A DAY lodge has been set up at a care home in Shinfield which will allow residents to spend time with their loved ones safely.

Shinfield View Care Home has built the lodge so residents can visit their family and friends during the pandemic whilst adhering to government guidelines.

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The lodge is split in two inside by a Perspex screen so residents can sit on one side and visitors on the other.

The furniture inside is the same as that inside inside the home and there is also air conditioning.

The care home's deputy manager Jodie Whatmore explained before the lodge was built residents with hearing impairments who met up with visitors outside struggled to hear because of the physical distance between them.

However, the lodge has a hearing loop and intercom so residents can hear their loved ones.

Ms Whatmore revealed when people are finished in the lodge they press a button and it cleans itself.

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At the care home there is also the option to visit residents outside under a gazebo however Ms Whatmore said the lodge will allow for visits in all weather.

Speaking of the rise in coronavirus cases, Ms Whatmore said it is an "anxious time for everybody but we will do our utmost to make sure our residents are safe during the next wave".