Activities at Sherwood Lodge Care Home
Our Activities Coordinator is constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we support by organising group and individual activities for anyone and everyone to participate in. We have regular outings in the mini bus to nearby places of interest including local garden centres and parks as well as musicians and entertainers. We also hold bingo evenings which are helped out by our residents families. We also have a local pub nearby which the residents enjoy visiting from time to time for a spot of lunch or sitting in the gardens in the summer time. We try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests as best is possible. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Emma Powers
Hi, my name is Emma Powers; I am the Activities Coordinator here at Sherwood Lodge.
I have worked in the care sector for over two decades; prior to this I was a soldier in the UK Armed Forces where I gained exceptional powers of communication, organisation and teamwork. During my time as a carer I have gained my NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and have been employed as a Senior Carer. I chose to switch professional roles to activities as I find supporting both residential and dementia residents very rewarding.
I have been employed within Barchester for over three years, I love working for this company and am really excited to continue to care for all of its residents and their families.
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 Sherwood Lodge Care Home
Valentines Day
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
We’ve been feeling the love,
We hope you have too
Happy Valentine’s Day to all our families and friends.
We have embraced the celebration of love at our lovely decorated home today. Residents have enjoyed a Valentines themed lunch and even decorated their own baked love heart biscuits.
One of our married couples at the home, Tony and Doreen celebrated Valentines with a candle lit dinner complete with roses.
Tony and Doreen have been married for over 60 years and live together in our home. A love made to last
Pancake day
We have had a staff competition at Sherwood Lodge today judged by some of our lovely residents, who can flip the best pancake? We had four staff who stepped up to the challenge, one from each department, Liam our chef, Jodie our care assistant, Susan our housekeeper and Louise our admin assistant. They all tried their best but there can only be one winner ,Congratulations to admin assistant Louise.
Blooming Fun
Fun at Sherwood Lodge enabling residents to be creative and use their imagination, it also encourages use of fingers and hands and is a great stress reliever,promoting calm. The residents had such a good time and are very proud of the outcome.
Pet Therapy
This morning at Sherwood Lodge, we have had the pleasure of Claire a wonderful senior carer at Sherwood Lodge and her pet mercy a 4 years old France bulldog that loves cuddles, and this went down well with all the residents.
Pet therapy increases positive and decreases negatively. Interacting with animals is a wonderful distraction from daily life and brings back memories.
Chinese New Year
Here at Sherwood lodge we are preparing for Chinese New year, and this year 2024 is the year of the dragon, people who are born in this year are said to be ambitious, confident and adventurous, residents have helped to decorate the home with lanterns and are looking forward to a delicious menu of sweet corn soup sweet and sour chicken and mango pudding.
Love is in the air everyday at Sherwood!
Sherwood Lodge was filled with flowers, cards and sweets in celebration of St Valentine’s Day. Staff and residents celebrated the day of love by wearing pink or red, decorating heart-shaped cookies and decorating the home, we also had a music dance with Al from music in minds for residents to have fun with loved ones, and our chef Liam has put together a heart-warming menu.
We are very lucky at Sherwood lodge to have a couple Doreen and Tony that have been married 66-years and sit together every day.
