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Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home residents watch The Grand National
Last Saturday was The Grand National, one of our favourite days here at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home! We printed out all the horses' names with their stats and jockey, and then each of our residents pulled out the horse they would be betting on for the day. After...
Manic Monday fun at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home
Last Monday was a busy day for our residents here at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home. We held a Pet Therapy session in the morning when Deanne's daughter brought in her fluffy Syrian hamster for us to cuddle. He's a very soft, tame fella and our residents loved him!...
Recent outings at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home
As we've moved into spring, so have our trips here at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home! We love getting out and about, so here are a few of our recent outings... Our Recreation and Well-Being Coordinators, Jo and Deanne, went to our local Sainsbury's to restock our...
A wholesome Sunday at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home
Most Sundays at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home usually start with a service at our local church; a number of our residents really value these services, so we ensure they have access to take part. For others here at the Lodge, Sundays are about watching some...
Friday Music Therapy at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home
Every Friday we enjoy Music Therapy at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home. Grace, our Music Therapist, has a wide collection of instruments for our residents to chose from. We have a big group session throughout the morning and then Grace does one-to-one sessions in...
Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home residents celebrate the Easter weekend
We've had a 'smashing' Easter long weekend at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home, including our annual Easter party with our lovely families. We had the best 'Elvis' (Scott) perform for us all, singing his best hits! After this it was time for the raffle, with lots of...
Easter ducklings at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home
Last Tuesday at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home we had a special delivery – duck eggs! Every year we hatch baby chicks but we decided to hatch ducklings this year for a change. The first one hatched very soon on Tuesday night, named 'Quackles'. By Thursday morning,...
Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home gents have fun at the footie
Dartford v Hemel Hempstead Our two Dartford FC footie fans at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home were off to the footie last Saturday. Roy and Peter watched Dartford play Hemel Hempstead with an eventual draw of 1-1. The atmosphere was great and they both enjoyed cups...
Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home celebrates Nutrition and Hydration Week
We are always trying to find fun ways to boost our food and fluid intake at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home, so for Nutrition and Hydration Week we had to come up with some interesting ways! Firstly, our Chefs made everyone homemade, fresh smoothies daily! Fruit is...
First day of spring at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home
Last Tuesday was the first day of spring! We love spring here at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home – flowers, sun and blue skies! There’s still a slight nip in the air, but the sun did come out to greet us as we stepped out into the garden. Due to the breeze we...
Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home residents make some new friends
Our Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home residents and team stepped into the unknown recently when we hosted a Wild Science experience! We're used to fluffy cats and barking dogs here, but stepped outside of our comfort zones to meet a few different animals. We were...
Wedding anniversary celebrations at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home
This past Saturday at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home was our George and Angela's 67th wedding anniversary. Our lovely couple were married on the 16 March in 1957 in Farnborough. The couple received their 60th wedding anniversary letter from the queen seven years...