Activities at Queens Manor Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Shannon Cullen
Hi, my name is Shannon and I am Head of Lifestyle and Enrichment here at Queens Manor. I have come to Queens Manor with 6 years of experience in the planning, activities and events sector.
I ensure that myself and the team get to know each resident's preferences so that we can deliver a person-centred programme of events and activities within the home - Including activities that positively impact physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. I strongly believe that creating great moments and memories for our residents and embracing their individuality with tailor made activities is the way forward.
In an era of developing technologies, we are using new ways of reaching out to family and friends - though Zoom, Skype and Facebook Portal. We hope that our residents never feel alone or too far away from their loved ones this way. Each day I like to ensure that our residents enjoy themselves in a calm, stimulating and fun environment, whilst creating bonds with each other and staff.
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 Queens Manor Care Home
Mission Christmas
As most of you will know, we have been collection gifts for Forth 1 ‘s mission Christmas! This campaign helps to ensure that every child in Edinburgh wakes up to a present on Christmas Day! With the help of the residents, staff & visitors, we managed to collect over 60 presents for the community.
Thank you to everyone who helped us with this campaign and donated.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
And that’s our Christmas lights on!
Thank you to everyone who came along today to help us begin our countdown to Christmas Day!
To Fettes college and their school
Choir - we are always amazed by the amazing vocal range of the students and thoroughly enjoyed their singing.
To Joal from the local gospel choir for speaking about the meaning of Christmas and helping us appreciate everything around us.
To Andy our gardener/ and resident Santa - thank you for playing the pipes and spending Christmas cheer!
And to all of the staff, residents, relatives and visitors who came along to help us turn on the lights - we think our displays look brilliant this year and we can’t wait to countdown the days to Santa!
Meeting the Reindeers
Across our homes we got into the Christmas spirit of things by joining a festive live virtual experience, led by Des and Kelly from Performing Pets.
Our residents were thrilled to meet the charming furry friends and get up close and personal with the reindeers.
We certainly learnt some interesting facts about the animals and had a fantastic time.
Pumpkins Picking!
The weather might have been poor, but that didn’t stop us having a good time !
First stop for the minibus was at Haddington costa, where we enjoyed a nice warm lunch in preparation for our pumpkin hunt! We also enjoyed going around the local Tesco picking out some choccies !
Second stop was to Kilduff Farm!
Thank you to everyone on the farm for making us feel welcome and ensuring we were having fun - we had the best time going around the farm, picking our pumpkins and taking advantage of the photo opportunities.
Thank you to Beach Wheelchairs too - the wheelchairs were a great feature at this year’s patch & Audrey felt so safe in it!
We can’t wait to be back next year !
FitCare
Another week, another amazing FitCare Scotland exercise class ran by John!
This week we were focusing on arm exercises & movements - aiming at strengthening our muscles and grip.
Since starting the exercise classes back in May 2023 we have seen massive improvements in ability amongst residents at QM!
There’s No “I” in “Team”
We would like to express our thanks to Rhys and Scott over at Fettes_College for hosting us for another great team building day!
With a member of the team from each department, it was brilliant to see staff branching out of their comfort zone and team up with colleagues they don’t normally work alongside, in order to achieve a common goal…. Complete the low ropes course as a unit!
This was followed by some fire starting & s’more making … which was very much appreciated by everyone !
Thank you again for this opportunity - we can’t wait for the next session
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead, we extend a warm welcome for you to join us - all welcome!
Merry Christmas.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
Your time could make a difference! If you are interested in becoming a volunteer we'd love to hear from you!
Coffee Morning
Come along and make new friends over a refreshing coffee and slice of homemade cake - every Friday from 11.00 am
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Come and take a break on us! There may be a cake or two.....
Respite - Are you looking for a little care break?
If you are looking for a little care break for yourself or a loved one, pop in and see what we have to offer.
