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.
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
Nutrition and Hydration Week
During Nutrition & Hydration Week we did all sorts of things. One day we had a Global Talking Tea party and chose a Cornish theme.
Not only did we have cream tea, but we also had the pleasure of being entertained by the Cornish folk singer, Will Keating. He sings and plays guitar, and we enjoyed it so much, that a resident asked Will to stay the night so he could stay longer.
Trip Out
Sometimes we get special requests from residents. One resident had always wanted to visit the Eden Project but never had a chance.
We gathered a small group of residents who were interested in going to the Eden Project and off we went on a beautiful sunny day. We saw lots of interesting plants and sculptures and had plenty of exercise walking around. It is great being able to fulfil someone’s wish.
Live music at Kernow House!
Jumping Out Jazz Duo came to play for us. This time we had an electric set first when Gareth and Mark played and sang. We joined in and danced to some well-known tunes.
Afterwards, Gareth and Mark picked up a clarinet and guitar and went on tour in the home, visiting some of the residents who could not attend the electric set. This was appreciated greatly by many residents, and we have already booked Jumping Out Jazz for another visit using the same format.
Alpaca Visit
Residents tell us they like to see animals in the home, so we have a variety of animals who visit us regularly. Wayfarer and Thunderball came for a visit from Lakemoor Alpacas.
Both are very young boys, three and four and a half, and they are learning how to be great therapy animals. We think they are doing very well, but it always helps, when there’s a little treat in the form of a carrot stick. Lots of people had a chance to feed and touch the alpacas and Wayfarer and Thunderball seemed to enjoy it, humming out loudly, which is their way of chatting to each other.
Valentine's Day Celebrations!
We often mark special days and Valentine’s Day was magical with lots of love in the home. We had a tree where people could write special messages to their loved ones on hearts or angels.
We had Oomph! Activity books with interesting information about Valentine and on the day, we gave every resident a red rose and wished them Happy Valentine's Day. Some roses were passed on to loved ones.
Love comes in many forms, and we have enjoyed having the opportunity to share some amongst ourselves.
Minibus Trip
We have a brand new mini bus. It is lovely to drive and very comfortable to be a passenger, so now we are getting out in the Cornish nature in comfort.
There are so many beautiful places to visit and we go out as often as possible. Some residents prefer to sit on the bus and have a drive around all the beautiful places that are so close to us, while others like to visit places of interest, go shopping or to a garden centre.
