Activities at White Lodge Care Home

The week started with creativity!

Today morning we had a activity planning meeting with the residents where we discussed about what activities we want to do this week.

After lunch we coloured lots of sea shells, let them dry and stick them around a vase. The decorated flower vase was appreciated by everybody! This gave the residents a sense of achievement.

Later in afternoon we did crosswords in the lounge with a cup of tea and enjoyed the sunshine!

Liz and David came to White Lodge to perform church service with the residents. They had a peaceful afternoon followed by hymns and afternoon tea.

The weather might not be very pleasant this summer but the residents are enjoying the sunshine whenever they can!

For the elderly, engaging in outdoor activities is a time-honoured way of improving mental health, enhancing relationships, reducing feelings of isolation, encouraging energy, speeding up recovery, lowering stress, fighting depression and anxiety, and contributing to general overall health.

Yesterday the residents at white lodge played garden/outdoor target ball game. We made sure to practice before we started playing! The game was pretty hard as we had 2 winners Jessie and Graham and both of them scored 200. Then we decided to play a tie breaker round and Graham won the game this time but he gave his prize to Jessie, how nice of him!!!

The residents at white lodge had did flower arranging this morning and decided to put them around the lounge so that they can enjoy fresh flower when they are having a cup of tea.

One of the residents Josephine said, I have done flower arranging all my life, I have won competition too. I love fresh flowers and I would like to do it every week.

Flower arranging for older adults is a great way to keep happy and active while also stimulating intellect and encouraging social contact.

Staff and residents got together to celebrate Ruth's special day with her and her family. She is a wonderful woman, caring wife, amazing mother, passionate about knitting, loves reading, always appreciates the staff for whatever they do, motivates the young generation....what else can I say about Ruth. We just love you and wish you a good health. Happy Birthday!

Our residents joined the cooking club today as the activity of the day supervised by our head chef Richard. They prepared dough for cookies which they enjoyed a lot.

Cooking brings alive the senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. It's also a great alternative to being sedentary in a chair. Baking is tactical and requires hand-eye coordination. Doing it often can keep you sharp and even elevate your mood or help you relax.