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
Volunteer Appreciation
We have a number of volunteers at Kernow who help to enrich our lives. Sue, whose mother was a resident here for some years, now helps out at our pop-up café. Sue is a keen knitter and has made lots of cuddly toys, which she sells at Kernow.
Our volunteers helped to put on a craft sale and raised money to buy an optic fibre waterfall to replace the one we had. We will use it during sensory sessions throughout the home.
The Methodist community supported us with organists, singers and preachers, who hold a weekly meeting here, and Wendy helps the hairdresser out.
We are very grateful for everything our volunteers do!
Mother's Day
At Kernow House, we mark celebrations and special occasions, but we are aware that some of these events can be difficult. Mother’s Day was one of those. Some residents remember their mothers and wonder where they are now, while others look for their children, so we took a generic approach to the day and celebrated all mothers, wherever they are.
We arranged big bunches of flowers for every kitchen area and in each vase had a ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ greeting specially made by a resident. Lots of chocolate helped everyone enjoy the day!
Spring Newsletter
Please click here to read the spring edition of the Kernow Kewsel.
Poppet the Lamb
Senara Collins from Talons visited us with this gorgeous week old lamb called Poppet. She wore a nappy and could hardly stand, let alone walk on her own, which was perfect for us, as it gave us an opportunity to have lots of cuddles—and she felt just like a soft cardigan.
Talons also brought three baby rabbits callled Whiskey, Cognac and Brandy, and the very popular Boris the boa constrictor with them.
Out at the Harbour
We love going out on minus trips! Most recently, a few residents got together to go to the Barbican in Plymouth to look at the boats in the harbour and have some fish & chips in a nearby café. It was an opportunity to remember times going by and enjoy the fresh sea air.
Time for a Cuppa
We have been selling books and bric-a-brac, hosted a raffle and enjoyed a coffee morning, all in aid of Dementia UK. In total, we managed to raise £141.28. Thank you to everyone who support this event!
