well-attended. There's also an International Day that we hold to celebrate the wonderful ethnic diversity of our staff, where members of our team and their families give up their time to showcase their national costumes, dances and songs. Of course, we also have activities and services tailored to those residents who prefer the quiet life, such manicures or simply a friendly chat and a cup of tea. We always do our best to learn about residents' hobbies and interests and try to arrange our activities programme around their individual likes and dislikes.
Gitana Norvaisiene
Gitana Norvaisiene is our Life Enrichment Coordinator. She oversees and organises all social activities within the home. Although Gitana only recently took up the Coordinators role she was previously a carer at Lynde House. Within her first year she was honoured with being shortlisted at the National Barchester Awards in the category of Activities Coordinator of the year and also won with her team of residents and local school pupils the Barchester In Bloom best Flower display
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 Lynde House Care Home
Residents receive the first round of the Coronavirus vaccine
Residents were delighted to receive the first round of the Coronavirus vaccine without leaving the home along with a number of staff last week. Dr Flynn, from Hampton Wick Surgery who led the vaccinations had already administered the vaccine to staff who visited the surgery before Christmas.
General Manager, Alison McIntosh said: “We’ve had a year like no other and the vaccine feels like the light at the end of the tunnel. Dr Flynn visits the home every week to see residents so they know him well, they felt comfortable and reassured at all times so we are so grateful for his support.”
The second round of vaccination will be administered at a later date, resident John said: “I am so pleased to be given the vaccine. It will help to keep us safe”.
#LoveThroughTheLetterbox
Residents delighted at today’s coffee morning chat in the handmade cards received as part of Richmond Council’s #LoveThroughTheLetterbox Christmas campaign. We all admired the creative talents of the children from King’s House Nursery, Thomson House, St Edmunds Catholic Primary, Buckingham Primary, Old Vicarage School and other kind individuals.
A very BIG thank you to Fenna Maynard from Richmond Council for coordinating the cards out to care homes and those living alone for whom Christmas cards will bring joy this week
Our Christmas 'Jackanory' reading
Tony, our resident ambassador has stepped into the role of ‘Jackanory' reader this week with a short reading from Mog’s Christmas by Judith Kerr, we will post daily on our Facebook page, @barchesterlyndehouse, at 4.25pm as this was the time the BBC programme would be broadcast to Children all over the UK for over 30 years!
Tony chose the book as he loves cats, we hope you will follow the story up to Christmas day and share with your friends and family, we post lots of resident activity and news on the Facebook page so do look, like and follow us!
Lynde team recognised as Community Heroes 2020
Our team received a delivery of delicious cakes from London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Adult Social Services to thank them for their dedication and selflessness during the year, as the Dignity in Care awards could not be held they wanted to recognise Community Heroes in 2020. We really appreciate such thoughtfulness and appreciate all the support provided by Carers, Nurses and support workers in Barchester Healthcare and other providers in our local community.
Lynde supports Good Neighbours!
We are delighted to support Richmond Good Neighbours, run by Anne Speak from the ETNA Community Centre, with their delivery of gift bags to members in the community this week, Anne and her volunteers make such a difference to those living alone especially at this time of year. Our chef Andrew has been kept busy making over 100 mince pies and ginger cookies which filled the home with a delicious smell of Christmas while they cooked! Thank you team for helping a great local charity
Covid vaccinations underway for Lynde House staff
Our team were delighted to be invited to have the vaccination at St Georges hospital, which has lifted everyone’s spirits after what has been a very challenging year for everyone.
Khuskaran Kaur, Deputy Manager at Lynde House whose first appointment at St Georges was Friday 11th December said: “I am so pleased to be given the vaccine. It will help to keep our residents safe, and is the first step in getting things back to normal and having a buzz of visitors in the home once again”
General Manager, Alison McIntosh said: “We’ve had a year like no other and the vaccine feels like the light at the end of the tunnel. Our teams have been magnificent in how they have risen to every challenge during this pandemic and we are proud to play our part in this next phase to ensure the most vulnerable are protected.”
