Activities at White Lodge Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators here at White Lodge enjoy the fulfillment of helping residents feel important and a part of something. Meaningful moments are created through laughter and comfort. A varied activities programme is offered for the betterment of residents' bodies and minds, including music for health, 'Oomph' sessions and chair Zumba, in addition to coffee and cake groups that all inevitably lead to giggles and old fashioned singalongs. Also, we organise parties, trips out, walks in the country, bus outings and wonderful entertainers to visit our home. A sneaky tipple is always welcomed with cheese and crackers and, at the end of the day, it is important to go home knowing our activities have made a difference.
Shayla Sharmeen
Hi my name is Shayla and I'm the activities coordinator here at White Lodge.
Prior to taking the position, I joined White Lodge as care assistant in 2022 and loved every minute of my role. My passion is very much in supporting the day to day lives of the people we care for, it is important to me that our weekly calendar offers rich experiences with music from live entertainers, as well as arts and crafts tailored to individual abilities.
Getting to know our residents better is so important, and through regular family and friends’ meetings we can gain a greater understanding of their loved ones' interests and life prior to joining White Lodge that will make for an enriched activities program to be developed, one that keeps them at the heart of the local community. I look forward to getting to know you, and your loved ones.
We are always open to new ideas. If you would like to get involved in any of our Life Enrichment activities or have a skill, or project you'd like to share with our residents, please click here to contact me direct. New entertainers and community links are always welcome.
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 White Lodge Care Home
Indoor Golf Competition
Our residents got into playing indoor golf this afternoon.
Indoor golf is a great option for those who may have limited mobility or struggle with balance. This gentle activity can help improve flexibility, strength and coordination.
One of our residents Angela said "I used to play golf a lot. Thank you for arranging the activity, I really enjoyed and appreciate."
We aim to support residents to continue to enjoy the hobbies that they have practiced for years.
Walks In The Sunshine
Today a few of our residents went out for a walk in our beautiful grounds, taking in the spectacular scenery and more than a bit of wildlife. We are very fortunate to have extensive grounds including our own lake here at White Lodge.
For our residents 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.
Happy Birthday Cynthia
Today we celebrated the birthday of Cynthia with the staff and residents joining in the celebrations. The White Lodge team wish her happiness and good health. Happy birthday.
Swindon designer outlet
The residents went out for a mystery mini-bus trip to Swindon Designer Outlet. Our residents enjoyed the day and we had tea in our minibus too before we returned to our home white lodge. Outdoor trips as activity also helps us to promote Meaning, Connectedness and joy (some of our domains of well-being).
Happy Birthday!
Our little Iris turned 98! We have been disclosing our age at the party and found out that Iris is the oldest at the moment! We have more residents turning 98 coming weeks but Iris is certainly the oldest! Iris was very happy to see the arrangement specially the delicious cake made by our chef Richard. She asked for him to thank personally!
Activity board
Today our activities department has launched a help yourself board from where residents can access various activity sheets as per their interests. The aim is to promote independence in the home and to encourage residents to get engaged with tasks. This will also provide activities to do to friends and families who visit their loved ones in the home. Also the staff from other departments can do a meaningful engagement with the residents whenever possible. It will also help to keep the paper tidy and it is a sustainable solution as people will use only what they need. Hopefully this will reduce over printing and utilise the most of the resources. One of the benefits would be it's very person centred and meets the needs of the residents if the activities team are not in that day. We have kept quizzes, word search, cross words, oomph digest, newsletter, weather updates, puzzles, activity book, magazine, spot the difference. Our residents are already loving it! Please let us know what do you think about it!
Upcoming events
VE Day 80th Anniversary Celebrations
Everyone is very welcome to join us on Staurday 10th May for a VE Day street Party to remember! Fancy dress is encouraged. See poster for details.
Community Fish & Chip Club
Don't dine alone we're welcoming older people to join our residents on the first Friday of each month from 12.00 noon for some friendly conversation and a delicious meal.
