Activities at Kings Park Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Claudia Canosa
Claudia moved to the UK from her native South Africa with her family some 6 years ago, although her family are of Italian decent.
With a caring nature, Claudia worked for a domiciliary care company helping in people in the community before eventually working in a care home environment, working up to the role of Senior Carer.
Realising how much she enjoyed making the residents smile, Claudia has now stepped into the role of Activities Lead here at Kings Park and very much loves the interaction with our residents, who have all taken a real shine to her.
Claudia can regularly be seen with our residents in a very creative capacity, enjoying flower arranging or leading everyone in a game of good old fashioned Bingo!
When at home, Claudia is a mother to two boys and a girl and also a pet mum to the the gorgeous, Molly - a Jack Russell cross.
She loves nothing more than curling up on the sofa in front of a good rom/com, with: The Holiday, The Lakehouse and The Notebook as some of her favourites to date.
We are so happy to have her as part of the Kings Park team.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Kings Park Care Home
Historic Ferndown
Residents recently thoroughly enjoyed themselves during a special event we laid on for them...
Roping in a little help from our friends from the local U3A History Group in the form of the lovely Val & Kay as our guest speakers, we invited along other guests, including, Tony Cordery - The new Mayor of Ferndown also, laying on a ploughman's-style supper with wine, followed by a wonderful talk about the history of the local area.
We discovered there was an old WWII bunker and that Ferndown even had it's own zoo, with lions, silver foxes and monkeys!
Everyone in attendance had a wonderful time and one of our residents, Richard, even gave a small speech of thanks for all the efforts made by the team here for such a lovely evening for everyone.
Let's do it again soon!
Looking Back...
We thought we'd take a moment to look back at some of the lovely things we have done in the past few months here in the home...
Our residents have so much fun, both in and out of the home and often in the company of some of our wonderful community.
From our links with local schools, such as Ferndown Upper School, Ferndown Middle School & Ferndown First School, with their volunteering, reading buddies and even special birthday surprises, these links are so appreciated by our residents.
We have some wonderful entertainers, who regularly brighten the home with their music, some fabulous bus trips out and about, and not forgetting the life and soul that is our Kings Kids mother & baby group - Their joy is infectious here at Kings Park.
Why not stop by and see for yourself?
Day Trippers!
What a fun day was spent out of the home recently...
Some of our wonderful residents got the chance to spend a day exploring Poole Park recently and despite the overcast weather, they enjoyed every moment.
After a lovely journey, everyone was able to stretch their legs and take in the fresh air, whilst enjoying the goings on in the area.
A lovely walk, then ended at the cafe for a well earned cup of tea and slice of cake.
Hats off to the wonderful driver, Claudia, for arranging the trip, which was clearly appreciated!
Just one of the many fun days out that we offer our residents.
Keeping Fit & Able
As William Shakespeare once said: 'Our bodies are our gardens - Our wills are our gardeners.'
With that in mind, our Activities Lead, Claudia, was ensuring that some of our residents were giving it their all at the latest exercise class here at Kings Park.
And exercise they did!
Residents were really enjoying getting into the swing of things as they all stretched, bent, waved and gave their bodies a really great work out to get them all motivated for the day ahead.
If we don't use it, we lose it, and by the looks of things, these lovely folk are definitely using it!
Well done everyone for another great workout.
Down the Pub!
Some of our wonderful gentleman residents really let their hair down recently, as they enjoyed an afternoon 'down their local'...
The pub in questions for our lovely gents, was the fabulous makeshift 'Kings Arms' - See what we did there?
Whilst enjoying a little drink and some pub nibbles, they then challenged each other to a mini game of pool!
Happy 102 AMAZING years, Stan!
For one of our wonderful residents recently, we were able to help surprise him by helping him in celebrating a significant milestone birthday...
The ever lovely Stan, recently turned 102 years young and we were able to mark this incredible occasion with a little help from some of our friends!
We reached out to the children at Ferndown Middle School, Ferndown First School and Wimborne St Giles CE VA First School and Nursery, who were all delighted to rally the troops in creating him some fabulous homemade birthday cards, filled with all their very best wishes and created with much love and attention.
On his birthday, Stan was then presented with a gift wrapped box full of the cards we received - The aim was to get 102 cards, however the schools efforts and that of Stan's family & friends as well as many from other Barchester Homes also, meant that Stan received almost 400 cards!!!
This week, Stan was delighted when he was joined by his family, but also some of the children from Ferndown Middle School, who came across to meet Stan and learn more about his life.
Stan let the children look through photo albums and also through newspapers from each birthday of his 102 years, which really amazed them all.
From Stan and all at Kings Park, we wish to thank EVERYONE who made Stan a card and made his birthday extra special!
