Activities at Maple Leaf Lodge Care Home

This week is Chelsea flower shower! It is the place to see cutting edge garden designs, new plants and find ideas to take home. This event has been held since 1912.

We were joined by our wonderful friends from Harrowby Church of England Infant School to take a stroll around our beautiful garden. The children asked our favourite flowers and told us theirs. Residents favourite flowers are roses, tulips and orchids. Before they went back to school the children sang us a beautiful song. Residents Winnie and Pat then spent time creating some beautiful flower displays with a range of different flowers that are now displayed in the home.

Maple Leaf celebrated the Kings Coronation in style. With music from the wonderful Steve Carmel.

Cakes were made by our wonderful laundry assistant Kayleigh and BBQ food prepared by the kitchen team.

Residents were up dancing, singing and laughing. The day was enjoyed by all. It was amazing to see so many of our amazing residents, families and staff join in the fun together!

A big Thankyou to everyone who came and supported our event!

Across our services Residents had a wonderful time participating in an interactive virtual talk with Pippa Catterall, Professor of History and Policy at the University of Westminster, where we delved into the rich history of coronations.

During the talk, we explored fascinating topics such as the coronation chair, the crown, and other significant aspects related to King Charles' upcoming coronation. Our residents were thrilled to have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the memoirs of past coronations from 1937 and 1953, as well as learning about the coronation oath and what to expect from the ceremony, including the music, guests, and pageantry.

Residents and staff at Maple Leaf Lodge care home in Grantham honoured their local firefighters by inviting them into the home for a breakfast. The kitchen team made a delicious breakfast for them to enjoy, along with tea, coffe and fresh juice. Our wonderful friends from Dancing Daffodil childminders also came to visit, where the firefighters showed them around the fire engine and all the equipment they had. Maple Leaf Lodge would like to thank the firefighters stationed there for their selfless service keeping the community safe.

A big well done to Ali who won our Easter colouring competition judged by our residents! Residents loved the variety of colours used and how neat it was! Thank you to everyone else who entered!

Yesterday we took full advantage of the sun shining and went down to the pub and enjoyed a cold pint of bitter. Resident Brian told us how he can remember going down to the pub with his dad watching him drink as he wasn't old enough to have one himself.

Our gentlemen’s club allows men to feel more confident and having a few drinks and reminiscing about past working occupations, cars, time spent in the forces, chat about the weekly news, how times have changed, the subjects are endless. It’s nice just to let them spend their special men’s only time together.