Activities at White Lodge Care Home

We took full advantage of the sunshine, starting in the greenhouse to plant up hanging baskets and pots for the front of the house.  Everyone enjoyed getting outside in the fresh air and getting their hands dirty!  We are so looking forward to the warmer days of Spring.

Carl, our landscape gardener from the maintenance team, joined us assisting with planting in the borders.  We have also bought some beautiful fruit trees to plant in readiness for BBC Countryfile Plant Britain Campaign.  More exciting news to follow about this......

The residents and staff had great fun today seeing who could toss the pancakes highest and of course catch them!  They all did a great job, although some ended up in other places!  The residents this evening enjoyed traditional pancakes freshly made for supper.  Shrove Tuesday is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday the question is will any of the team be giving up anything for Lent?  

White Lodge's Lakeside residents enjoyed a relaxing calming colouring session.  Mindful colouring has proven health benefits most significantly reducing stress.  Residents got creative using a wonderful array of colours.  We all thought we could benefit from this relaxing activity.

Happy Valentine's Day from us all at White Lodge.  Our residents are always in our hearts and what better day to show them how much we care, than on Valentine's Day.  We laid the dining room tables in a beautiful red setting with love hearts, then after lunch they were treated to a wonderful afternoon tea served with our best bone china.  Love really was all around us.  

Memory Lane is our community for those living with dementia.  Activities are resident led, with one gentleman showing his musical talents on drums and one of our ladies bonding with our new "baby" therapy dolls.  These are proven to reduce stress and agitation for those living with dementia.  The dolls also give a sense of responsibility and the opportunity to care.  The resources available to our residents are pioneering in dementia care.  Barchester's Dementia Support team work closely with the Centre for Dementia Research at Leeds Beckett University to ensure we have access to the latest research and developments in dementia care.

Care Homes like so many of us over the past few months have appreciated the importance and use of technology to stay in touch with loved ones.  White Lodge uses all the main Apps to enable video calls including WhatsApp, Facetime and Zoom.  The visiting pod remains available to book online, equipped with microphone speaker to aid communication during the visit.   

In addition we post regular updates on Facebook, so do like the Barchester Healthcare (White Lodge Care Home) Page and do tell friends and family about the page so they can also see updates of residents enjoying life in the home.