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
For the Love of Music
What a wonderful way to kick off the weekend! We had Dave Brierley come and perform a medley of songs from the '60s, '70s and '80s. Dave always finds a way to get us all moving and grooving.
Singing Circle
We’ve all been enjoying our wonderful Music Therapist's sessions recently. We’re lucky enough to have Louise come to us every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Louise does a large group session and one-to-ones when required. We've all been singing summer songs to try and get a bit of the glorious sunshine back. Fingers crossed!
Flower Power
We’ve decorated our dining room and changed all the centrepieces with new flowers. They look beautiful and it’s always a lot more satisfying when you know you’ve created something yourself.
Keeping Fit
We had a wonderful session doing some games and exercises in our main lounge recently. We got out a parachute and placed a ball in the middle and had to do a series of tasks together as a team! It really helped us all focus on working together whilst having loads of fun.
The Chalfont Lodge Dog Show
We recently hosted our first ever dog show!
The Chalfont Lodge Dog Show was inspired by residents, many of whom have had rescue dogs from the Dogs Trust.
We decided to hold a raffle to raise money for the Dogs Trust to say thank you for everything they do, and hosted a dog show for our residents, families and members of our local community. We are all passionate about dogs and this was a great opportunity for us get to get to know one another!
Irene from Dogs Trust kindly held a presentation for us so that we could learn more about the support and care they give around the UK. The Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity and cares for over 15,000 dogs each year.
The Dog Show was a ‘howling’ success, with over 20 dogs attending. We had a panel of judges, consisting of two residents from Chalfont Lodge and Irene from the Dogs Trust. They had the hard task of deciding the winners for each category.
We have been so overwhelmed by the support from residents and local community members. We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated and participated in the Dog Show – we wouldn’t have been able to do it without you.
Here We Go Again
We went to our ‘Everyman’ cinema here at Gerrard’s Cross to see Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. We all had the most perfect day. The good thing about the Everyman cinema is that they bring your food and drink right to your seats. We had beers, gin & tonic, milkshakes and popcorn brought out to us during the film! It was a wonderful afternoon and we highly recommend Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again if you fancy a good laugh, shedding a tear or two and love a good sing along!
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.
