Activities at Maple Leaf Lodge Care Home

To mark the end of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, staff and residents at Barchester’s Maple Leaf Care Home in Grantham were treated to a visit from a beautiful therapy pet.  Animals have a wonderful calming effect and the residents love to stroke them, talk to them and play with them.

The home was visited by Therapy Dog Dylan who caused a great deal of excitement. 

All of the residents enjoyed the visit, they petted and fed Dylan who seemed to appreciate meeting his new friends.

Some of our lovely ladies from our Memory Lane community have been down to Wyndham park this morning for a beautiful walk around.

Residents enjoyed a walk around the sensory garden looking at the variety of different plants. Residents Barbara’s favourite was the lavender. The ladies have definitely enjoyed the sunshine and meeting families and dog walkers.

At resident Ruth’s request we finished the morning off with a delicious ice cream which we all enjoyed!

Residents and Colleagues had a barrel of laughs on ‘Talk Like a Pirate Day’ on September 19th, and shared a list of items they would take if they were stranded on a desert island.

International ‘Talk Like a Pirate Day’ falls on September 19 and is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur (Ol' Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy), of Albany, Oregon, U.S., who proclaimed this day to be when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate.

Staff at Maple Leaf Lodge decided to dress up like characters from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and one even had a stuffed parrot sewn on to her shirt. Our residents engaged in some daring swashbuckling and took part in a duel! There was so much fun to be had as our residents finished the day singing along to a series of old sea shanties.
 

In order to support residents’ relatives and friends, and the local community, Barchester’s Maple Leaf Care Home in Grantham is launching a new, regular, monthly dementia café starting on Monday 11th September.

Each month, on the Second Monday of the month at 10am – 12.30pm the dementia café will be open for all to come along and meet others who are supporting friends and family living with dementia, or who think a loved one may have dementia.  It will be a chance to find out about coping strategies, how to get a diagnosis and what support is available from like-minded people.  Come along for a cuppa, a slice of cake and a chance to relax and unwind.

Barchester Healthcare are proud to announce that our Maple Leaf Lodge and Newton House Care Homes in Grantham are to become collection points for the Grantham Foodbank.

Every day people in the UK go hungry for reasons ranging from redundancy to receiving an unexpected bill on a low income. A simple box of food makes a big difference, with foodbanks helping prevent crime, housing loss, family breakdown and mental health problems.

The Grantham Foodbank is proud to serve the local community and support those in need.

Our homes communities’ team were privileged to meet Dorothy and Chris at the Grantham Foodbank and to be able to see the incredible work that takes place.

Residents at Maple Leaf Lodge Care Home in Grantham, run by Barchester Healthcare, are celebrating Housekeeping Week, which takes place from September 3-9. Residents wanted to thank all the wonderful housekeeping staff at the home, whose hard work and dedication make a real difference to the lives of those living there.

Housekeeping Week is an annual event held every year during September.  The week is dedicated to recognising the efforts of hard-working housekeeping staff around the world. 

Residents and staff reminisced about how housekeeping has changed during their lifetime, residents talked about when they first got domestic appliances such as washing machines and vacuum cleaners, and how their lives were changed by advances in technology over the years.