Activities at Marriott House and Lodge Care Home

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/.

On Friday 19th January, we held our monthly birthday tea party for all those celebrating their birthdays in January. Mike Hammer entertained us with his musical talents and added to our collection of drawings that he produces whilst singing!

Everyone sang 'Happy Birthday' to those who were celebrating and then we all enjoyed tea and cake together!

Folks at Marriott House & Lodge were delighted to be joined by Alive Activities on Thursday 4th January.

This variety session included a quiz, singing, gentle exercises and some impromptu dancing from residents, staff and visitors!

Music for Health workshops are fun, stimulating and extremely varied, providing something for everyone. The music changes from workshop to workshop, keeping the event fresh. Residents are encouraged to participate from the start and progress at their own speed.