We have very much enjoyed the spring weather and Easter celebrations here at Lulworth House Residential Care Home.
Easter crafts and egg hunt
Our residents have had fun with seasonal crafts in the run up to Easter, including painting Easter bunny and egg models, as well as colouring in Easter egg pictures and making Easter decorations for our Home. They also made an Easter display in our garden. Our ladies and gents find these activities both sociable and relaxing – with lots of chat about Easter – and we all enjoy the colourful creations they create!
On Saturday 20 April we got fully into the Easter spirit with our staff and residents starting the day with an egg hunt in our garden. Our residents loved searching for numbered eggs and had fun collecting them in their baskets. We all looked the part in our colourful hats and rabbit, lamb and chick masks! It was wonderful to enjoy the sunshine and blue skies outside.
Spring gardening
We made the most of the Saturday weather and got to work planting up pots and weeding our raised beds after lunch. It’s lovely to be able to enjoy the fresh air and we’re looking forward to enjoying our garden during the summer months – and entering ‘Nellsar in Bloom’!
We’ve also enjoyed bringing some of our garden inside, as our ladies made Easter decorations using greenery from our garden. These gorgeous Easter displays feature fresh plants and flowers, as well as hanging eggs and some lovely chick and bunny decorations. They have really brought springtime inside for us all to enjoy.
Easter coffee morning and raffle
On Easter Sunday we held a coffee morning and raffle, which included some delicious hot cross buns! It was lovely to spend time together and the raffle was a great success. First prize was a massage treatment with Nina, which was won by Margaret L, the second prize chocolates were won by Joyce L and Pauline won the third prize toiletries. Congratulations ladies! Thank you to our residents’ families who supported us with this fun event.
We love involving our residents with the running of our Home and we recently discovered that one of our ladies is a natural Activities Coordinator, as she loved organising all the preparations for our coffee morning. We included her in all the jobs required to set up – sorting out the crockery and arranging the tea, sugar and biscuits – which she clearly enjoyed. The activity really helped raise her mood and feel purposeful, which was lovely to see.
