Activities at Archview Lodge Care Home

This week's Art class was all about water painting. Our residents were inspired to create their own masterpieces and the final results were astonishing. 

Painting can improve manual dexterity, it engages the mind, and it offers opportunities for socialising and conversation. We all can’t wait for the next class. 

Happy International Nurses' Day 

Today, our residents and colleagues came together to celebrate International Nurses Day, recognising the incredible dedication, compassion and care our nurses show every single day. 

To mark the occasion and to say thank you, our talented chef prepared delicious treats and refreshments for everyone to enjoy. A big thank you to our nurses and all team members – you truly are the heart of our home!

Today we marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day in style by throwing a party to remember. Our home was specially decorated for the occasion with flags and bunting.

Our residents took a two-minute silence to honour the fallen and listened to wartime tunes.

It was a fabulous day, enjoyed by all. Flags were flying, hands were clapping and feet tapping. 

Archview Lodge has held a party to celebrate 30- years of serving the local community and recognise colleagues 120-years combined of long service.

Archview Lodge has built up an excellent reputation within its local communities. The home regularly holds events and activities for its residents and surrounding neighbours.  The double celebrations included Senior Carer, General Assistant and Hairdresser receiving prestigious 30 Year Service Awards in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 30 years. In addition, Senior Head Chef also received a prestigious 20-year award, for celebrating 20 years at Archview Lodge!

Susie Adams, now Senior Carer in Memory Lane, Cath Kleinwoolthuis, now a General Assistant, and Tracey Laidlaw, hairdresser all started at Barchester in May 1995.  Ahmet Akkur, now a Senior Head Chef started in Barchester in May 2005.  All have worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the decades. 
 

We got our binoculars and logbooks out to learn more about our native birds. We had a great time filling bird feeders and looking up what we’d seen to make sure we logged them correctly.  

Last year, over 1 million people took part and between them, they counted 17 million birds! It was a lovely experience for everyone, especially the bird experts here.   

My name is Neville, and I am a therapy cat. I help people cope with anxiety, illness and various disorders through human-animal interaction. 

I love getting cuddles from the residents at Archview and seeing them every week! Neville is a much-loved visitor at Archview.  

To celebrate the London Marathon, we organise our own mini Archview Marathon. 

We gathered together. Staff, residents and family members. We all had a great time. The weather was fantastic too. 

Our home was beautifully decorated with fresh flowers and bunting in recognition of Mother’s Day and all the mothers in our home. We had plenty of extra activities on the week leading to this special day, like discussions group about the role of mothers, reminiscing sessions about our residents’ childhoods. 

During the day, we invited the family members to a Mother’s Day afternoon tea party. What a lovely day that was!

Our residents enjoyed making Easter cake decorations for our Easter cake competition. Our Chef, Meryem, said that it was great team work, and we are all very proud of the outcome. 

As you can see, the cake looked outstanding, but the best part was eating it with a freshly made cup of tea.  
As always, we’ve had an amazing time.