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Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home residents love seeing Gizmo and Charlie
Last week, we had a visit from not one, but two dogs here at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home! Gizmo and his brother Charlie came to spend some time with us all. They made their way around our Home and gave cuddles to each and every resident, accompanied by their...
Introducing Music Therapy at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home
Here at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home we have recently started something new – Music Therapy! Every Friday we have Grace, a Music Therapist, come and spend the day with us. Grace has a wide range of instruments including a keyboard, banjos, tambourines, flute,...
Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home celebrates World Gratitude Day
We celebrated World Gratitude Day here at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home last week and what better way to do this than to talk about what we are grateful for! We made a 'Gratitude Tree', writing down something we are grateful for and hanging up our comments on our...
Namaste at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home
Here at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home we have embarked on a new concept journey called Namaste. Namaste is a holistic approach of care for those with dementia which provides physical and emotional activities with a loving energy. At Sonya Lodge our room is set up...
Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home residents feel the love on Valentines Day
We all had the loveliest Valentine's Day at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home, when love was in the air! We started the morning by getting our Home full of love, with bunches of pink and red roses. After this, our residents enjoyed decorating cupcakes with pink...
Shrove Tuesday pancakes at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home
We tucked into lots of pancakes and crepes on Shrove Tuesday here at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home, with all sorts of toppings and treats. All our residents enjoyed flipping a pancake or two, seeing how high they could flip them. The aim of the game was to see how...
Weekly Sunday Choir at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home
Last week we rotated our Sunday choir songs here at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home, as we like to change it up every six weeks or so. We always sing the song list and then take requests; this rotation contains, 'We'll Meet Again', 'It's a long way to Tipperary',...
Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home residents take trip to Sainsburys cafe
We love outings at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home and last week we ventured out to our local Sainsbury's as they have a lovely cafe there, with lots of different tasty food options. Our lovely Ellen chose a small full English; she tucked into a hash brown, eggs,...
Football fun and parachute games at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home
We love a bit of sport at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home! And no...no one is competitive at the Lodge...well, not all of us! Last week we enjoyed a game of inflatable football which is good for physical health and it's great fun too! Next, something we hadn't done...
Birthday wishes for George at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home
On Saturday 10 February, our resident George turned 92 here at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home. He had a lovely visit from his family the day before when he received some wonderful gifts. His special day was spent with all of his friends at Sonya Lodge when he...
Trips into the community at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home
At Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home, we are very grateful for the community around us and have lots of lovely things to do locally. Last week we ventured to our local church coffee morning and enjoyed hots drinks accompanied by delicious sweet treats – a selection of...
Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home celebrates Chinese New Year
Here at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home we love to celebrate culturally diverse events, and we enjoy learning about and experiencing new things - and this weekend was Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon! We adorned our dining area with a vibrant dragon and...