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.

Enriching life
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Bea Porup

Activities Coordinator

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.

Life-encriching activities booklet

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

International Joke Day

International Joke Day

Victor Body, who is 83 years young and lives at Kernow House, tells this joke:

Which sea creatures have the most fun? The ones who have a whale of a time!

Happy International Joke Day!

Care Home Open Day

Care Home Open Day

We invited healthcare professionals to join us at Kernow House on Care Home Open Day. The team was here to greet anyone who visited and to chat about what we do.

We showcased our menus, activities programmes and showed off our new Kernow House brochure. Kathy, our Aromatherapist, was busy giving taster hand massages, and Dan, our Head Chef, had made some very delicious looking and canapés, which were enjoyed by visitors, residents and staff alike.

Fundraising Week

Fundraising Week

We had a fundraising week, where we raised money for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation and Huntington’s Association. For a whole week, we sold crafts, plants, books, CDs, DVDs and bric-a-brac.

A relative very kindly donated a week’s self-catering holiday in Carbis Bay, so we had a secret auction. We also held a raffle with prizes, given to us by staff and relatives, as well as some beautiful glass art, donated by Jo Downs Handmade Glass, and a hamper, along with bottles of wine donated by Maddaford Funeral Directors. Altogether, we raised £374.55. 

Our Divisional Winner

Our Divisional Winner

Congratulations to Sandy Hart, who has been named as a divisional winner for the 'Memory Lane Champion' category in the 2017 Barchester Care Awards.

Fundraising Week

Fundraising Week

Fundraising Week at Kernow House went very well. We had a huge fundraising table selling crafts, books, plants, etc. and a secret auction for a holiday. Our raffle was very well supported by staff and relatives. So far, we have raised £80 for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation and Huntington’s Association and there are still three days to go!

Summer Newsletter

Summer Newsletter

Please click here to read the summer edition of the Kernow Kewsel.