Activities at Ochil Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Patrycja Dwojak
Hi, I’m Patrycja and am very excited to be a part of the amazing team at Ochil.
I have been working as an Activities Co-ordinator for the last 2 years, always making sure that the programme of activities and events provide a source of fun and laughter and helps each resident to live their life to the full. Please do feel free to come and be part of it with your loved ones
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 Ochil Care Home
Administrator receives prestigious 20-year service award
A Home Administrator at Ochil Care Home in Perth has received a prestigious 20 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 20 years. Anne Manson, Home Administrator, started at Barchester in August 2000 as Home Administrator at Seaview Care Home in Wick, then moved to Ochil Care Home in 2006 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.
Liz Stewart, General Manager of Ochil Care Home said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 20 years of loyal service with Anne. She has demonstrated her dedication and loyalty to this home and its residents year after year. I speak for all of us here at Ochil when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Anne!”
A spot of gardening
Whenever the weather is good Residents are making the most of the homes beautiful garden space and those green-fingered residents have been helping with a spot of gardening, planting and potting around the home. Even on the rainy days they have managed to bring the gardening indoors keeping the residents occupied with hobbies and interests which they enjoy being involved in.
Queen’s Birthday celebrations!
Everything was red, white and blue as Ochil celebrated the Queen’s birthday. The home was decorated with banners, flags and everyone celebrated with delicious home-made cakes and cup of tea. As part of the celebrations the home entered Barchester HealthCare's ‘Bake a cake fit for the Queen’ competition. Residents came together and spoke about what the Queen meant to them and all had a great day.
National Cream Tea Day
Residents of Ochil joined in with the nations celebration of National Cream Tea Day on 26th June. It was a question on everyone's lips, was it the jam or cream first! Everyone had a yummy afternoon tea full of mouth watering treats - homemade scones, pancakes served with clotted cream, strawberries and jam accompanied by a cup of tea or coffee . It was lovely for the residents to get together and have a good chat keeping social distance in mind.
Postcards of Kindness
Residents and colleagues at Ochil have been receiving lovely postcards of kindness from the community with nice stories of what they have been doing, what their hobbies and interests are and also drawings and photos of pets they have and asking residents how they are and what they enjoy doing.
Postcards for Kindness is incredibly beneficial for the residents as it provides a boost in wellbeing and helps to create connections with people from all over the world.
Easter Treats for Residents
Easter treats brought smiles to our residents as the home held an Easter raffle with a selection of prizes to be won. Everyone had a wonderful day enjoying coffee, home-made cake and a good old chatter before the winning tickets were drawn. It was a fun-filled afternoon with musical entertainment, games and delicious Easter cakes.
The theme continued with a baking session, for those budding bakers in the home in making cupcakes and decorating with butter icing, sprinkles and some mini eggs. Everybody enjoyed making a mess and eating the cakes.
Upcoming events
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
Your time could make a difference! For more information on Volunteering at Ochil please get in touch we'd love to hear from you.
Calling all Emergency Services - take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel, come and take a break on us! enjoy a refreshing drink and slice of cake with us.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
Are you looking for a place to host a meeting? Come and see what we have to offer.
