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
A Royal Visit
Prince Charles and Camilla visited Launceston and we were there. We couldn’t all go but Debbie and Roy went to the town square with Jackie and Bea. It started out with lovely sunshine but soon got a little wet. We enjoyed a fantastic atmosphere with our community and saw the town band and lots of children dancing right by us. We also saw lots of police, motorbikes, the mayor and town crier and of course the royal couple. It is great to be part of community events like this.
Creativity
We are getting regular deliveries of art and craft materials from Creative Mojo and sometimes we feel so inspired that we have art sessions where we get together and have a go at something. This time it was making glittery flowers.
Trips Out
We are so fortunate to have two minibuses and fantastic places to drive to. Residents usually choose the destination and the sea side is a firm favourite, especially when there is no one else on the beach.
Gardening
We love our gardens at Kernow House and enjoy being outdoors but for some people it is just not possible. We already have an indoor garden wheelbarrow, and we can take this to people in bed. More recently, we have started making flower arrangements so there is something lovely indoors too. This time we planted little herb gardens for Father’s Day. There is just something lovely about plants.
Storytelling
We had a fantastic afternoon with storyteller Alan Woolard. It has been a long time since we have listened to stories but Alan Woolard visited and told us some really great stories. We enjoyed the interaction and had a laugh. Everyone agreed that we will repeat this event in future, and we can’t wait for a return visit.
Jubilee Celebrations
We’ve all had such a brilliant time celebrating the Platinum Jubilee, it has been such fun. Many of our staff and residents love the Queen and so they were all so excited to take part. It has been a real collaborative process - thinking about how we wanted to celebrate, planning our activities, decorating the home and creating all the party food. It was so lovely to be able to invite our friends and family to come and join us for a proper celebration too. We had a big party in the car park with old fashioned fairground games, a royal photo booth, delicious catering, buglers playing the Jubilee Fanfare and a visit from the mayor and mayoress. A fantastic day in wonderful sunshine.
