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.
Read our brochure
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
House of Tai Chi
Residents and a few staff members enjoyed a session of Tai Chi at Lynde House on Wednesday.
Randor House School
Pupils from Randor House School visited Lynde House on Wednesday 5 October as part of their community day. They had another competitive game of Scrabble with residents, which is now becoming an annual fixture in the calendar, and assisted with some bulb planting and leaves clearing. A huge thank you to them from all at Lynde House for their hard work and good humour!
Winter is Coming
Despite her hatred of needles, General Manager, Alison McIntosh, led from the front in receiving her flue jab, which is all part of Lynde House preparing for winter.
A Rather Peculiar Visit
Appy Hour
Staff at Lynde House took advantage of our newly created Appy Hour, which gives them the opportunity to download the Barchester App to get news about the latest staff benefits, plus much more. The session is also an excuse to try some new and inventive fruit cocktails!
Tai Chi & Yoga
Lynde House launched its new Tai Chi and yoga programme recently, which was well-attended by residents. This programme will be extended to involve staff as part of our approach to well-being at the home.
