Activities at White Lodge Care Home

The residents at White Lodge had an amazing afternoon with the children from the community and the local farm. Thank you everyone for joining us on our Farm Day. We were lucky with the weather too!

Many of our residents came out with their families to spend some quality time with the animals, whereas some of them were visited in their rooms by the little lamb and the squeaky and oh so sweet guinea pigs…!

We'd like to thank everyone who joined us today for making this event so very special and look forward to seeing you again when the beautiful animals in June. We'll load the event poster nearer the event date.

White Lodge residents had the most wonderful start to the Easter week with Easter eggs donated for every resident. We would like to thank The Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Lyneham and the Local Community for their generous donations. Wishing you a happy and prosperous Easter!

The residents at White Lodge Care Home started the week with some fun filled Easter arts and crafts. 

The activity coordinator gathered residents for a delightful Easter egg decorating session, where they unleashed their creativity and decorated eggs with colourful designs, stickers, and glitter. the session providing a variety of decorating materials, including non-toxic paint, markers, and embellishments, allowing residents to personalise their eggs according to their preferences. 

This activity promotes artistic expression, fine motor skills, and the joy of Easter traditions.

The staff, volunteers, residents family and friends celebrated Parkinson's awareness week and spent time with Parkinson Disease Specialist nurse, Suz Jackson learning about how Parkinson can affect different parts of the brain and the body causing involuntary movements or rigidity in muscles which can then ‘freeze up’ and not work.

They also learned about the possible psychological impact of the medication used to treat disease which can cause compulsive behaviours and depression in some people.  It can also be linked to a reduced sense of smell, impaired vision and attention deficit disorder.

This afternoon the residents and staff of white lodge care home celebrated National Beer Day with beer tasting event. Our hospitality team brought a range of brewtiful British ales for residents to sample and they enjoyed a beer tasting in the lounge learning about history of beer as well as taking part in quiz. 

One of the residents JS said " What a selection of choices! My husband used to love beer and I will drink on his behalf." In a break with tradition two ladies decided to swap their beers for pints of Piña colada's ... and why not!

The residents at White Lodge went out on a mini bus trip yesterday to Ashton Keynes. It was lovely to introduce a few more of our residents to the Ashton Keynes Village Hall coffee morning. The weather was lovely to be out and about!