Activities at Maple Leaf Lodge Care Home

Our residents and colleagues at Barchester’s Maple Leaf Lodge Care Home, in Grantham celebrated Autumn and Halloween with an Autumn Fair by hosting a day of community themed fun, activity and song.

Residents at Maple Leaf Lodge enjoyed attending the fair with their friends, family and members of the local community.  The fair featured a mulled cider stall, tombola, cake bake sale and musical entertainment courtesy of Sue Tinkler.

Residents on our Kensington community have been busy meeting their creative needs by flower arranging inside a pumpkin to display around the home.

Not only did our fabulous ladies have fun but flowers also have been shown to have a positive impact on mental and physical well-being, and the act of creating something can be therapeutic and uplifting.

Our ladies discussed their favourite flowers and all agreed that they’re all beautiful but roses were everyone’s favourite.

Residents gathered together today to make some delicious chocolate brownies and cinnamon cookies in our weekly baking club.

Residents weighed out all the ingredients and mixed them up. Resident Sylvia told us how baking use to be one of her favourite things to do and she used to love when the kitchen filled with a delicious smell. While waiting we sang wartime classics and enjoyed a cup of tea. Afterwards we enjoyed the brownie with some cream.

Our baking club brings so much joy to our residents and sparks old memories from when they use to bake.

Residents got themselves dressed up in Halloween accessories as we waited for our wonderful friends from Dancing Daffodils to join us this morning in their amazing costumes for a spooky Halloween party with arts and crafts.

Children and the residents have been busy painting pumpkins, making Halloween sand bottles and painting wooden decorations. We have all had so much fun and it has been lovely to see different generations enjoy crafts together. Resident Peggy said “I have had a lovely morning and really enjoyed myself”

Resident Sylvia made goodie bags for the children full of sweet treats and Halloween toys, which resident Liz handed out.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Maple Leaf Lodge care home in Grantham marked Breast Cancer Awareness Month which is taking place throughout October.

Sadly, we all know someone affected by breast cancer - over 55,000 people are diagnosed with the disease each year.  October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, a chance for people to Wear It Pink, get involved in raising funds and find out more about how to check themselves and what to do if they find any symptoms of breast cancer.

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, staff and residents at the Maple Leaf Lodge Care Home spent time coming together to raise funds by wearing it pink, holding a pink-themed bake sale, pink raffle, creating, decorating the home pink and holding a tea party. Everyone enjoyed getting involved and showing their support.

Maple Leaf Lodge decided to spread joy and laughter around our home as we celebrated ‘Fancy Dress Friday’

Residents, their relatives and staff all got involved with the spirit of this unique themed day and dressed up as a pizza, a lobster, Snow White, a clown and so much more. It’s been a full day of laughing and smiling. The gents got the most laughs with their wig wearing antics.

Senior General Manager at the Maple Leaf Lodge Care Home, said: “This has been a huge amount of fun and the home has been filled with laughter. So much so that we can’t wait to make Fancy Dress Friday a regular event.”

A resident at the home, Jean said: “It’s been so funny watching everyone dress ridiculously” we have definitely enjoyed the day and can’t wait for the next dress up day.