Waterloo House & Avon Lodge - 28 July 2010

Residents like to be beside the seaside

Waterloo House & Avon Lodge care Home, Waterloo Road, Bidford on Avon, Alcester, B50 4JH

A care home in Bidford on Avon brought all the fun of the seaside to its residents by recreating a day at the coast in its grounds.

Waterloo House Care Home held a seaside themed day on July 27.

Staff will build a beach complete with deckchairs, parasols and buckets and spades at the home.

Residents will enjoy a fish and chip lunch before having a sing-a-long to their favourite holiday tunes.

Waterloo House & Avon Lodge - 17 July 2009

‘BAD HAIR’, SILLY SOCKS AND PICNICS AT BIDFORD CARE HOME

A Bidford on Avon care home is having a hilarious week, featuring ‘bad hair’, silly socks and a picnic in the park.

The events at Waterloo House and Avon Lodge Care Home, in Waterloo Road, are all part of the Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Awareness Week, running from July 6th to 12th.

The week kicked off on Monday with a ‘Silly Sock Day’, while on Wednesday (8th July) staff and residents teased their tresses into weird and wonderful designs for a Bad Hair Day.

Weather permitting, there will be a ‘Picnic in the Park’ on Friday (July 10th) and other fun includes a rounders match between staff at the home and the Alpha Care Homes group’s regional office and a Dementia Support Evening.

Activities coordinator Sarah Langston said: “Waterloo House specialises in residential dementia care, so it is very fitting that we should do all we can to take part in this special awareness week.

“Providing stimulating and fun activities is a major part of our service to care for people who have dementia.”