Activities at Maple Leaf Lodge Care Home

This morning some our lovely residents took a trip down to Wyndham Park for a flower walk. We each had a piece of cardboard with a vase drawn on, on our walk we picked flowers to put through to create a beautiful design.

Wyndham Park, Grantham is one of our favourite places to visit, especially on a hot day, we saw the ducks, a variety of beautiful flowers, some beautiful dogs that we got to fuss and enjoyed chatting to lots of different people who were also soaking up the sunshine.

Before heading home we had to of course get an ice cream, majority had chocolate and we had to eat it quick as the sun was beaming down and melting away all the deliciousness.

Staff and residents have been getting moving and putting the ‘fun’ into ‘fundraising’ as we held a dog walk in our garden to raise money for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation. We welcomed in fury companions Pippa, Milo and Winnie and our tiny friends from Dancing Daffodils.

Residents were thrilled to be joined by some fury friends, playing, walking them around the garden and giving them lots of fuss and treats, in an attempt for us to log move minutes for Barchester get moving for the charitable foundation.

Everyone was delighted to see the dogs and children. Resident Sylvia said it was lovely to listen to the children having so much fun.

Residents at Maple Leaf Lodge celebrating National Carers’ Week, which takes place from June 10-16. Residents wanted to thank all the wonderful staff at the home, whose hard work and dedication make a real difference to the lives of those living in their care.

Carers Week is an annual event to raise awareness of caring, highlighting the challenges carers face, and recognising the contribution they make to our residents, families and communities throughout the UK. The theme for Carers Week this year is ‘putting carers on the map’ to try to raise awareness in an election year for the huge contribution carers make to society.

Residents across our services enjoyed a fantastic virtual tour of The Deep, an award-winning aquarium in Hull.

Our residents dived into the underwater world of some fascinating creatures such as sharks, turtles and stingrays.

It was a truly immersive and educational experience that brought the wonders of the ocean right to our screens.

Winnie was joined by staff, relatives, friends and other residents as she received a telegram from the King and Queen in recognition of her landmark birthday. A morning tea and was enjoyed by all and everyone enjoyed a special birthday cake and personalised cupcakes made by the home’s laundry assistant Kayleigh.

Winnie was a much loved staff member at Ruston and Hornsby’s, in Grantham. Winnie had 3 children, Andrew, Linda and Ann. When they started to grow up she took on an admin role at the Walton Girls High School and enjoyed meeting people and making friends. Winnie has told us that the key to a happy life is to smile, even on the dark days.

Courtney, Activity Coordinator added: “We’re delighted to be celebrating a truly remarkable women as she reaches this amazing milestone. Winnie is such a popular resident who always has an interesting tale to tell, and we look forward to hearing many more as she breaks into her next century.”

Maple Leaf Lodge’s weekly baking club is so popular with all of our residents. This week’s bake, biscoff rocky road! In preparation for today’s session, resident Dotty handed out aprons to everyone and resident Liz helped clean the tables so we had a tidy station to bake. A very fun and messy hour indeed!

Our fantastic kitchen team were on hand to help with the weighing and measuring. When everything was mixed up and spooned onto trays, resident Barbara popped them in the fridge.

We ate our rocky road with a cup of beautiful fresh coffee in the lounge listening to musical classics. Just Bliss! Residents have already started looking at recipes for next week’s Baking Club.