Activities at Lucerne House Care Home
At Lucerne House our person-centred activity programme has been tailored to suit the residents living in our home. It is constantly developing due to the direct feedback from our residents and enables them to take part in existing hobbies and new tasks that aim to stimulate creativity, intellect, physical ability and improve well being. With music groups, pub outings, cooking, gardening, one to one time, entertainers, quiz's, bingo and more, there is never a shortage of things to do.
We also have external providers who visit the home. We have Rachel Sherring who provides Yoga Sessions, Lorrain Christopher who is available every Wednesday and Thursday for hair appointments in our on site salon, Sharon Rees who visits on a Wednesday to provide massage therapy sessions in the comfort of your chair and regular Church Services which do include a monthly Holy Communion. We are always open to new suggestions, so if you do have any, our activities team will always be happy to listen.
Alex Petersen
I have been at Lucerne House since November 2011. I started in the kitchen before moving to the Activities Team. I have a background in music and theatre and was very happy to be able to share this with residents in the home. After a short while, I was promoted to Head of Activities, and earned my NAPA level 2 qualification in Activity Provision.
In the role of Head of Activities, I am focused on ensuring that residents can continue to enjoy existing hobbies and interests, but also pursue new avenues of stimulation and activity. I am always looking to bring new experiences and means of engagement to the home, be that through massage therapy, yoga, engaging with the local community or many other things. At Lucerne House, our person-centred approach allows us to make every resident feel valued and comfortable enough to express themselves however they see fit.
My goal is to ensure that every person living at Lucerne House feels confident enough to make independent decisions and that each of them have a robust choice of activities and interests to engage with. I am always open to suggestions, so if you do have any, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Lucerne House Care Home
Mary's Trip with Paddington Bear
When moving into a Barchester Home, our team take the time to get to know our residents.
They listen to their likes, interests, hobbies and any ambitions they may have for the future.
When Mary moved to Lucerne House, she shared her absolute love for Paddington Bear.
Mary has several Paddington teddies in her room and, before arriving to Lucerne House, had seen the previous two films.
Unknown to her, and much to her delight, there was a third film on the way.
As soon as we could, we booked tickets at our local Vue Cinema and treated Mary to a morning out, complete with refreshments, to enjoy the latest instalment, Paddington in Peru.
Mary has had a lovely time and even brought one of her own Paddington Bears, to enjoy the experience with her.
We are so delighted to have helped Mary to enjoy the cinema and help her fulfil her wishes.
Halloween at Lucerne House
Happy Halloween to you all.
We have had an amazing afternoon, at our Spook-tacular event.
We had plenty of tasty treats and refreshments to sample, all while enjoying an amazing musical performance by our activities, hospitality nursing and housekeeping team, or, as they were known today, Captain Jack Sparrow, Pumpkin patch, Mrs Dracula and The Sanderson Sisters. It was so good that even the visitors couldn't help joining in with the singing and dancing. Thank you to everyone who joined us.
It was also a very special day for one of our residents and her husband. We were honoured to share in a very special occasion as June and Pete celebrated their milestone 65th wedding anniversary. It was an extra special surprise to be joined by their family too.
We are so blessed to have been able to share the day with you and say "Congratulations" to you both.
Thank you to Ron Jampil, Head of our Nursing community at Lucerne House, for another fantastic cake, including the colour Sapphire, to mark their Sapphire (65th) anniversary.
Autumnal outing
It may have been wet and windy in Exeter recently, but that didn’t stop us from a bit of retail therapy.
We took a trip to The Range, searching for a little inspiration for our Christmas Market, gathering some items for our Halloween Spook-tacular and then having a bit of fun, interacting with the seasonal and festive displays. We have lots of great events coming up over the Autumn months, leading into winter. Our residents have been helping to pick various items for our displays, life enrichment events and to use at our market.
It was also a great opportunity to have a good catch up, over a hot drink and cakes at the cafe.
Our residents have got lots to look forward to in the coming weeks and months, including our
Halloween Virtual Fancy dress and costume competition.
Each year we have picked 5 lucky winners who have each received a goody bag, full of treats. You can find out more about our virtual event by clicking the link above.
Roald Dahl Day
All week we have been preparing for the event, baking cakes, decorating our rooms and crafting items to be displayed.
We have had a fantastic day, filled with celebrations for the famous author.
We started our morning at Willy Wonka's Sweet Treat social, where we enjoyed a host of sweets and chocolates, took part in a little quiz and all tried our hand at our own game "who can eat a sour sweet, without pulling a face". There were some interesting reactions to our sour sweets but we did discover that many of our residents do, in fact, enjoy sour sweets and proceeded to devour them. The event was hosted by Willy Wonka and one of his Oompah Loompah's and was great fun.
Then, in the afternoon,
We transformed our Memory Lane community into a Cinema, for our Roald Dahl cinema experience.
Our residents have been snacking on sweets, chocolate, popcorn and candy floss, all while enjoying a special screening of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
It's was a great experience and has been a fantastic day, filled with laughter, fun and lots and lots of sweets.
Out in the community
It was lovely to return to St Michael's Alphington church this morning for their knitting and craft group.
Our residents have been snacking on treats and enjoying a hot drink and have even started on some of our projects for our Christmas market, happening in December.
There was even time to have a tour of the church which was a real treat.
We have also built some anticipation for our cakes, being made for Chatterbox cafe at Alphington Village Hall & Community Centre which takes place every Friday morning.
We will be decorating our cakes at our community coffee morning, which takes place every Thursday morning, from 10:45am. Everyone is welcome.
You can pop in on the day, or, email lucernehouse.activities@barchester.com to register your interest and book a place. We look forward to welcoming you.
Back to School Wisdom from our Residents
As the school year starts soon, our residents have been busy preparing some special messages for our local schoolchildren.
They’ve shared their funniest, most inspirational and motivating words of wisdom to help the children kick off the term with a smile.
Check out the photos we’ve taken of their advice!
A big thank you to everyone involved and a special shout out to our team for pulling it all together.
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.
