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
Fit & Fantastic
Lots of us at Chalfont Lodge has been enjoying doing our exercise classes every Thursday with ‘Fit & Fantastic’.
We have a wonderful instructor – Jenna – who’s gotten to know all of us here at Chalfont Lodge and has tailored a fitness plan just for us, including weekly themes and wheelchair-friendly exercises!
So, a big thank you to Jenna and the rest of the Fit & Fantastic company for making our Thursday mornings a lot more energetic! ‘
15 Years at Chalfont
We recently celebrated our lovely Physiotherapist, Maryia Blagova’s, 15th Year at Chalfont. Maryia is caring, compassionate and a truly hard worker. Everyone came to say a big congratulations and our Deputy Manager, Anna J., presented Maryia with some gorgeous flowers and some pink Prosecco. We’re all very thankful to have Maryia as part of our team here at Chalfont Lodge.
Employee of the Month - June
Congratulations to Penka, who named as our Employee of the Month for June. Penka is one of our devoted nurses, who recently celebrated her 15th year at Chalfont Lodge! Razvan Nica, our Head of Memory Lane, presented Penka with some beautiful flowers and thanked her for all her hard work.
Buttercups Nursery
We have been lucky enough to have some of the lovely children from Buttercups Nursery come to say hello and perform some beautiful songs and dances for us here at Chalfont Lodge. Everyone had a perfect day, joining in with all the familiar nursery rhymes and actions that we all learnt when we were at school! Thank you to Buttercups Nursery for giving us all such a picture perfect day.
Congratulations to Sarah!
Congratulations to Sarah, Divisional Winner of the Barchester Care Awards as Hospitality Champion!
Sarah has been a part of the Barchester family for over 18 years and continues to go above and beyond in her role here as Head Housekeeper at Chalfont Lodge.
Whether it’s going out of her way to take an ice cold beer to a resident before she goes home or just by making sure all the residents are happy and smiling. Sarah truly understands what it means to be a Barchester Employee as she always works with passion and integrity, she has respect and dignity for all, she understands her responsibilities and helps to empower every single person within our home, residents and staff alike.
Congratulations Sarah, we couldn’t think of a more deserving winner!
Feast Day
We had a stall at our local fete, ‘Feast Day’ in Chalfont St Peter. The sun was shining and we served beautiful cakes that were made by one of our talented Chefs. There was also a selection of cold drinks, all of which went down a treat in the hot weather.
We were raising money for the Barchester Foundation and it was great to be able to tell our local community about all the hard work it does.
Thank you to everyone who made it such a big success!
