Activities at Chalfont Lodge Care Home
Chalfont Lodge is a large care home and we have a diverse range of groups and events to ensure that everyone feels welcome and included. In the Lifestyle team we work hard to create a sense of community and ensure there is always someone to talk to and something to do.
Our residents help us to plan the monthly lifestyle programme, making sure that everyone has something they like, enabling people to keep up with life long hobbies or pick up new ones. We have long term projects like our summer parties, car shows, BBQs, craft fairs, Christmas shows to mention a few and residents can be as involved as they would like in all stages of the planning or just come along and enjoy on the day.
We love going out on trips, to lunch, shopping or to socialise with other local groups, we also have many people who come into visit us with church services, music, talks and support for our bigger events.
We have a fantastic team of staff and every department is involved in making sure our residents get the most out of living here. We have a brilliant music therapist who works her magic 3 days a week, running group and individual sessions. Our Physiotherapy team keep everyone fit and active, working with us to make sure everyone has access to sports and team games.
We have a full programme groups, events and clubs but none of it would be possible without our residents and their families, we all work together to make this a home from home and to keep laughter and friendship at the heart of what we do.
Alex Perkins & Louise Doyle
Hello, I’m Alex the Activities Lead at Chalfont Lodge, working with me is Louise Doyle. I've worked at Chalfont Lodge for 8 years now. I originally started off as a volunteer and fell in love with the residents, families and staff. Since then, I've been an Activity assist, Activity Coordinator and now the head of the department! Activities are my passion and I love creating an environment where all of the residents can thrive and do what they love!
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Chalfont Lodge Care Home
Growing Herbs
Here at Chalfont Lodge we have a dedicated resident garden committee team who meet regularly to discuss feedback and new planting required. Our recent topic of discussion has been to add a range of herbs to our gardens for our chefs to include as ingredients! Our garden committee took a trip on our minibus and selected a wide range of herbs to be planted, our chef Vincent was really excited.
Falls Prevention Workshop
This week our Senior Physiotherapist, Mansukh completed our first event of the series of Fall Prevention workshops. The event was a great success and involved an interactive demonstration, question and answer alongside enjoying refreshments prepared by our kitchen team. Thank you for all those that attended and please keep your eyes peeled for our next event. A big thank you to Mansukh for sharing her expertise to benefit the elderly community and training professionals!
Enable Training
‘Enable goes live” “Enable” is part of Barchester’s digital transformation strategy. Today Chalfont Lodge went live! Our Home Manager Raj Boodhoo said “there are so many benefits in moving to using digital technology to care for our residents”. Residents and staff were celebrating today with a wonderful Buffet and very special cake made by the fine hands of our pastry chef extraordinaire Kim. A big thank you to all our hardworking staff who worked day and night to be ready for today! A huge team effort!
Saturday of Sunshine & Singing!
On Saturday at Chalfont Lodge we had the fabulous Laura Jayne serenading us in the glorious sunshine, outside in our new alfresco dining area. Everyone had a wonderful morning and enjoyed a good sing along. Thank you Laura, see you next time!
Thank you and Reward
Our dedicated team find reward in their commitment and hard work every day caring for our residents. Here at Chalfont Lodge we love reading positive reviews and feedback from our residents and their relatives however today we have been awarded an extremely generous Thankyou Gift from one of our fantastic relatives. This hamper and cases of wine were gifted to the home to thank them for their kindness, commitment and dedicated work for our residents.
Performing Pets
Here at Chalfont Lodge we have been busy enjoying the warm weather in our new garden area. This week we have welcomed some fluffy visitors from Performing Pets to join us in the gardens! The team from Performing Pets brought along Ronnie and Reggie, two young goats (kids!) for the residents to cuddle. Performing Pets visit us regularly here at Chalfont Lodge and is thoroughly enjoyed every time. We look forward to welcoming them back to the home shortly.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
