Happy 66th wedding anniversary to Audrey and Ken we hope you have had a lovely day love from everyone at Rose Lodge.  Ken is our wonderful resident who designs and creates our patio garden at the home every year for his wonderful wife Audrey who always loved her garden before she moved into Rose Lodge.  He does such a terrific job of it each year and we wanted to say a special thank you for all you do.

We held our summer fayre in July at Rose Lodge Care Home and enjoyed setting up all of the stalls including a bottle bag stall where you could win a bottle of wine or water, tombola stall cake stall and hook a duck and some amazing raffle prizes which were donated to the home.  Our residents loved seeing all of their family and friends and some new visitors who came along to the fayre.

We had so much fun designing and trying the games out for our Summer Fayre in August.  Making sure they all worked as we planned and giving us lots of practice before the summer fayre.  We hope it will be lovely weather for us to raise some money for a good cause.

We had a lovely afternoon creating our own pizza’s to enjoy in the garden with the sun.  We had a lovely afternoon adding tomato sauce to the base and deciding on our own toppings before they went into the oven.  They were delicious and we sat outside in the garden to enjoy them and the hot summer nights.

We wanted to do something a little different at the home in July to enjoy the sun we were having so decided to have a Hawaiian Island themed party at the home.  We brought out the paddling pool, dressed the garden and had such a lovely afternoon. The residents had so much fun and especially enjoyed getting dressed up.

We had a very special birthday in July when Mary celebrated her 90th birthday with us.  As always we had cake’s and a singsong and made the day as special as possible for Mary.  She had such a lovely day celebrating with the residents before a visit with her family.

We have enjoyed having our entertainers back into the home in July with a spot of gentle Thai Chi on an afternoon.  We have enjoyed relearning all of the moves and this gentle exercise is good for our coordination too.

The lovely weather in July has been brilliant for our residents and we really enjoyed getting out for a walk to Barnes Park to feed the ducks. The residents had a lovely afternoon and we have started to plan more trips to the park.

Our first trip out since covid, we used the local bus services, and went to the cinema, we watched Elvis. There was lots of dancing and a few tears, an amazing film but very sad indeed.  Our residents loved it and we are already planning for more trips out.

As we approached National Friendship day in July, we thought we would share this beautiful photo of Catherine and Margaret who love to spend time with each other, the smiles say it all.  Moving into a care home often leads to making new friends and we are delighted that Catherine and Margaret enjoy spending time together.