Activities at Sherwood Lodge Care Home

This week our crafty and green-fingered residents have been doing their part for National Allotment Week.   
First, they decorated their own plant pots to be used in our garden. Then, they get their hands dirty potting and planting more beautiful flowers, and making sure our plants are well watered in this hot weather!   

Finally, they selected their best flowers to proudly bring around the home, showing their hard work off to the other residents! Safe to say everyone was very impressed with the selection, some picking their favourites and sharing gardening tips with each other!  

Today our staff, residents and their families had a fantastic time raising money for the worthy charity Breast Cancer Now. 

The sun, music and delicious cakes and sandwiches were enjoyed by all!   The highlight of the day was definitely the raffle in which many lucky winners won amazing prizes from local businesses listed below!

We are so proud to have raised £156 for this incredible cause! Thank you to everyone for your donations. This money will fund breast cancer research, support for those affected by breast cancer, and campaigns for improved treatment and services.  

Today, our residents enjoyed the best of Lytham, having delicious fish and chips for lunch, before taking a trip down memory lane at the arcades.

The residents enjoyed their meals while being well entertained by the eager birds, who were quick to snatch up any dropped (or thrown) chips! The residents had a wonderful afternoon playing arcade games, and were overjoyed with their wins, proudly showing off their tickets!   

The afternoon was full of laughter and storytelling, sharing memories of childhood trips and games! The residents were thrilled by the “novelty” of visiting the arcades again!  

Today, we celebrated World Senior Citizens Day, with some very special help from the children and staff at Discovery Vine Longsands.  

The creative and talented children kindly sent some artwork to our home, letting our residents know that they were appreciated on this special day. The residents admired their creativity and were charmed by the effort put into making such meaningful gifts for them.

This years Senior Citizens Day theme was “Empowering Elderly Voices for an Inclusive Future”. The afternoon was full of reminiscence, chatter and storytelling as the residents reflected on how grateful they are to feel so included in their community! They also offered very wise and thoughtful advice to young people today.

Our ladies gathered over tea and coffee to help make and design some decorations for our upcoming VE day celebrations. 

Our residents used this time to chat about all their wartime memories. 

On May 8th 1945, celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end of World War 2 in Europe.
Today we held our own VE day celebrations at Sherwood Lodge, with residents gathering to remember, reminisce and celebrate.

Our dining room was set up beautifully by our amazing activities' coordinator, Selina, and host Pam. And a delicious spread was made by our talented chef Nanaki. We listened to music of the era and printed out old photos to spark conversations about what our residents could remember.  

A lovely afternoon was had by all.

Sherwood Lodge would like to extend a massive Thank you to the Preston Show Choir who kindly came to sing for our residents today.

Our residents sat and watched in awe at the beauty of your music. You have surely brightened up their week with your angelic voice. Music always helps make us all feel uplifted, and boosts our wellbeing, which has definitely been needed. 

Our ladies and gents at Sherwood Lodge have had a wonderful day, with lots of visitors, including the Easter bunny who delivered Easter chocolate to each resident.

Our carers and hospitality team put on a marvellous Easter Egg-stravaganza for all residents and their loved ones.

The home held an Easter Afternoon Tea for all to enjoy and an egg-citing Easter Egg hunt.

We certainly do and so do our residents.

Today we had Ian in the home performing and filling the air with songs and music from all eras. We had a good old sing song and our residents and staff's dancing shoes were firmly on.

Doris hit a milestone birthday in April. Doris became 90 years young and has celebrated with her lovely family, residents and staff. 

Doris was so rightly spoilt with gifts and a homemade birthday cake. A special day for a special lady.

We spent the morning with the lovely Sofiya pampering our residents with hand massage, manicures and nail painting. 

Residents enjoyed one-to-one time being pampered while having meaningful conversations, which means a lot.

The wonderful Swapna and Matthews then headed some physical activities. Simple ball games to encourage focus and coordination and velcro darts promoting concentration and hand eye coordination.

Al from Music in Mind entertained our residents communally and went the extra mile by going round to residents' rooms individually for that person-centred touch.

Music therapy can help improve cognitive and physical health, and reduce feelings of isolation and depression. It also helps with motivation for movement and suppleness.