Activities at Rose Lodge Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Jane Ritchie
Hello, my name is Jane and I am the Activities Coordinator here at Rose Lodge and I have been here since 2010 .
My role is to engage and stimulate our residents by offering a range of activities for them to enjoy. I want to get everyone involved and make our home community and atmosphere as positive and welcoming as possible.
Making sure that our residents have things to do that they really enjoy doing is something that I am passionate about, It is so important to make sure that they are happy and enjoy all of the activities and events that we do with them. We enjoy creating new and special memories together.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Rose Lodge Care Home
World Ocean Day
We got involved in fun-filled activities and discussions in recognition of World Ocean Day. Did you know that 71% of Earth’s surface is water, and our oceans play a vital role in our planet's ecosystem?
To mark the day, our residents learned about various ocean environments with an activity pack and took part in ocean-themed creative arts and crafts.
Long service celebrated at Garden Party
Residents and colleagues at Rose Lodge recently enjoyed an afternoon garden party with live entertainment and a BBQ to celebrate 10-years long service of two members of the team.
Kitchen Assistant, Jo Kierman and Admin Assistant, Su O’Riordan were recognised for their 20-years combined long service and were surprised with gifts and well wishes. Popular entertainers, KJ and the Catt provided the musical entertainment to the delight of everyone.
Creative arts
Residents today welcomed back Debbie, from Gratitude 43 for an interactive arts and crafts session where they spent time creating and designing colourful letter signs spelling ‘Rose Lodge’.
Residents enjoy these popular and regular sessions with Debbie who guides us all through how to produce our works of art. We are now proudly displaying the letters in our memory lane dining room for all to see.
The good life!
Residents of Rose Lodge have been busy growing their own plants, flowers and vegetables as part of the homes gardening club and life enrichment programme and residents were delighted with their recent crop of produce!
Residents have been busy planting some seedlings for their summer planters and decided to take advantage of a dry afternoon to re-pot them. We now have an anxious wait to see what happens – and hopefully identify what plants they are!
Knit and natter
Residents of Rose Lodge look forward to their weekly knit and natter club. Everyone is busy knitting squares to create a blanket. Residents are members of ‘Norfolk Knitters Club’ who often pop into see us and check in on our progress.
This popular group activity is a firm fixture on the homes life enrichment programme and they are joined by non-knitters who like to sort the wool and needles whilst chatting, sharing stories and enjoying a cup of tea.
Baking Club
Residents of Rose Lodge enjoy their regular ‘baking club’ and this week the recipe was ‘chocolate crispy cakes’ – who doesn’t love these!
Whilst mixing the chocolate, residents reminisced on their own baking sessions, cooking and baking with their Mother’s as children and how the best part was always licking the bowl at the end!
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at our countdown to Christmas advent calendar and see the festive activities and events coming to our home this holiday season.
Memories and Mocktails
Join us for a special dementia friendly event as we invite you to join us for 'Mocktails & Memories'
Winter Newsletter
Find out about the latest news and goings on taking place inside the home with our winter newsletter.
U3A Arts & Crafts Club
Join us on the second Tuesday of the month as the Wisbech U3A hosts their monthly 'Arts and Crafts' club from within the home.
Monthly 'Knit and Natter' Group
Join us for our monthly knit and natter group - open to all in the community!
Monthly Coffee Morning
Join us for our monthly coffee morning - enjoy some delicious refreshments and make some new friends.
Emergency Services - Take a break with us!
Calling all emergency services personnel - come and take a break with us!
Become a volunteer
Would you like to volunteer at our home and make a positive impact on our residents' day to day lives? See here for more information.
