Activities at Edingley Lodge Care Home

Senior Health and Fitness Day which took place on May 31st  Residents participated in a variety of activities throughout the day designed for a wide range of physical abilities, including walking, yoga, armchair exercises. Residents also joined in making fresh fruit smoothies with our Head Chef.

Created to inspire senior-friendly physical activity, the national day was launched to increase awareness of the importance of remaining active to maintain strong, healthy joints and muscles, and to encourage diet and lifestyle changes for an overall improvement to wellbeing, and illness prevention.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Edingley Lodge care home in Edingley, Newark had a fantastic time celebrating National Fish & Chip Day on Friday 2nd June, surely one of the best days of the year. The Head chef Paul McCormack whipped up a selection of different flavoured batters for residents to try along with some home-made tartare sauce and mushy peas, everyone had a great time guessing the different batter ingredients.  The sun was shining so residents took to the garden to eat their fish and chips in paper cones with wooden forks in time-honoured tradition. Our residents June Wilkinson enjoyed in making some Fish and chips with our head Chef.

Residents across our services had a delightful time during a special virtual sensory storytelling event, led by Art Historian Jon Sleigh from the Historic Royal Palaces.

Jon took us on a journey to discover some of the more unusual and unexpected inhabitants of the palaces and the Tower of London, sharing fascinating stories about the pets at the palaces.

Whilst enjoying the virtual experience, our residents were treated to hot beverages, delicious biscuits, berries and cakes.  It was a truly lovely time for all.

We have enjoyed celebrating the Chelsea Flower Show.

Our residents had a lovely time doing their own flower arrangements and displays, discussing the many vibrant colours of the flowers and spending time in the our garden.

We have had a delightful morning welcoming Ibby Maloney into the home. Ibby played an array of songs on her piano

The music brought back lots of happy memories for the residents, especially the songs from The Sound of Music.
The atmosphere across the whole home was astounding and we had many compliments about the performance.

International Nurses Day is an international day observed around the world each year, to mark the contribution that nurses make to society.

12 May was chosen to celebrate the day as it is the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.