Activities at Lethen Park Care Home
Activities are the cornerstone of a wholesome home experience and our Activities Coordinators are always putting their creative minds to the test by organising new and exciting social events for residents to partake in. Of course, we take into account the likes and dislikes of those we support, so if someone doesn’t feel like trying something new, there will always be something on offer to reflect their personal interests. For the people who may just prefer some peace and quiet instead, we also offer one-to-one time that can be enjoyed with a nice cup of coffee or just a simple chat – whatever they desire.
Amanda McCarthy
We all know that keeping active is important. We have created a wonderful culture within the home and we work together to give residents the best possible experience. We are here to ensure that residents enjoy an environment that is both stimulating and socially active. We ensure the team knows each residents' preferences, so that we can deliver a person-centered program of events and activities. Essential to our homely feel is the strong relationships of trust we build with residents and their families and friends
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 Lethen Park Care Home
Gentleman's Club
Gentlemen's club was held in the garden on a sunny but cold day. Davie, Jim, James and Davie had a brilliant time. During this time we do a question and answer session on the History of Aberdeen. We then went on to sing some favourite tunes.
We really had a great day sitting in the garden and enjoying each other's company.
Therapy Dog Visit
Dorothy was delighted to welcome a new therapy pet to Lethen Park, Stella the British Bulldog. Stella and Dorothy had a wonderful time together.
Dorothy is a keen dog lover and really enjoyed this time with Stella. Stella really enjoyed all the treats too. Dorothy was so happy and could not stop smiling.
Thomas' New Chair
Thomas was absolutely delighted to be fitted for his new chair. This meant that we were able to go a visit to the local garden centre.
On the visit, Thomas was able to look at all the plants and the gift shops. Thomas had a brilliant time with Amanda and Carole.
We even visited the café and had a fine cake and a cuppa tea. Thomas had a brilliant time.
Residents realise dream with Porsche Aberdeen
Residents Harry Corsie and Jim Christie, at Lethen Park had always wanted to visit the Aberdeen Porsche garage in Aberdeen, so staff at the home made their wish a reality proving the old adage, it’s never too late.
Amanda first found out about Harry’s dream of sitting in a Porsche 911 after a reminiscing session based around cars. Harry had worked in the car industry for over 50 years and was so passionate in his love of cars, ever since then, they have been dedicated to helping make a wish come true! James and Harry are good friends and during the reminiscing session the gentlemen had chatted about buying a Porsche and sharing it, so we decided to help them achieve it!
Exercising the mind, body and soul!
Keeping active, having social interactions and being mentally stimulated is very important to Residents at Lethen Park Residents took advantage of an exercise class with Amanda and Kailyn and had so much fun, there was lots of laughter too proving your never too old to gain strength!
As part of the homes life enrichment programme, we include firm favourites in the homes calendar with fun-filled adapted games that they played over the years in a safe environment!
Bingo Bonanza
Staff and residents joined fellow keen dabbers from over 250 Barchester care homes and hospitals across the whole of the UK, including Wales, Scotland, Jersey and the Isle of Wight, to compete in the biggest game of bingo Barchester has ever seen!
The Barchester Big Bingo Bonanza took place on 26th February 2025 and we got super competitive and took on our sister homes from all over the country to find out which Barchester home or hospital was a dab hand at bingo. It was eyes down for a full house as the homes battled it out to find out who would prevail.
General Manager, Annette said: “We’ve got some real bingo fanatics at our home, we are very competitive - our residents love taking part in anything where winning is involved, you could hear a pin drop in here when we were all playing.”
