Activities at Archview Lodge Care Home

As part of the annual pantomime planning, staff raise funds through an array of activities. This year over £300.00 was raised as Mary, long serving activities coordinator braved the gunge in front of residents, relatives and colleagues.

The pantomime is an annual tradition and performed by staff and residents who have joined the homes drama group and will be performing ‘Carry on Steamie’ over the coming weeks.

General Manager, May McCondichie said “We’re very proud to have raised so much money through our Gunge the staff fundraiser.  “Everyone has had a good laugh pledging the cash and then watched Mary get gunged – the atmosphere has been fantastic.”

Residents enjoyed a visit from some exotic visitors as they welcomed these special animals to the home to take a walk on the wild side. Everyone enjoyed meeting the special guests, which included giant African snails, tarantulas, rats, millipedes and a corn snake.

To the residents’ delight and for everyone who was brave enough they were given the opportunity to stroke or hold the animals, with many asking for more information about the creatures’ diets and habitats. One Resident commented: “I enjoyed stroking the lizard the most, as it was much cooler than the other animals.”

Pet therapy is excellent for our residents as it can help reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. It can also increase self-esteem and improve social skills, so everyone was absolutely delighted to have them along.

General Manager, May McCondichie, presented several members of staff with their 10 year long service award recently. Congratulations to Jennifer Drummond, Kymm Crawford, Diane Wood, Mary MacFerlane, Kirsty Henderson, and Joanne Horsburgh. 

Here's to another 10 years!

Nurses ar Archview Lodge enjoyed some cake that was made specially by the kitchen team in recognition of International Nurses Day.

We are delighted to announce that Archview Lodge has been named as one of the top 20 care homes in Scotland by www.carehome.co.uk. A huge congratulations to everyone who has made this possible!

We managed to get a tour of Hampden Park, Scotland’s national football stadium, courtesy of Football Memories. This is an initiative that aids in helping older people in care get involved in football in any way they can.

As part of this initiative, we were invited to tour the stadium and also the Hall of Fame and football museum by the curator. The residents had a fantastic time looking through all the old football memorabilia, reading about players, watching videos and much more.

While we were there, the Scotland Manager, Alex McLeish, was doing some TV work and we managed to grab him for a chat and a photograph with the residents, which he very obligingly did.