Activities at White Lodge Care Home

The residents at White Lodge Care Home really enjoyed celebrating pancake day, there were a selection of pancake fillings to choose from including the traditional filling of Lemon juice and Sugar.

We also had a great time laughing while we took part in the pancake tossing competition, no pancakes on the ceiling this time but there was plenty on the floor.

Some of our Residents from White Lodge Care Home went out onto Wootton Bassett high street to give out roses to members of the public for Valentine’s Day, the people were shocked and over the moon to receive such a lovely gift and said how kind and thoughtful it was, we all had such a lovely morning.

We then came back to a lovely afternoon tea with Friends and Family and enjoyed singing love songs together.

The home was decorated so beautifully with Balloons, Hearts and Roses and the dining table set up and scattered with Rose Petals for a lovely supper.

On 1st February, Staff and residents at White Lodge celebrated Dignity Day with a Dignity tea party and recognised the day together.

The day is celebrated to highlight the importance of treating a person as an individual, giving them the respect they deserve and making them feel important in their daily life by providing them the option to make their own choices.

We made the day special for our residents, we arranged a dignity tea party and our chef came up with an amazing idea of making heart shaped red velvet cakes with blue for male, pink for female and white for any other gender. Along with music, savouries and a cup of tea the home was alive and cheerful all through the afternoon.

To remember the day, we made a Dignity tree and hung it on the wall.

On the leaves the staff and residents wrote their thoughts on Dignity and how they care, and share their understanding with each other.

We treat our residents and staff members with dignity and respect and we want to promote our good practice all through the year.

Happy Chinese New Year.

2023 is the year of the rabbit, all those born in years associated with the rabbit which are 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999 and 2011 should have good fortune, patience and prosperity.

White Lodge had a wonderful time celebrating, with fabulous decorations all around the home. There were Fortune Cookies which residents found great fun opening and reading. Thank you to the hospitality team who put on a fabulous Chinese supper. The food was delicious and everyone so enjoyed the day. The activities team always do so much to make special events even more special.

Today Ramona, General Manager and Ioana, the Deputy Manager of White Lodge went out in the community to talk about Barchester's Fall Fighter Campaign. This campaign is in conjunction with ROSPA every year one in three people over the age of 65 have a fall every year and when over 80 this increases to a 50% chance of a fall so prevention will change lives. Ramona and Ioana visited Blunsdon Court Retirement apartments in Swindon to talk about the campaign as well as respite care at White Lodge.

This weekend White Lodge had the pleasure of celebrating Viv's birthday. A delicious cake was made by our hospitality team along with family visits and gifts, it really was a lovely day.