Activities at Maple Leaf Lodge Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Courtney Doncaster
My name is Courtney and I am proud to be the Activities Coordinator for Maple Leaf Lodge.
I have worked at Maple Leaf since 2020 and I started as a night carer before taking the opportunity to lead the activities team. My team and I ensure that the residents enjoy a range of fun and varied activities from outings and external performers to animal therapy and gardening.
We are always open to new ideas so please join us for a chat at any time.
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 Maple Leaf Lodge Care Home
Nutrition and Hydration Week
Nutrition and Hydration Week celebrates and encourages healthy eating and hydration. Its purpose is to bring people together to understand the value of food and drink in maintaining health and wellbeing in health and social care.
Our wonderful kitchen team have been preparing healthy snacks and drinks for residents and staff to enjoy.
Residents on Memory Lane have also been busy baking some healthy lemon cupcakes which resident Jean said tasted delicious. Throughout the week we discovered residents favourite fruits and resident Brian said his favourite was strawberries.
Mothers Day
Mother’s Day is a day to show love, gratitude and appreciation to all the wonderful mums and caregivers everywhere.
Residents and staff were spoilt with flowers and chocolates, followed by a scrumptious afternoon tea prepared by our head chef Andrew. Residents reminisced about their roles as mothers and what their favourite part about being a mum is. Resident Winnie said her favourite thing is watching them grow up. Resident Ivy said her favourite thing is creating memories.
International Women's Day
All the women in our home have been showered with love and appreciation making the day all about them. Residents have been pampered and been discussing all the amazing women in their lives.
As a home throughout March we are raising money through our Easter raffle and all money raised will be donated to the WI. Resident Dotty acted as the secretary at the WI and she has told us it means so much to her to be able to raise money for an organisation she was once part of. If you would like to buy tickets for the raffle they can be brought from the reception team.
World Book Day
We celebrated world book day with a dress up of different characters. We had Snow White, an oompa lumpa and a lobster.
Residents were full of laughter at the staff dressing up as they visited each community - we discussed our favourtie books and books our residents used to read their children. Our bookcases were then re stocked with new books for residents to read. To finish our afternoon off we listened to the audio book of Elvis which residents on our Memory Lane Community enjoyed listening to.
London Ladies
As part of our International Women’s Day celebrations, Residents from across our services were thrilled to join tour guide, Mandy Morrow, for an exciting talk about some Legendary London Ladies.
Mandy shared the fascinating stories of eight ladies with us, from the one of the richest heiresses in the world to the original 'Roaring Girl'.
Everyone who participated truly enjoyed the experience and were delighted to take a walk down memory lane.
Eyes down for bingo bonzana
Across the country our homes and hospitals came together to find out which care home or hospital had the best Bingo players as we teamed up for Barchester’s Bingo Bonanza.
Residents were treated to some exciting virtual games of Bingo as part of Barchester’ very own game show series.
Everyone who participate had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.
Upcoming events
Spring Newsletter
Have a look at all the exciting news we have going on at Maple Leaf Lodge and the events we have coming up....
Dementia Cafe
Come and join us for our friendly dementia Cafe. Staff on hand for advice and support. Every second Monday of the month. Everyone welcome.
Happy Feet Club
Come and join us on our mothly walk around Grantham and local parks. Lots of chatter and beautiful scenery to look at followed by cake and coffee. Everyone welcome.
Take a break with us...
Looking for a break? Come and join us at Maple Leaf Lodge. We have lots of events, great food and live entertainment. Call us to find out more information.
Emergency services - take a break on us!!!!
Come and take a break with us and have a hot drink on us!!!
Respite - Are you looking for a little care break?
If you are looking to take a break pop in and see what we can offer.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
We recognise what a difference volunteers makes to our residents lives - if you feel you could make a difference we woud love to hear from you.
