Activities at Maple Leaf Lodge Care Home

Residents and staff at Maple Leaf Lodge in Grantham celebrated all things Irish for St Patrick’s Day this week. The home was decorated with shamrocks and everyone dressed in green to mark the day.

Held on March 17th, Saint Patrick's Day actually observes the death of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, but the day has come to be a huge celebration of Irish heritage and culture.

Staff and residents at the home marked the day by taking part in some Irish dancing and dressing in accessories inspired by Ireland. Head chef Andrew prepared a fantastic Irish spread with Irish soup as well as Irish stew all washed down with Guinness whilst enjoying dessert, an apple pie with a twist, the apples were soaked in Irish whiskey.

General Manager, Kerry Angeloni said: “Our residents have all had a brilliant day today, everyone has enjoyed the festivities – I think we all agree St Patrick’s Day is the best of all the saints days!  We had a fantastic time listening to Irish music and watching Irish dancing, we sampled some lovely Irish whiskeys too.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.