Activities at Archview Lodge Care Home
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.
Diane Wood
Hi, my name is Diane and I am Head of Activities here at Archview. I have worked in the homes since 2009.
I strongly believe in creating moments for our residents and embracing their individuality with tailor made activities, whilst remaining person centred and respecting resident’s preferences. Every day I like to ensure the residents on memory lane can enjoy themselves and have a good time whilst forming bonds with each other and the staff around them.
Outside of work, I have a 23 years old son and a wee dog called Hugo and my ambition is to make people smile and be happy.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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
Music through the ages
Our homes had a brilliant time with curator Sarah Deters as she took us on a virtual ‘Music Through the Ages’ tour of St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room and Music Museum.
Our residents were thrilled to discover weird and wonderful musical instruments, hear their unusual sounds, and find out how instruments have changed over the last 500 years.
The virtual live event explored the world-renown collection of musical instruments on display at St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall.
Summer Fete
It was a very special day here at Archview Lodge this afternoon. Celebrating our Summer fair all residents and family members all enjoyed their day. On our day we had bouncy castle, candy floss, BBQ cocktail bar outdoor games for the children, face painting, tombola, raffle stall, home baking entertainer Steve Quinn. We also had a VIP on our grounds to open up our summer fair who cut the ribbon it was Margo Russel the Provost.
Oliver’s exercise class
Our Ambassador Oliver at Archview took our exercise class this afternoon. Keep active, having social interactions and being mentally stimulated is very important to residents here at Archview.
Betty
One of our Residents loves her baby dolls so one of our staff member brought her baby nephew into visit Betty. Betty was over joyed to see a real baby as she hasn’t seen one in a while. Betty’s face said it all.
Summer Fair
Cllr Margot Russell did the honors of ribbon cutting to launch the Summer Fair much to everyone's delight.
Celebrating togetherness and community spirit, we all enjoyed a Candy Floss stand, Chef's delicious BBQ, a Cocktail Bar, Outdoor games with a bouncy castle for the children, face painting, tombola, raffle stall and home baking. Live music was performed by the fantastic Steve Quinn.
Resident Ambassador delivers exercise class
Resident Ambassador Oliver at Archview hosted and delivered an engaging armchair exercise class.
As part of the Life Enrichment programme, keeping active, having meaningful social interactions and being mentally stimulated daily is a very important part of every day for residents
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.
