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
When Macy and Archy came to play
Our Home Service Advisor brought in her two pups, Macy and Archy, and the residents loved seeing them again.
They visited some residents in their bedrooms but they were delighted to meet Joan in the lounge on our Memory Lane as Joan was keen to give them a tummy rub and some treats!
Both Macy and Archy are keen to visit again soon as they really enjoy the attention they get and the confidence and love they give to residents.
The Creature Teachers
We absolutely love a visit from our furry and scaly friends at The Creature Teachers! Their dedicated human team, Jade and Lisa, are also always welcome as they give us so much information about each animal including what their natural habitats are and what they love to eat for supper!
From Kingsley the snake to Percy the rabbit, every resident was enthralled with the information and delighted with the opportunity to get close and personal with each lovely animal.
Thank you Jade and Lisa, and all of your amazing animals for a detailed, informative and very enjoyable afternoon!
Baking Day
Who doesn’t love a home made cookie, hand decorated with love and style?!
Cooking and baking is always a popular activity here at Kings Park and our Chefs are always happy to lend a hand to ensure residents enjoy themselves.
Whilst decorating them, we chatted about what meals and desserts our residents used to cook and bake for their families and it turns out we have several ‘Mary Berry’s’ who love cooking!
Happy Birthday Vera!
Happy Birthday to our Lovely Vera, who is 95 today.
Our Chef, Sarah, found out that Vera’s favourite cake is Chocolate and so made the most scrumptious and chocolate filled cake with cherries and almonds!
Vera was surprised and delighted with the cake and very pleased to have her daughter with her to celebrate.
Happy Birthday Vera!
Friday Wind Down
With Storm Eunice blowing a hooley outside, we were entertained by singer Hannah with songs from all our favourite musicals and films!
It was lovely being cosy around the fire and having a good old singsong on a Friday afternoon.
Wiggle those toes!
It’s so important to keep our joints and muscles active, especially when the weather outside is so wet and blustery.
To keep us moving, we had a lively exercise class with Julie today who had us on our toes and waving our arms in the air to some of our residents’ favourite songs!
Following the activity and over a lovely cuppa with a piece of cake, we had a chat about what sorts of exercises we used to do when we were younger. Sounds like we have some potential marathon runners in our midst!
