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
Pancake Day at Kernow
We have been making pancakes in preparation for Pancake Day. We all enjoyed eating them with various fillings, although the traditional sugar and lemon was clearly the best.
Tattoo Time!
Stephen has recently had a new grandson; he has many tattoos and among them are the names of all his loved ones. He wanted the name of his new grandson tattooed on his arm, so he went to the Blackstar Tattoo Studio in Bude with some staff members to get it done. The tattooist was very kind and did a great job, but even so, Stephen said that it hurt a little.
Spring Newsletter
Please click here to read the spring edition of the Kernow Kewsel.
Valentine's Day
The run up to Valentine’s Day was spent cutting out cardboard hearts and making roses out of tissue paper. We made our very own Tree of Love and invited everyone to write a message of love on a heart before hanging it on the tree. Peggy wrote, 'I love you all,' with a little help from her daughter and then chose to write another personal message, which she then hung on the tree as well. We have had lots of love declarations, poems, dedications and a few puzzling messages that have left us all guessing. In the afternoon, Richard and Sheila, who form the duo Hymns’n’things, came to entertain us. They mix storytelling with music and in this manner told us a love story very fitting for Valentine’s Day. We then had cups of tea and delicious heart shaped biscuits that were lovingly prepared by the kitchen.
101 Years Young
Mary enjoyed her 101st birthday right here at Kernow House. She celebrated by having her hair done at the hairdressing salon during the morning. Mary’s daughter visited from America and a few other family members stopped by a bit later. In the afternoon, we had a party with Brian Burley entertaining and singing lots of well-known songs. We sang, danced and generally enjoyed the party, which ended with a birthday tea that included snacks and a birthday cake.
Open Day
We held an Open Day and invited healthcare professionals to Kernow House on Friday 27th January. We showcased Kernow House with displays of what we do here, the care we deliver, the food we serve and the activities we offer. Our kitchen team made cream teas for us with scones served the Cornish way – jam first and then clotted cream, of course. We also had soft option cream teas available. Kathy, our aroma therapist, gave taster hand massages in a specially set up booth.
Our next Open Day will be on Friday 16th June 2017.
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.
