Activities at Kernow House Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators organise varied and regular events. The activities that take place depend on what our residents tell us they are interested in and the feedback we get from their families. We currently have pop-up cafes where we socialise and maybe visit the hairdresser. We have regular live music events, a storyteller and visits from animals and we are often joined by families or friends during our social activities where they are always most welcome.
Living in Cornwall the surrounding countryside offers many beauty spots and we often have trips out to wherever our residents would like to go. At other times a walk to nearby shops or cafes is what we enjoy.
Louise is our hairdresser and she is with us twice a week. Louise also supports us during our weekly Namaste sessions where she offers hand massages in a relaxing environment. Every Thursday afternoon we have a time of worship supported by our local community. Our ice cream van, Kernow Kones, and our mobile pub, Kernow Keg, also make a weekly appearance. We have monthly clubs, when we play bingo or watch a film in our pop-up cinema. Residents on all units are invited to take part in a monthly Resident’s Meeting and they tell us what they would like.
Apart from these regular events, we also celebrate special occasions and often have musical entertainers to visit but we also make our own fun. All staff take part in fancy dress or charity events that we support and often what we do evolves through interaction between residents and care or activity staff. All this makes Kernow House a vibrant place to be where things happen both as group activities as well as on an individual level.
Bea Porup
Bea has many years of experience working in elderly care and both experience and training in dementia care. She has also worked extensively with people with Huntington's disease. Bea works closely with Sue, Jackie and our management team, nurses, carers and kitchen team to ensure our home has a vibrant environment with lots of events happening and varied opportunities for having both new and familiar experiences, making sure the people living here lead a rich and fulfilling life.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Kernow House Care Home
Christmas Cakes
Christmas is coming and we have made a start. Our team of Kernow Kooks have made Christmas cakes for the home.
We gather people who have a special interest in baking, one used to work in a bakery, one had her own catering company and another was born in a bakery.
We hope we have made the tastiest cakes with lots of Christmas wishes stirred in. Later on we will decorate the cakes and take part in Barchester’s Christmas Cake Competition before eating the cakes.
Students at Kernow House
It’s student season at Kernow House! This term, we have two occupational therapy students, Kiya and Olivia, one nursing student, Reece, and a Health and Social Care student, Nikita.
They are working throughout the home and we are pleased that Kernow can be part of their learning journey.
We all love having students, they are a fantastic addition to the home.
Fire Station visit
We go on trips and like engaging with the communities around us.
This time we had the best afternoon at Callington Community Fire station. A group of us went to the fire station where Matt and Ella told us lots of interesting facts about firefighting.
We had a chance to use some of the equipment and were told lots of interesting things. Every day is a school day and some of the residents said, it was a very interesting visit.
Ballet
We had a great visit from Nicky Brice and some ballerinas from her Dance School. The little ballerinas showed us how they warm up and do exercises before showing us their recitals. Then it was time for us all to join in. There was something for everyone whether we were able to join in on the floor or sitting down. It was a great afternoon with lots of fantastic dancing.
The Big Draw
Here at Kernow house, residents have taken part in the Big Draw.
This is a 'The Campaign for Drawing Project' dedicated to promoting drawing, as a tool for creativity, communication and learning.
Everyone had a chance to be part of the journey, the flow and the process that shaped our picture.
We have had a lot of fun making a 13.38 long drawing and we think we can give the Bayeux Tapestry a bit of competition, although our drawing is much shorter than the famous tapestry.
Community event
Here at Kernow House, our residents are taking part in Launceston Carnival Scarecrow Competition.
Last year, we made a scarecrow that looked so realistic, members of the public phoned us to say someone was sitting by the road!
This year, we have made a great effort to make a scarecrow, that actually looks like a scarecrow.
Tony, our gardener, made a frame for us and we built the scarecrow the old-fashioned way, so his arms are sticking out. There was straw everywhere and the housekeeping team were worried about the mess but we still had a lot of fun.
Everyone agreed that making a scarecrow is really hard work but we have named him Kernow Kasanova because we think he looks quite dashing.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
