Activities at Kirkburn Court Care Home

We have had lots of snow up in Peterhead over this last month, which has afforded us the opportunity to partake in some ‘freezing’ activities! Well done to one of our team members, Leah, for braving the elements to build a snowman in our memory lane garden. He was given the name ‘Kirkie’ and although it was a bit too cold for our residents to get outside, they did a great job of directing operations from the windows! Great fun was had by all, waving out the window to the snowman! One resident, Emily, said “he looks really cute and friendly”

Kirkburn Court recently held a ‘best dressed’ Christmas tree competition, whereby members of the local community were invited to send in pictures of their Christmas trees for our residents to judge and pick an overall winner.

We were delighted with the response from our local community, as we received a large number of entries. The residents had great fun looking through all the pictures and discussing the merits of each one – at the same time reminiscing about their own Christmas stories.

After lots of deliberation, the residents chose their winner and we sent out a certificate and prize to the owner of the ‘best dressed’ tree.

Although our Christmas parties looked a little different this year, residents and team members still enjoyed a great afternoon of festive fun.

Games such as ‘alternative’ pass-the-parcel (using a spotlight going around the room in time with the music, rather than the parcel being passed!) and a staff snowman fancy dress competition against the clock, helped to create a fun and cheery atmosphere.

A lovely Christmas buffet and drinks were also enjoyed in order to make the afternoon even more special. 

Residents recently took part in a fun-filled Christmas photo shoot. We decided that we would like to surprise our families and friends with a Christmas card and personalised photograph in the post.

Preparations began in November, as the residents set about making lots of homemade Christmas cards and they spent time carefully designing and making each one.

We then arranged a photo shoot with some Christmas props and our residents had great fun posing with our inflatable photo frame. 

Our Christmas preparations are well underway here at Kirkburn. Our residents have been working very hard on making hand crafted cards to send to loved ones. We have had an array of different card making supplies to choose from and our residents have taken great care in choosing their own designs. Once completed, the residents in each unit will post their cards in their very own post-boxes and our Kirkburn elf will take them to the post office. One resident, Joan, said “I think they look rather good!”

Residents and their families have been enjoying getting to use our new indoor visiting room this month. The small lounge at the front of the building has been converted into a cosy and safe indoor visiting space to be used by residents and their families. As the Scottish winter weather was beginning to set in, it was clear that outdoor garden visits were no longer an option – and our residents and families have been delighted to now enjoy visits in our new indoor space. Complete with a speaker/microphone system and a large viewing window, feedback has been very positive from both residents and their visitors.