Activities at Rose Lodge Care Home

Our residents had great fun celebrating pancake day this year.

Everyone got involved in flipping pancakes and as one of the residents said “I haven’t laughed so much in years”.

It wasn’t always successful but it was all about joining in and having a good time. Fun was had by all!

Across our homes we had a fantastic time joining, Kathryn Delve, Master Florist, for a Valentine’s-inspired live virtual flower arranging demonstration. Kathryn shared brilliant and creative ways to decorate our tables with beautiful flowers that are sure to make your heart swoon!

Those participating in this virtual event put their skills to the test and followed along with some amazing creations of their own.  Residents truly enjoyed the experience.

The staff and residents at Rose Lodge were mixing up batter and flipping pancakes this week in preparation of our annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Day celebrations. We marked this year’s Pancake Day with a flipping competition and of course, lots of pancakes! Di Lilley, head chef at our home, flipped more than 90 pancakes, serving them up with sweet and savoury fillings for some eager residents.

Di said: “My secret to the best pancakes is all in the mixing. Give it some elbow grease when mixing the batter and mix them properly and you’ll get perfect pancakes every time. I like making different ones with the residents and talking about their experiences of Shrove Tuesday when they were younger. We are still coming out with lemon and sugar as a firm favourite!”

Here at Rose Lodge we are proud of our games room we have  a  choice of activities offered to our residents.  John  said he enjoys the games room   nice to catch up with everyone and have a chat and a game of pool . our  Maintenance came in for a game of pool he was on johns team and of cause the men’s team. Won.  pat and Elizabeth enjoyed playing the ice game they both said  we had so  much  fun and laughter we also had residents playing dominoes martin is a keen dominoes player.

Across our services residents had a fantastic time during a special live virtual event, led by Emilia from Medical Detection Dogs.

Emilia took us on a journey to discover how the organisation began training dogs to support people with complex health conditions, saving their lives on a daily basis.

Using their amazing sense of smell, these dogs can identify odour changes emitted prior an episode and alert the person to take preventative action.

We were introduced to the wonderful dogs and the science behind the sniff.  It was a delightful experience for everyone, especially our canine-loving residents.

Senses can provide strong links to the past, as evidenced through reminiscence activities in aged care. For example, a person's sense of smell can provide powerful links to memory and emotion, and our care teams can support these connections through activities such as aromatherapy.  

In our memory lane community, residents really enjoy looking through the sensory trolley with lots of smells and having a good old sort to see what they can find. It’s good for communication, starting conversations and bringing back memories and chatting about them.