Activities at Kingsland House Care Home
Kingsland House have a variety of activities that our residents help us choose. Celebrating Life in our home is jovial and fun and from our weekly delivered activity sheet, our residents can chose exactly what they want to join in with.
Our activities range from exercise classes, gardening, arts and crafts, games to food-fun clubs. We also offer our in house church services, our own home cinema, our mobile pub - The Kingsland Tavern, visiting Pat Dogs, musical entertainers, minibus outings, theme days and birthday celebrations. For those residents being nursed in their rooms we have one to one activities sessions.
At Kingsland House we believe that activities are hugely important to stimulate and uplift, and getting to know our residents interests and lifestyle choices assist our activities team in creating events and activities to suit their expressed wishes and capabilities. We also encourage our residents' families and friends to join in with as much as they can to make Kingsland House a loving family atmosphere.
Mo Clark
I've been at Kingsland House as the Activities Coordinator since April 2024 having previously worked in a similar role since 2020.
My previous experience has been in working as a carer and air bnb host, corporate finance and project management for many years. This is my most rewarding role to date and I am passionate about working with the elderly.
I love the variety of each day, getting to know and share in the lives of our residents. The commitment and support of Barchester enables us to deliver activities and outings that go above and beyond to support and celebrate life which makes the difference to our residents wellbeing and happiness.
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 Kingsland House Care Home
Residents and their loved ones back together with indoor visiting
Residents are overjoyed as from Monday the 8th March every care home resident has nominated a single named visitor who will be able to enter Kingsland House for regular visits. These visitors will be tested using rapid lateral flow tests before every visit, wear the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and follow all other infection control during visits.
Pictured here is Gwen who with the help of staff was able to meet her husband face to face for the first time in over a year.
Karen Williams, General Manager at the home, said, "It is wonderful to be able to see the residents with their loved ones once again, it brings a little normality back to Kingsland House, it’s an emotional time."
Roger, Gwen’s husband was overwhelmed with seeing Gwen he said it was so lovely to see Gwen and that he would be back to see her next week.
Residents choose Fire Brigade to receive homemade cakes!
Residents and staff at Kingsland house care home recently enjoyed thanking the local fire brigade with homemade cakes. Our residents got to choose who they would like to send a treat to for their hard work during the pandemic and they choose the fire brigade.
Karen Williams, General Manager said: “In these unprecedented times, ensuring residents feel engaged and connected within our local community is more important than ever. Our residents really enjoyed sending the fire brigade a treat. We provide a wide range of physical, mental and spiritual activities at Kingsland House as part of the life enrichment programme for residents, and this one was very popular! We have also adapted ways to keep residents active, whilst ensuring that the group activities are smaller, adhering to social distancing advice”
The local fire brigade were very appreciative of the cakes and as they had just returned back from a shout, they would be enjoying them with a well-deserved cup of coffee.
Staff Wear A Vaccine Badge of Pride!
Staff at Kingsland House care home were delighted to have received a thank you card and a badge to wear with pride, the staff at Kingsland House have participated in receiving the vaccine as they are aware that this is a fundamental part of beating COVID 19, and after what has been a very challenging year for everyone are hoping that this will assist with the control of the virus.
General Manager, Karen Williams said: “We’ve had a year like no other and the vaccine feels like the light at the end of the tunnel. Our staff have been magnificent in how they have risen to every challenge during this pandemic and we are proud to play our part in this next phase to ensure the most vulnerable are protected.”
Gardening Club
Wrapped up warmly there are still jobs to do outside and some residents do enjoy the fresh bracing air. We started with a tidy up of the raised beds and planting Delilah’s ready for the summer. Still plenty to do, we can be planning inside with our seed catalogues when its wet as we would love to see some colourful flowers in the months to come.
Competition time in the corridor!
Residents recently enjoyed an afternoon playing skittles, the skittles were brought in by a resident as a different activity to enjoy inside, the flat corridor is the perfect place - you can see its going well and the competitive spirit is coming out!
Our Art class
We offer residents time and encouragement to discover new hobbies or rediscover a craft they may not have enjoyed for some time - we provide all the equipment and love to see the joy it brings.
