Activities at Archview Lodge Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
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 Archview Lodge Care Home
Valentine's Day Celebrations!
We had a lovely time celebrating Valentine's Day at Archview.
We celebrated with Valentine's high tea and live music by award-winning Harpist Sophie Rocks. We all had a wonderful time and love was certainly in the air.
Tom's mining talk over a cuppa
We had an interesting morning with Tom, our gardener, discussing the local history of coal mining.
The residents had a great time listening to the stories and handling the equipment that we borrowed from the mining museum in Newtongrange as well as Tom’s lamp collection.
Some of the gentlemen were able to reminiscence on their experiences personally when they worked down the pit.
Wonderful memories for Betty
It was very special for Betty to meet the lovely girls from KIC Dancing School when they visited us. The girls performed many different highland dances for our residents and then had a chat with Betty, who was herself an accomplished highland dancer back in the day and won lots of medals at various competitions.
They were able to have a lovely conversation about a shared experience which was cherished by both the girls and Betty. Despite the passing years, the strict standards are just the same by the judges and there is a lot of hard work required which the girls demonstrated, but it's also great fun.
Chef's workshop
Residents really enjoy our senior chef, Ahmet's, workshops.
Today we were baking shortbread. Residents were having fun rolling the dough and cutting out the shapes. The smell of freshly baked shortbread made all of us very hungry, so we decided to have some with a cup of tea.
All residents are looking forward to the next workshop with Ahmet.
New Year's Party!
Archview residents welcomed the new year with a lovely party with piper and life music delivered by Alan Weatherhead.
We had a dance, some tasty homemade snacks and some festive drinks. We all had a ball.
Happy New Year to you all!
Alec Findlay Birthday
Alec enjoyed celebrating his 77th Birthday yesterday with a special visit to the Royal Yacht Britannia at Leith Dock.
He had a marvellous time visiting the ship and seeing all the wonderful exhibits. When asked if he had a good time, Alec said he had the best birthday. Visiting the Royal Yacht again has been amazing.
Upcoming events
Calling all Emergency Services!
Calling all emergency services personnel! Come and take your break with us and enjoy a slice of cake and a warm welcome.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
Do you have any spare time? Could you make a difference to someone's day to day life? If you are interested in Volunteering, we'd love to hear from you.
Dementia Cafe - Last Wednesday of the month
We know the importance of supporting our local community and extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our monthly dementia cafe.
