Activities at Archview Lodge Care Home

We were treated to an amazing live virtual talk and a tour of Cliveden, hosted by the house and chapel guides from the National Trust Talks Service.

The volunteers kindly gave us a tour around the famous house taking an in-depth look at Cliveden’s many stories from its 350 year history, from devilish dukes to scandalous headlines and boundary-breaking garden designs to political notoriety.

Starting with the Duke of Buckingham who built the first house in 1666, our residents met the key owners who helped shape the house and its gardens including the Orkney, Sutherland and Astor families.

The talk was accompanied by an illustrated presentation which brought to life these individuals and showed how their influence at Cliveden still continues today.

Birthday celebrations are a firm fixture on our life enrichment programme, Resident, Bob recently celebrated 80-years young and enjoyed a visit from his family. It was a lovely afternoon and everyone wishes Bob a very Happy Birthday!
 

Here at Archview our residents enjoy a varied life enrichment programme and a popular group activity is our ‘tasting’ days.  This week we enjoyed sampling a selection of fruit, cheese and wine – all very good!   Ahmet, our Chef described the cheeses from around the world and shared a number of interesting facts. Everyone enjoyed chatting and tasting the new flavours, hits on the day were passion fruit and mango, pineapple and smoked cheese. What will we be tasting next?

Residents celebrated Valentine’s in style and for one happy couple, David and Helen dined together for a very special private luncheon.  The homes hospitality team created a delicious themed menu for everyone before residents sat back to enjoy live entertainment with, Steve Quinn who kept everyone toe-tapping along too at their Valentine’s party.

We had a fabulous time joining NESCAFÉ’s virtual coffee experience.

We were able to look into how they sustainably farm their coffee beans, as well as, to have a virtual tour of one of their factories all from the comfort of our home.

To make things even more interesting, our residents had the chance to test their knowledge with an interactive quiz, and to the delight of all to taste the signature Sweet Cinnamon Shaken Iced Coffee cocktail.

We had a lovely time joining Chef Alex Connell from Vegetarian for Life for a Valentine’s-inspired virtual cookery demonstration.  Chef Alex created some delicious Valentine’s Day-inspired vegetarian desserts, which our residents had the opportunity to try too.

First, our residents sampled a wonderful sticky toffee pudding, which was absolutely heavenly. Then they tried hazelnut truffles which were a huge hit and finally they were treated to a chocolate orange cake which everyone adored.