Activities at Strachan House Care Home
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
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 Strachan House Care Home
International Nurses Day
International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth.
Today our residents and staff celebrated our nurses here at Strachan House with treating them to Afternoon Tea where they could sit, relax and enjoy others looking after them for a change. Residents reminisced whilst writing special notes to our Nurses. We learnt what it took to train as a nurse then and now and just how much passion you need to do the job. We all agreed that our Strachan House nurses are all very special.
Exercise fun at Strachan House!
We all enjoyed a session of exercise after lunch today. It was hula hoop madness and how very talented our residents are doing their moves.
As ever big thanks to George who visits and does the sessions fortnightly. All residents are looking forward to his next visit. In the meantime we will keep practicing those hula moves.
National Doughnut Week
We celebrated National Doughnut Week here at Strachan House . And what a delicious celebration it was. Residents enjoyed learning the history of this sweet treat and certainly enjoyed the tasting session.
Did you know?
In 1917, the original doughnut was first served by the ladies of the Salvation Army. It was during WWI that the Salvation Army Lassies went to the front lines of Europe. Home-cooked foods, provided by these brave volunteers, were a morale boost to the troops.
The doughnuts were often cooked in oil inside the metal helmets of American soldiers. American infantrymen were then commonly called “doughboys.” A more standard spelling of the word in the USA is “donut.” But we know them as doughnuts here.
Cinco de Mayo
To celebrate Cinco Des Mayo we took the opportunity to hang some bunting, shake our maracas, dress up and enjoy some traditional Mexican music, along with delicious dishes, prepared by our talented chef.
During the day, the Piñata was great fun and we all learnt something new about the meaning of the Mexican festival.
Great fun had by everyone!
Conversations on The Pond with Henry Slator
We had a lovely time joining Henry Slator for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘Conversations at the Pond’.
Henry had an unusual writing journey, which many of our residents found inspiring, he underwent chemotherapy in early 2020, which allowed him to rediscover his light-hearted outlook on life by imagining conversations with creatures in and around his large garden pond and adding buckets of fun.
The entertaining Conversations at the Pond, with its mass of colourful illustrations, took our residents along his journey, they felt inspired, cheered and loved hearing all about Henry’s experiences.
A great time was had by all.
A fun filled morning with a live performance
We had a fun filled afternoon with our regular visitor from Jack High.
Residents enjoyed an afternoon of singing and dancing and reminisced over some good old favourites!
A brilliant afternoon had by everyone here at Strachan House.
Upcoming events
November
The leaves are falling and November is calling, take a look at our up and coming activities coming soon to the home.
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead, all welcome.
Merry Christmas!
Community Cafe
Join us for our monthly Community Cafe - Last Friday of the month from 2.30 pm. All welcome.
Knit and Natter
Join us for our weekly Knit and Natter group and make new friends over a selection of tasty snacks and refreshments.
Respite - Are you looking for a little care break?
If you are looking for a little care break for yourself or a little care break pop in and see what we have to offer.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
We recognise the special impact that volunteers can make on the day to day lives of our residents. If you would like more information we'd love to hear from you.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
We offer a warm welcome and a hot drink any time you need one - to all emergency services personnel, police, ambulance, district nurses - pop in any time!
