Activities at Chater Lodge Care Home

There was festive cheer in the air as our residents and colleagues came together to decorate our home. 

Against the backdrop of Christmas Carols and sweet festive treats our residents enjoyed emabracing the Christmas spirit as we all look to forward to the holiday season.

Staff and residents at the Chater Lodge Care Home in Ketton have invited neighbours and friends from the local community to their free weekly coffee morning.

Every Friday morning the home looks forward to welcoming the local community into our home, offering a safe space where individuals who are living with dementia or who are feeling isolated and would like company, can join our residents and make new friends.

Residents, family and members of the local community came together at the Chater Lodge Care Home in Ketton, Stamford as we held an Age UK Coffee Morning on Wednesday 1st November to raise awareness for Age UK.

Chater Lodge Care Homes coffee morning was a big success – as the local community and our home enjoyed a wonderful morning of music filled fun! Featuring seasonal mulled cider, cakes, refreshments and special guests the Stamford U3A Ukulele Club

Age UK is the country’s leading charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. The over-60s is the fastest-growing group in society and there are more of us than ever before. Ageing is not an illness, but it can be challenging.

The Chater Lodge and Tixover House care homes in Ketton and Tixover recently presented the Evergreen Care Trust with a cheque for £420.

The grant is to support their Dementia Friendly Tea which is run by volunteers and is held on the last Tuesday of the month, between 2pm- 4pm at the Free Church in Kesteven road, Stamford. The service is free for participants to attend. Evergreen are creating a safe space for those living with Dementia and their companions to come along, meet people, have a drink and a cake and the opportunity to have access to Dementia specific activities.

The grant had been awarded by Barchester’s Charitable Foundation, a charity that helps older people and adults with a disability or mental health problems across England, Scotland and Wales by offering grants to help people connect or re-connect with others in their local community.

The care homes were invited to a small gathering at the Evergreen Offices to gift the cheque and celebrate their being awarded the grant.

Ed Bailey. Volunteer Service Manager at Evergreen Care said “thank you so much to the Barchester Charitable Foundation for their support and generous donation which will make a huge positive difference to our Dementia Friendly Tea in Stamford”

Zoe Postgate and Ive Alexander. General Manager’s at Chater Lodge and Tixover House said: “We are always keen to show as much support as we can to local charities. Knowing that the grant will benefit those in our local community who have been touched by dementia means a lot to us as a home, our residents and their loved ones”

Resident, Sylvie, at the Chater Lodge Care Home, who was once an au pair in France, wished to revisit the country and relive her precious memories. So, as we couldn't take Sylvie to France, the home decided to bring France to her.

Our colleagues embraced the spirit of France with fancy dress, our team in the kitchen went all out with a themed menu and our home was adorned in French Decorations.

Sylvie has lived at  Chater Lodge for a number of years and is beloved by staff and residents alike. Staff at the home were delighted to be a part of making her dream come true, as they knew how much it meant to her, and they all wanted to be there to see the smile on Sylvie’s face when her dream was realised.

Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at the Chater Lodge Care Home to enjoy a days long open event which  was held at the home between Tuesday 10th October and Saturday 14th October

Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at Chater Lodge to enjoy a days long open event which was held at the home between Tuesday 10th October and Saturday 14th October

Chater Lodge hosted a variety of activities throughout the day, including welcoming Michael Crowe, Vice Chair of the Stamford U3A who was hand to cut the ribbon and welcome guests and family members into our home at Chater Lodge, our homes featured live musical entertainment and our kitchen teams were hard at work making sure that a great time was had by all by putting on a spread of cream tea, cakes and sandwiches which were enjoyed by everyone who came to the event.– it really was a team effort!