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.
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
10 Years service award
Congratulations to Senior Nurse, Rence Vhinyu on your 10 years of service at Barchester Healthcare.
Rence was presented with her long service award, flowers and chocolates by Sally Coletti, General Manager at Lucerne House.
We are all so proud of you and wish you many more years of service at Barchester. Rence strives to deliver outstanding nursing care and support to all of our residents living at Lucerne House and we are lucky to have her.
Easter at Lucerne House
It's been an Easter to remember at Lucerne House with lots of fun to enjoy.
We started events with a trip to Alphington Village Hall & Community Centre for Chatterbox cafe. It was lovely to see so many families, friends and members of Alphington community, stopping by to indulge various treats and we hope you all enjoyed our baked efforts. Well done to all the volunteers for another fantastic experience.
Then, on Good Friday afternoon we were been tapping our feet and singing along with Colin and Ian from Sounds Easy at our Good Friday celebrations.
We had tasty hot cross buns and chocolate eggs to compliment proceedings which was finished with our Easter Raffle.
We had 4 prizes to win, 2x Easter gifts, a luxury Lindt Chocolate egg and the star prize, a Hotel Chocolat gift box, which was generously donated by Tracey, a relative of one of our residents.
Congratulations to all of our winners, Pete and Sue, Sheila, Linda and Viv. We hope you all enjoy your prizes and thank everyone for supporting the event.
There was more to enjoy for our residents and team members as Grace, Deputy Manager, visited each community to deliver Chocolate eggs to everyone which were enjoyed on Easter Sunday.
Lots to do at Lucerne House
We have been keeping very active at Lucerne House.
A recent, typical day, saw us doing a variety of things. Whilst we had Lorraine Christopher, our wonderful hairdresser in the salon, we were also challenging our abilities at our weekly Countdown inspired word games. Our residents and staff love coming up with 7, 8 or even 9 letter words and we are so impressed with our residents amazing vocabularies and linguistic knowledge.
That afternoon, we were baking for our up and coming, News review club, starting the next day. To compliment the chat, laughter and news discussions, our residents will be able to enjoy, homemade scones, made by our residents and other refreshments.
Our cooking activities are a great way to maintain culinary skills and are always a great source of fun and laughter. We have already made plans to make Hot Cross buns, Simnel cake, baked goods for our local community and possibly more pasties, which are always gladly received.
To round out the day, that evening, residents, visitors and our team have all enjoyed a Chinese takeaway at our Social night. It was a delicious treat and our residents said it was great to get together again.
Happy St Patrick's Day to you all
Our memory lane community was full of fun, fizz and laughter this afternoon at our Beer, Guinness and wine event.
All week, residents have been helping to make decorations and Guinness cakes which were all enjoyed this afternoon.
We tried our hand at an Irish names spelling quiz/drinking game and all raised our glasses to celebrate the day.
Thank you to everyone who joined us and for your support in making it all happen.
Easter Cake competition
With Easter just around the corner it is time for Barchester Healthcare Easter Cake competition.
The event runs each year and sees homes from across the country competing against one another for the plaudits and even vouchers for the homes residents fund.
We are leased to present the entry, created by our residents, visitors and staff for this year.
We spent a morning baking the sponges and discussing our design. We even gathered some ideas for our upcoming Lucerne 70s festival on Friday 10th May.
Then, in the afternoon, we all regrouped in our Memory lane dining area and kitchen to finish the decorations. To add to the occasion, we also had various flavours of hot cross buns, including lemon and white chocolate, mixed berry and sticky toffee flavour to name a few.
Thank you to Sue, Sheila, Angie, Maureen and our residents for helping to finish the design. Our cake has the Easter bunny digging for carrots and Easter eggs surrounded by milk and white chocolate Kit-Kat fingers.
Well done to everyone who helped. We think you all did an amazing job and have our fingers crossed for the competition.
Valentine’s celebrations at Lucerne House
Happy Valentine's Day to all of you from everyone at Lucerne House.
Our residents have been busy preparing for the big day. On the Monday 12th February, our Memory Lane community was full of all things floral as we joined the Live Virtual Event of Valentine's flower arranging. Kathryn Delve talked us through her processes on how to create a Valentine's display which we then used to inspire our own arrangements..
Our residents enjoyed flexing their creativity and made some wonderful displays, ready for Valentine's day.
On Valentine’s Day, our residents have had a wonderful time, which began with a harp recital from Luc Walpot. Luc played various classical pieces as well as some popular love songs, to get us in the mood.
Then, in the afternoon, we had our Valentine's tea party, complete with chocolate dipped strawberries, baileys, prosecco, sweat treats and a Valentine's quiz to test our knowledge.
Thank you to everyone who joined us today, it made it all the more special sharing Valentine's day with you.
