Activities at Strachan House Care Home

Strachan House care home, in Edinburgh have recently hosted an intergenerational ‘meet and greet’ with General Manager, Eileen Crawford to talk about the home and what life is like for the homes residents.

The local children from Blackhall Primary school came prepared with lots of questions, they wanted to find the answers to how a nursing home is run and the role of looking after older people. The event, which took place on 11th of June 2021 welcomed the group of young children from our local primary school Blackhall Primary to have an interview with our manager to ask these question

The group of children also enjoyed seeing our gardens and asking questions to our General Manager about our residents here at Strachan House.  The activities team at the care home provided a selection of ice cream treats on the day.

We had a lovely time joining the team from Hereford Cathedral for an exciting virtual session.

We enjoyed a glimpse of this spectacular building and its treasures in a series of short pre-recorded videos. From the stunning gardens which lead down to the River Wye, to the Mappa Mundi and Chained Library.

It was wonderful to learn more about the history and beauty of Hereford Cathedral.

Residents of Strachan House have been busy growing their own plants as part of the homes gardening club and life enrichment programme. 

Residents have been planting some seedlings a few weeks ago and decided to take advantage of a rare sunny afternoon to re-pot them. We now have an anxious wait to see what happens – and hopefully identify what plants they are!

After almost 9 years of continuous service at Strachan House Care Home in Edinburgh much-loved carer, Liezlgale Albores has decided to leave for pastures new.

Staff and residents at the home sent Liezlgale Albores off in style with champagne and presentation to thank her for many years of dedication. Everyone at the home has very fond memories of Liezlgale Albores and she will be sadly missed.

Eileen Crawford General Manager at Strachan House said: “Liezlgale Albores is one of those people who was born to care for others – she has such a huge heart and was greatly loved by the individuals living at Strachan House Care Home. She was an inspiration to her colleagues and we will all miss her. We wish her all the best!”

The fun and laughter has continued at Strachan House care home, in Edinburgh as residents recently enjoyed trying out our outdoor exercise sessions,

Residents at Strachan House care home have enjoyed our engaging activities programmes consisting of chair exercises arranged by the homes’ activities team for residents within the home.

The activities coordinator Lynne Hiddleston supports the personal interests of residents so they can continue with their individual hobbies in an effort to celebrate life as often as we can. All group and individual activities offer a choice of mental, physical and spiritual activities of people we care for.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Strachan house care home in Edinburgh were buzzing when they celebrated World Bee Day on May 20th.

Created by the UN, World Bee Day is an annual global event raising awareness of the importance of bees and beekeeping for the survival of our ecosystems.  Three out of four food crops across the globe rely on bees and other pollinators but those pollinators are under threat from human activities.

Residents had a bee-rilliant time having a talk from Lauriston castle resident bee keeper john Jeffrey. We learnt about the history of bee-keeping and the importance of bees for food production,  we had a zoom meeting  with john our  local bee keeper virtually and enjoying a tour of his hives, we also held a tasting session of his local honey he makes at Lauriston castle as well as having a bee -biscuit with our cup of tea, making a bee home for the garden and planting some bee friendly flowers in the garden.