HC-One’s Ridgeway Lodge Care Home in Dunstable, Bedfordshire has unveiled a wellbeing room to provide a tranquil space for staff.
The wellbeing room has been created to offer a relaxing, calm, quiet and re-energising sanctuary space for staff to take a break, relax, and unwind in. Staff at Ridgeway Lodge were involved in planning meetings and discussions led by home manager Michele Tricker to input their thoughts and ideas as to what they would like the space to include. The finished room features comfortable furniture, soft lighting, neutral and pastel wall colours with motivational quotes, refreshments, and quiet corners.
The wellbeing room also offers support, information, and guidance across a variety of topics, including how to manage finances, menopause awareness, domestic abuse awareness, and mental health. The home’s Wellbeing Team consists of Health and Wellbeing Champions, who have received training to offer peer-to-peer support.
To celebrate the opening of the home’s wellbeing room, Michele was presented with a ‘Kindness in Care’ Award for her exemplary and outstanding health and safety oversight work in keeping everyone well and safe.
Michele Tricker said: “Our new Wellbeing Room at Ridgeway Lodge offers a wonderful tranquil space for our colleagues to relax and unwind in as well as gather the support and advice they may require. The room has been completely transformed and now offers a place for colleagues to decompress and gather their thoughts.
“I’d like to thank all of our colleagues at Ridgeway Lodge for making this happen, their input and ideas have been extremely valuable in creating the Wellbeing Room and this has inspired us to create a wider wellbeing programme to support our colleagues.”
