Activities at White Lodge Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators here at White Lodge enjoy the fulfillment of helping residents feel important and a part of something. Meaningful moments are created through laughter and comfort. A varied activities programme is offered for the betterment of residents' bodies and minds, including music for health, 'Oomph' sessions and chair Zumba, in addition to coffee and cake groups that all inevitably lead to giggles and old fashioned singalongs. Also, we organise parties, trips out, walks in the country, bus outings and wonderful entertainers to visit our home. A sneaky tipple is always welcomed with cheese and crackers and, at the end of the day, it is important to go home knowing our activities have made a difference.
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 White Lodge Care Home
Rain Doesn't Stop Play!
As it poured down outside we enjoyed some traditional board games including snakes and ladders and great fun was had by all. Unfortunately this May is set to be the wettest on record so we are coming up with lots of indoor ideas new and old for activities for the residents.
Teapots and Flowers!
Flower arranging is always popular, but this week it was flower arranging with a twist with some fabulous new ideas. Residents created displays using teacups and teapots and the end results were stunning. After all that creativity what better way to relax than with a cup of tea!
Cake Donations for Christian Aid Week
White Lodge were delighted to donate cakes today to St Mary's Church in Purton ready for their cake trail tomorrow to raise funds for Christian Aid week. This is a very special Christian Aid week as the charity celebrates its 75th Year. Ramona and Tina from White Lodge handed over the cakes to Libbie from St Mary's, we are very grateful to St Mary's for conducting services virtually for our residents over the past year and were delighted to be able to help with tomorrow's event. For those who are local do pop along to Purton tomorrow a cake trail sounds wonderful!
Employee of the Month April
Congratulations to Alina Gurung who is Barchester White Lodge's Employee of The Month for April. Alina is part of our Carers Team and we thank her for the dedication and hard work she has demonstrated.
Celebrating Nurses Day
Today we celebrated International Nurses Day at Barchester White Lodge. We gave sincere thanks and gratitude to our own hardworking team of nurses and also to every nurse, past and present, who have worked so diligently to help and heal others during their time of need.
Residents who were once serving nurses and matrons were also presented with bouquets by our nurses, who wore period dress in memory and respect of Florence Nightingale. Jeanie, our Resident Ambassador proudly presented certificates and gifts to our nurses and gave thanks to them for all their hard work and care to fellow residents.
Anyone who has ever been cared for by a nurse, knows what an amazing job they do and how special they are. We cannot thank them enough.
Vegetarian Cooking Demonstration
Who knew eating healthy and vegetarian could be this great?! Our lucky residents at Barchester White Lodge were treated to a gourmet afternoon of a live virtual cooking class for Health and Wellbeing Day. They watched a chef preparing delicious recipes on the screen, then were delighted when the same recipes were created by Joel, our talented chef at White Lodge. Everything tasted as delicious as it looked and received a big thumbs up!
Recipes demonstrated and devoured were:
* Borlotti Bean and Dill Pate
* Greek Fritters with Tzatziki
* Coronation 'Chicken' (the chicken being Quorn chicken pieces which was very popular with everyone)
* Banana Bread
Our residents thoroughly enjoyed this activity and look forward to doing it again very soon.
Upcoming events
Pudding Club
Join us for our brand new event 'Pudding Club' hosted by Jenny. Indulge in delicious delights together every 3rd Wednesday of the month.
