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
A Creative Tea Party!
The Mad Hatter has nothing on us!
Some of our residents recently joined in with our wonderful Creative Happiness Club, which we host every Monday from 2pm - 4pm in our top floor dining room.
This is wonderfully inclusive session of arts, crafts and good old fashioned chatter, allowing everyone to be creative however they wish, learning new skills or techniques, or by simply coming along to make some new friends!
Spotted, mid afternoon, the club appeared to have paused for an impromptu tea party, which also included some delicious homemade cream cake for everyone to enjoy,
Should you wish to come along to the next session, you would be more than welcome indeed!
Linnie's 'Pop-up' Fashion Event
We recently welcomed the wonderful Linda from Linnies Fashions into our home for a wonderful afternoon of retail therapy for residents, staff, family & friends.
Linnie brought a wonderful array of clothing in a wide variety of sizes - Over nine rails worth!
There was a wonderful vibe as everyone had a good look at what was on offer, trying on various pieces and asking each other's thoughts on how they looked.
Of course, there was also some delicious homemade cream cakes, and Pimm's on offer for all of our shoppers - It was very welcome after a busy shopping spell!
Thank you Linnie, for coming along. Our residents specifically, have enjoyed this so much.
We look forwards to your next visit, in late November, ready to kit everyone out for the, dare we say it, Christmas parties!
Word Game Fun!
Residents were recently enjoying yet another fun game of Scrabble in our foyer area recently...
They love this challenge and it really gets the old grey matter going!
There was, of course, a pause in the proceedings for the obligatory cuppa and cake, much to everyone's appreciation.
Well done everyone, you really put each other through their paces.
Why not come and join in if you see a game happening? There's always room for a few more!
The Sun has got his Hat on!
May has been a great month for our residents weather-wise and they have really made the most of their sunny days to get out into the Kings Park garden.
Spotted recently, were some of our lovely gentleman folk, who enjoyed getting outside for some fresh air and good old chat!
Whatever you got up to today on this May bank holiday, here at Kings Park, we hope it was relaxing one and that the weather held out for whatever you did!
Stage Coach Serenades...
We recently welcomed in the fantastically talented students from Stagecoach Performing Arts Ringwood and Wimborne for a special performance...
With the sun brightly shining in the sky and the residents out on the patio in force, the students sang with great enthusiasm, much to the delight of everyone in attendance.
What was extra special, was the fact that the school's Principal, Emily, is also the granddaughter of one of King's Park's residents, Anna, who also joined us on the patio, proudly watching as the children sang.
THANK YOU all for a truly wonderful morning, which definitely made everyone's day here in the home, but especially Anna's!
Cyclethon Event Raises for Funds for Amazing Charity!
Recently here at Kings Park, residents and staff literally went the extra mile in support of a wonderful cause.
Barchester’s Charitable Foundation is a registered charity that helps older people and adults with a disability across England, Scotland, Wales and Jersey. Their focus is about connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community, and they support applications that combat loneliness and enable people to be active and engaged.
So in aid of the wonderful charity, a Cyclethon was organised with residents, staff as well as family & friends, each taking it in turns to cycle on the static bike in situ in the home's foyer.
The aim was not to cycle a specific amount of miles, but was a way of uniting everyone together for a day of fitness and fun and in doing so, raising funds and awareness for the Foundation and the important work which they do.
Everyone in the home that day was very keen to participate in whatever way they could, taking it in turns to cycle either on the bike or on a special foot cycle, a gentler way in which to participate.
In addition to cycling, there was also some egg and spoon relays, which brought smiles to everyone's faces!
So far, the home have raised a wonderful £407!
A HUGE WELL DONE to all who came along and supported us for this fabulous event.
