Activities at Archview Lodge Care Home

This afternoon in Archview we had the company of Cara, Rachel, Susie & Heidi. 4 primary 6 pupils from the local kings Park Primary School in Dalkeith. The 4 young girls wanted to spend their Sunday afternoon volunteering and they choose to do it in our home.

What an amazing afternoon our residents had. They helped the residents do word searches, joined in with dominoes and also  helped the residents at the scrabble. The 4 girls were so caring and very polite towards our residents. The 4 girls even gave out free cuddles to our residents when they were leaving can’t wait for you all to come back and join in.

Our residents said what really polite children they were and very helpful. Our residents said they can’t wait to see there little happy faces again.

Thanks again Cara, Rachel, Susie & Heidi from all residents & Staff here at Archview

Across the country our homes and hospitals came together to find out which care home or hospital had the best Bingo players as we teamed up for Barchester’s Bingo Bonanza.

Residents were treated to some exciting virtual games of Bingo as part of Barchester’ very own game show series.

Everyone who participate had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.

Happy valentine’s Day

We brought  all our lovely couples together on such a romantic day to enjoy a romantic lunch with their loved ones. Everyone enjoyed the lunch big thank you to our Chef’s Scott & Ahmett.

Then in the afternoon  we listened to our valentine’s Feel Good Singing Group. Our valentine’s group got together every Monday for the past 5 weeks. So they could put on a show for everyone. So a big thank you to everyone that took part. Big shout to Sheila for showing the younger team how to dance.  All residents, staff & family members enjoyed there afternoon singing along.

We all would like to say a massive thank you to our activity coordinator Mary Macfarlane once again for putting on another great show this afternoon. You’re  on in a million your Archview’s Diamond.

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.