Activities at Canmore Lodge Care Home

I would like to wish a huge Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all Residents, Families, Friends, Staff and Contractors. I hope you all have a fabulous time!

Jane Aitken, General Manager

Across our services, Residents enjoyed a fantastic virtual tour of the Donkey Sanctuary Manchester.  Residents were thrilled to meet the lovely herd of donkeys, including Henry and his best friend Tiny Tim and to learn more about their every day care.  They were introduced to the sanctuary’s work and the impact they make to the lives of donkeys in need worldwide.  The virtual experience was truly enjoyed by all.

This week Aileen, Shirley B, Gus and Andy enjoyed a bracing Autumn walk with Kenny and carer Julie. There's nothing like good Scottish fresh air when you're all wrapped up. In a much warmer activity our residents really enjoyed the Silver Screen showing of 'Fisherman’s Friends' at our outing to Dunfermline Odeon. Our visit to the National Museum of Scotland was another great success. Margaret H, Ron, John and Rae absolutely loved it, and our Rae had a brilliant time making music by stepping on the dots. Great fun!

Kenny's daughter, Lisa, brought in the lovely Maggie (Big Mags) today to say hello to our residents.  Maggie is 6 stone of muscle but she’s actually just a big teddy bear who absolutely loves everyone. As you can see the visit was a big success: Maggie had a ball hoovering up all the treats and getting lots of attention.

Other Autumn antics that we've been enjoying. On Bonfire Night we stayed cosy watching the fireworks on screen with toasted marshmallows and hot chocolate, followed by a screening of 'Phantom of the Opera'.

And we enjoyed another lovely visit from our wee pals at Laurieston Nursery, who, as well as entertaining us with their songs, drew us some fabulous fireworks pictures. 

Our Odeon outing offering was 'Where The Crawdads Sing', adapted from the book of the same name, which was greatly enjoyed.

Today we had 'Football Memories' at East End Park: a monthly meeting run with Alzheimer's Scotland and The Pars Foundation, and facilitated by our own Kenny.

The subject of today’s meeting was 'Football and World War 1'. We spoke about McCrae's Battalion, Bradford Pals and other such groups of footballers who signed up, with many paying the ultimate sacrifice.

The meeting was also attended by Dunfermline Atheltics 1968 Scottish Cup winning captain Mr Roy Barry who just happens to be Jim's all time footballing hero. You can see how thrilled Jim is to have his picture taken with Roy. It’s not every day you meet your hero!