Activities at Archview Lodge Care Home

What a great afternoon at the Croft in Loanhead. Thank you to saltire hospitality for inviting Archview’s residents & staff along to the Late Haggis Show for Robert Burns. Kitty, Jessie & Maureen had a ball. Maureen was up dancing along to the music. Our residents & staff were singing along to the music also. A big thank you to Susy for asking us to come along. Sally, Diane and a retired worker from Archview Annette for coming along and helping out. Everyone had a great afternoon singing & dancing along to the band. We were even lucky winning on the raffle.

Across our homes we had a fantastic time joining, Kathryn Delve, Master Florist, for a Valentine’s-inspired live virtual flower arranging demonstration. Kathryn shared brilliant and creative ways to decorate our tables with beautiful flowers that are sure to make your heart swoon!

Those participating in this virtual event put their skills to the test and followed along with some amazing creations of their own.  Residents truly enjoyed the experience.

Mini bus outing we were heading to Lucas in Musselburgh for an ice cream when I decided to go along the farm road in White Craig. We spotted loads of horses in a field so we stopped to see if they would come over to see us of course they did our residents were amazed at how close they came. Then we headed off on our journey to get an ice cream  cone at Luca’s which all residents and staff enjoyed. We drove along Musselburgh High Street to the harbour as we previously wrote a letter to put in a bottle to send off in the sea to see if anyone finds it and reply’s back to us. On our way back we had a sing song which everyone enjoyed.

Diane & sally took John & George a trip along to Krispy Kreme’s at Hermiston Gait to get some delicious original Glazed doughnuts. George & John enjoyed watching the doughnuts getting made and going along the belt to get decorated at the other end. We never just got doughnuts for George & John we brought all our residents one. Our residents said they tasted delicious.

Happy New Year from all resident & staff here at Archview. What an amazing afternoon our residents, staff & family members had. Our live entertainer Allan Weatherhead once again put on an amazing afternoon. He had staff members and residents up dancing. Our residents sang their hearts out along with Allan while enjoyed a beverage and lovely tasty nibbles.

Across our services residents had a fantastic time during a special live virtual event, led by Emilia from Medical Detection Dogs. Emilia took us on a journey to discover how the organisation began training dogs to support people with complex health conditions, saving their lives on a daily basis.

Using their amazing sense of smell, these dogs can identify odour changes emitted prior an episode and alert the person to take preventative action.

We were introduced to the wonderful dogs and the science behind the sniff.  It was a delightful experience for everyone, especially our canine-loving residents.