Activities at Braeburn Lodge Care Home

It was a beautiful and fresh morning in the gardens of Braeburn Lodge. We took this as a great opportunity to start our very first walking club. Some of residents were very keen to join in!

Experts have said that walking should be the best exercise for seniors; it's an effective way to reduce the risk for chronic conditions and improve your overall health.

As one of our residents kindly quoted: “this was my best walk of this week! I shall try to join you as much as I can!”

Staff, residents and family at Barchester’s Braeburn Lodge care home, in Deeping St. James celebrated Easter with a whole host of different activities including an Easter egg hunt, Easter Raffle, Easter Tombola and an Arts & Crafts corner for the children to enjoy. There was also a live concert in the garden, prepared especially for this wonderful event.

We have spent the last few weeks preparing ourselves for Spring, whether it be planting new seeds or creating beautiful paintings.

Many of our residents were budding “artists” in the past and still like to be as creative as they can be. So we provided lots of new resources for residents to explore and play around with. We also received a lot of support from our wonderful care team during these exciting activities.

We decided to treat our lovely Ladies this year with a lovely Pre-Mother’s Day concert. Many of our residents joined us for this event with family members and friends, making this day even more special for them.

Gabriella, our entertainer for the day is a very talented opera trained singer who specialises in classical music. She interacted with our residents on a one-to-one basis and made sure she sang songs which would tailor the personal needs of all residents.  Our residents were also treated to some delicious cake and light refreshments throughout the morning.

By the end of our concert a few of our residents were quite emotional and as one quoted “ The song Memory was my mum’s favourite song! This concert has meant so much more to me,”.

Our residents had a wonderful morning celebrating St Patrick’s Day. We invited children over from our local Nursery for an exciting morning full of St Patrick’s Day crafts and cake baking. The children were very excited to be taking part and tried very hard to create beautiful artwork.

We were also very fortunate enough to listen to some poetry read out loud by one of our lovely residents. Joyce was a teacher for many years before, and therefore she was quite thrilled to be taking part in this educational activity.

Overall, this day turned out to be a very joyful and fulfilling event. Our residents cannot wait to invite the children over to our home again very soon!

Across our services, our residents were treated to a special virtual sensory storytelling session.  Together with Art Historian Jon Sleigh and the Historic Royal Palaces community team, we explored several royal palaces through the theme of food, dining and celebration!

We enjoyed a fantastic taste-a-long experience from the comfort of our home, from Tudor treats to Stuart sweets. A lovely time was had by all.