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.
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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 Lucerne House Care Home
Lucerne's Gingerbread House
Barchester Healthcare have been keeping the festivities going in all of their homes again this year, offering virtual events, providing Christmas cards from the charitable foundation and also hosting competitions. So far we have made our Christmas cake but we have now completed our next competition entry. Our residents have been donning their "construction hats" as they built and decorated our gingerbread house. We discussed what decorations should be included and got to work. We are really pleased with how it turned out and even if we are not picked as winners, we have had great fun making it.
Barchester Christmas Cake Competition
Each year, Barchester Healthcare run a Christmas cake competition. This year our residents have created a design which embodies what they feel is most important about Christmas, being together with family. Our design has a family sat with a roaring fire, watching TV together after a lovely Christmas dinner. We have had great fun preparing it and will now enter it into the competition alongside all of the other amazing entries from our friends in other Barchester homes.
Santa’s grotto at Lucerne House
This week we have loved being joined by the children, teachers, parents and helpers from Alphington Primary School as they visited our grotto. Our residents were busy, being elves in Santa's workshop, talking to the children and then seeing them in to meet Santa. There was an elf scavenger hunt in the garden and some other games to enjoy too. Each child was able to meet Santa and received a gift to place under the tree. We have one more group joining the grotto tomorrow which we can’t wait to meet. Thank you to everyone at Alphington for supporting us and making this possible for the children.
Alphington Cubs visit Lucerne House
We have had the most amazing evening with the 17th Exeter Alphington Scout Troop cubs group tonight. Residents, staff, cubs and group leaders, got together in one of our lifestyle kitchens to make pizzas. There were some amazing creations, flavour combinations and designs to enjoy with everyone doing a great job to make their pizza, their own. Then, whilst the pizza was cooking, we all enjoyed a few games of Mario Kart with the motion control steering wheels. Our residents have said how impressed they were with the maturity, creativity and ability of the cubs and have felt invigorated by their company. The pizza tasted great, and we hope to link up with the group again soon.
Remembrance Day
In November, we remember our service men and women who have fallen during times of conflict. Fred, a resident at Lucerne and former marine commando, joined others at the memorial in Alphington to attend the service. This is an emotional and very important time for Fred and others and we are honoured to assist him to attend.
Last year, Fred met Jacob, son of our Head of Activities, Alex Petersen. Jacob has been sharing stories of Fred with his class mates and in incredibly proud of Fred and being able to call him a friend. Jacob a member of the cubs and his sister Matilda of rainbows, were very happy to have a picture with Fred in front of the memorial in Alphington and hope to catch up with him again at Christmas.
Making Decorations
With Christmas just around the corner, our residents have begun making decorations to exchange with our local school. We had so much fun, with many different designs and techniques used. We have lots planned for the Christmas period and look forward to sharing it all with you.
