Activities at Rose Lodge Care Home

Residents across our services enjoyed a fantastic virtual tour of The Deep, an award-winning aquarium in Hull.

Our residents dived into the underwater world of some fascinating creatures such as sharks, turtles and stingrays.

It was a truly immersive and educational experience that brought the wonders of the ocean right to our screens.

Rose Lodge enjoyed a visit from March and District Model Railway Club on Tuesday the 14th of May. Staff, residents and guests enjoyed observing Keith set up the model trains and railway lines and even got involved with coupling and uncoupling different train carriages.

One resident, Bill, reminisced about the trains he used to build years ago, Keith and the team said they would kindly donate him a train set so that he could enjoy building his own again.

Rose Lodge has built up an excellent reputation in its local communities. The home regularly holds events and activities for its residents and surrounding neighbours.

This morning Rose Lodge fulfilled the wishes of two of our residents. Following the introduction of a wishing box, two of our ladies had expressed a wish to spend some time with some cats, having had cats in the past. With the help of the Activities Team and our volunteer driver Roy we spent a delightful hour at the Purr Cafe in Kings Lynn. Marie and Ann were so pleased to have their wish granted- and Ann was overjoyed to have the beautiful cats come and play while a delicious coffee and cake were consumed. 

The outing was also a celebration of Marie’s ten year anniversary at Rose Lodge, and we were delighted to meet Marie’s brother John and sister in law Cynthia at the cafe to mark the occasion. Marie commented “ how lovely to get out and the cats were a bonus”

Ann said” the cats were so playful and happy to be stroked. It reminds me of my cats “

In our Memory Lane Community named 'Free Spirit' we are organising a range of activities for Dementia Action Week. We kick started it off with delightful musical entertainment by Steve Carmel. Steve took residents and their families on a trip down memory lane by singing a variety of songs that sparked beautiful memories and had everyone singing and dancing along. Throughout we also enjoyed scrumptious afternoon tea and cakes.

At today's event we were joined by the Mayor and the Mayoress of Wisbech to help us celebrate this special week for people living with Dementia. The residents thoroughly enjoyed chatting away and sharing memories of Wisbech over the decades.

Today is only the beginning of an incredible week raising awareness for Dementia and enriching the lives of those living with Dementia . Cadbury's who have donated these gorgeous memory boxes and a selection of chocolates for our  residents to enjoy during their activities  A huge thank you to Steve, our spectacular entertainer, Mayor and Mayoress who joined us for this momentous occasion.

To mark Dementia Action Week, staff and residents at Rose Lodge were delighted to be gifted beautiful branded memory boxes filled with retro Cadbury chocolate bars as well as receiving a visit from the Mayor and Mayoress of Wisbech.

This inspirational idea came about through Cadbury’s work with Alzheimer’s Research UK, following requests from care homes and dementia support groups to the Cadbury archives for packaging no longer in circulation. Alongside Alzheimer’s Research UK, the business is working to create a nostalgic experience for those living with dementia, featuring iconic Dairy Milk bars, from as far back as 1915 until the present day.

Staff and residents at Rose Lodge used the Cadbury Memory Bar boxes at their recent afternoon tea when the Mayor and Mayoress of Wisbech attended to mark Dementia Action week. The home also invited Steve Carmel to sing a medley of classic songs to their residents to take them back down memory lane.

Rose Lodge in Wisbech marked the anniversary of Victory in Europe Day in style by throwing a 1940s afternoon tea party to remember.  The home was decorated in red, white and blue and residents and staff dressed up in their 1940s-inspired glad rags and enjoyed an afternoon of big band music and dancing.

In the morning residents enjoyed some entertainment from local performers KJ and the Catt who sang a medley of British classics including songs from Vera Lynn as well as the national anthem. Everyone was wearing British themed accessories as well as having flags to wave during the performance.

The care homes catering team whipped up a delicious selection of freshly-baked biscuits, sandwiches, cakes and pastries for the occasion, all washed down with pots of tea and a celebratory glass of fizz to mark the occasion in their afternoon tea.