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
Divisional Nurse of the Year Winner
Lynde House staff and residents celebrate Emma Li being awarded Divisional Nurse of the Year. She is now in the National Barchester Awards final to be held in Manchester in October.
Go for it, Emma!
Open Day at Lynde House
We had about 30 members of the public and a number of family members visit for Care Home Open Day. It was a fantastic day and everyone that came along to check out our home had a great time!
Minibus Driving Test
Two new minibus driver recruits were put through their paces with Ian at Lynde House... Roll on our summer trips to far away places, starting with Kew Gardens in July.
Birthday Celebrations at Lynde House
Gwen, a resident of Lynde House for 4 years, celebrated her 103 birthday with a party at the home on Sunday 5 June 2016. She was joined by family, friends and staff to celebrate the event.
Computer Club
Lynde House enjoyed its first Computer Club with Hannah, our new volunteer, who provided one-to-one tuition to residents.
Hannah comes to Lynde House from Embracing Life, a charitable organisation that we work closely with. Embracing Life is based in Richmond and sources volunteers for public, private and third sector organisations.
Staff Pampering Day
Lynde House staff enjoyed a day of pampering on Friday 20th May. There were a range of activities on offer, which were all provided free of charge by our professionals who visit the home. There were also some goodies available from Jo Malone. The day kicked off with a fruit and croissant breakfast, and staff then had their hair styled, which was followed by a chiropody and a body massage. Morning activities ended with a relaxing Pilates class, only to move up a gear after lunch with an hour of Zumba dancing. The day was wrapped up with a delicious BBQ for staff and residents. A relaxing and enjoyable day for all. Roll on next year!
