Activities at Archview Lodge Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Diane Wood
Hi, my name is Diane and I am Head of Activities here at Archview. I have worked in the homes since 2009.
I strongly believe in creating moments for our residents and embracing their individuality with tailor made activities, whilst remaining person centred and respecting resident’s preferences. Every day I like to ensure the residents on memory lane can enjoy themselves and have a good time whilst forming bonds with each other and the staff around them.
Outside of work, I have a 23 years old son and a wee dog called Hugo and my ambition is to make people smile and be happy.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Archview Lodge Care Home
Christmas party
Lots of festive fun this afternoon at our Christmas party. All residents sang and danced along with our entertainer Margo Butterfly Music. Big thanks to our 3 crows Heather, Drew and Iona. We also had a visit from the snowman and a very special guest SANTA. All residents enjoyed getting a present from Santa. Our residents had a great afternoon. Mary even sang a song on her own. Fun and laughter all around. Music is a therapy to our residents.
Christmas cake
Our residents joined in with Ahmet and Linda make the Christmas cake. Our residents enjoyed cutting out the letters to make the name of our home with the help of Ahmet. Our residents helped Linda make the tiles on the roof . our residents had so much fun and laughter while making the cake. We sang Christmas songs while making the cake. All residents said they had a lovely time watching the cake from start to finish. They were over joyed with the finished out come. The train finished it off.
Meeting the Reindeers
Across our homes we got into the Christmas spirit of things by joining a festive live virtual experience, led by Des and Kelly from Performing Pets.
Our residents were thrilled to meet the charming furry friends and get up close and personal with the reindeers.
We certainly learnt some interesting facts about the animals and had a fantastic time.
Playing the Keyboard
What a lovely afternoon listening to our volunteer guy Luke from Lasswade high School playing the keyboard. He Played jingle bells and loads more all residents that came along joined in and sang along to the music. Our residents really enjoyed having a go on the keyboard. A couple of our residents said they used to play the piano and enjoyed having a go and could play a tune.
Dalkeith museum
We took a trip up to our local museum in Dalkeith. One of our residents Ella said to us my name’s on the wall we were like where about yes it was the a red plaque. Both our residents enjoyed having a look around the museum Ella said she could remember the brush factory and could tell us a lot about Dalkeith what it was like years ago when she was growing up. Ella & Margaret really enjoyed listening to the guy tell them about the history of Dalkeith and the story about the railway bell. That someone went to Glasgow to pick it up to bring back here to Dalkeith museum and when they drove past Morrison’ s in Dalkeith the bell chimed as that used to be the old railway line.
Jean & John ‘s wedding
Today at Archview we had the joy of hosting the marriage of Mr & Mrs Norrie. It has been a wonderful day for us and we are delighted for the happy couple. Jean has been living with us for nearly two years and it’s so lovely to share this chapter of her life with her love John.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead and we extend a warm welcome for you to join us - all welcome.
Merry Christmas!
Newsletter - Autumn
We are delighted to share our latest newsletter - Autumn edition.
Calling all Emergency Services!
Calling all emergency services personnel! Come and take your break with us and enjoy a slice of cake and a warm welcome.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
Do you have any spare time? Could you make a difference to someone's day to day life? If you are interested in Volunteering, we'd love to hear from you.
Dementia Cafe - Last Wednesday of the month
We know the importance of supporting our local community and extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our monthly dementia cafe.
