Activities at Marriott House and Lodge Care Home

Everyone was transported through time using interactive pictures, video and music! The talk provoked lots of discussion and reminiscence.

Burns Night is annually celebrated in Scotland on or around 25th January. It commemorates the life of the bard (poet) Robert Burns. The day also celebrates Burns' contribution to Scottish culture. His best known work is Auld Lang Syne.

On Burns Night, the residents of Marriott Lodge spent the morning making shortbread with the activities team.

Residents and visitors then spent the afternoon tasting different flavoured whiskys, haggis, black pudding and the traditional homemade shortbread. Activities Assistant, Hilda Goodeve, also had printed some Robert Burns poetry and read it to the group, along with some interesting facts about Burns Night.

On Saturday 27th January, Marriott House and Lodge opened its doors to the local community. Everyone was welcome to come and see us to see what we get up to on a typical Saturday afternoon.

On this particular afternoon, we were being entertained by the brilliant, Mitchell Armstrong! Homemade scones and refreshments were served throughout.

On 29th January, Marriott House and Lodge celebrated National Puzzle Day. The activities team spent the morning visiting residents on a one-to-one basis and doing some crosswords and word searches with them.

During the afternoon, we invited the community in for some word games, including hangman, countdown and more brain training on the white board in the lounge.

One resident has also been working on a massive jigsaw puzzle, which she finished on the day.

After seeing the recent Channel 4 programme, ‘Old People's Home for 4 Year Olds’, we were approached by Parklands School and invited to join with them for intergenerational activities. The programme highlighted the positive effects on the young and old.

Marriott house and Lodge and Parklands School completed one term together and some amazing friendships were formed. Following this success, we were keen for this to continue with a new group of old and new friends!  

Marriott House and Lodge supported Dignity Action Day on 1st February with a fun and all-inclusive community event. 

We celebrated and raised awareness of the importance of delivering dignified care by inviting residents, relatives, staff and visitors to find out more about dignity in care. 

Residents and staff made a tree in craft sessions and then asked residents, relatives and visitors to write on a leaf exactly what dignity means to them! 

There was lots of discussion during a special afternoon digni-tea! We also asked people to sign up as ‘dignity champions’ as part of the National Dignity Council campaign. 

Dignity Action Day is on the 1st February and is an annual opportunity for health and social care workers and members of the public to promote the needs to uphold people’s rights to dignity and provide a truly memorable day for people who use care services. You can find out more about becoming a dignity champion by visiting https://www.dignityincare.org.uk/register/.