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
Their Wish, is Our Command!
Residents had mentioned a little while ago how much they could do with a little extra patio space for their sunshine gatherings in the warmer weather - Let's face it, when the sun has got his hat on, the residents love to enjoy the sun trap that is our beautiful garden...
Their wish, was our command!
The idea being, that a row of hedge between two of the patio doors from our dining room, was to be removed and planted elsewhere in our gardens, to make way for two rows of extra patio slabs, to vastly increase the space for tables and chairs.
Our residents all watched on in awe as the Maintenance team got down to work, digging, mixing and laying slabs down.
The end is almost in sight and we are hoping to properly christen our new patio in the next month or so, with a lovely soiree to celebrate - Watch this space!
HUGE THANK YOUS go to those involved in achieving what the residents wanted for their garden - They are already very pleased and very much look forward to a little sun worshipping (when it finally decides to come out, that is!).
Teas for Two...Plus a Few More!
Recently, residents gathered together in the Orangery area of our home for a wonderful afternoon tea...
It was so lovely to see so many of them all coming together, just because they could!
There was much chatter, lots of delicious cakes to eat and lots of cups of tea poured.
It was so lovely to see so many social bunnies enjoying their time together, along with one or two family members also, who joined in too.
Just one of many lovely afternoons full of fun and smiles here at Kings Park.
Why not come along and join us next time?
Kings Park Celebrates!
We are very excited and thrilled to announce that thanks to our wonderful families, friends and professionals who all support us here at Kings Park, that we have finally reached our ultimate goal...
5 STARS ON GOOGLE!
A massive thank you to anyone who has left us a very much appreciate review in the past, due to all your kind words and comments, we have finally done it, so THANK YOU ALL!
Let's also note, that this is a huge testament to the very hard work and dedication of Jenna and all the Kings Park staff in all of our departments, who have collectively done us proud - YOU ARE ALL AMAZING!!!!
Ultimately, what makes our home extra special though, are the incredible people who reside here and who make the atmosphere all the more wonderful when walking through our doors - We adore everyone here and we are so proud to look after you all, so THANK YOU ALL TOO!
Breakfast with Friends...
It's always lovely to welcome new faces into our home and at our recent early morning event it was no exception...
We hosted a wonderful Professional's Breakfast, inviting local businesses, charities and individuals to come along for a bite to eat and mix and mingle, as they shared business cards, ideas and ways in which we can all help each in our local areas.
We welcomed: -
Natural Skin By Lynne, Liaise Ltd, Helpful Hounds Assistance Dogs, Pri & Martin from Halcyon Health And Social Care, Fiona from Lewis-Manning Hospice Care, Samantha Lynne, Philip Martin, and Aventina Training -THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING!
Our next local event will be held at our lovely sister home, Hyacinth House, taking place on Wednesday 1st May.
Do get in touch if you would like to attend this FREE event to help you grow your business!
When it's spring again, I'll bring again, tulips from Amsterdam!
So sang the ever popular, Max Bygraves! Such a well known and well loved tune from way back, but still a firm favourite of many of the Kings Park residents.
After another wonderfully vivid flower delivery again recently, the home was filled with the beautifully bright blooms of tulips.
We don't know if they originally came from Amsterdam or not, but they definitely came from our lovely, generous friends over at our local Marks and Spencer Food Hall, who regularly donate and leftover flowers at the end of a day, for all of our residents to enjoy!
We are always, so, so grateful for these generous offerings and they really do brighten up the lives of everyone here in the home.
HUGE GRATITUDE also goes to the wonderful, Anne, who often collects them for us - You are wonderful!
We're Still Creating Happiness!
Our residents are really loving our weekly Creative Happiness Club, which we have been running for several weeks now with some great feedback from residents and families who have seen the benefits for themselves.
Eleanor, who runs these weekly groups in our home, really ensures everyone is well supported and encourages everyone to try something new, get chatting with each other, but also likes to showcase some of creative makes.
If you would like to come along to the next FREE session, then our groups are held as follows: -
EVERY MONDAY - 2PM - 4PM HERE AT KINGS PARK (TOP FLOOR DINING ROOM)
Everyone is very welcome!
