Activities at Strachan House Care Home

A  House Keeper at Strachan House has received a prestigious 20 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 20 years. Kenneth McLeod started at Barchester in February 2001 and has worked hard keeping our home here at Strachan House pristine.

Eileen Crawford, General Manager said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 20 years of loyal service with Kenneth he has demonstrated his dedication and loyalty to this home and its residents year after year. I speak for all of us here at Strachan House when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Kenneth.

We have taken advantage of the recent mild weather and enjoyed a walk around our beautiful grounds. The residents fully enjoyed the sunshine and the natural environment of the homes gardens.  Residents simply stopped to look at the blooming daffodils and snowdrops the sure sign that spring is just around the corner, others just sat enjoying each other’s company.

Strachan House care home, in Edinburgh was filled with flowers, cards and sweets in celebration of St Valentine’s Day.  

Staff and residents celebrated the day of love by everyone creating heart-shaped decorations to decorate the home and gifting each other home-made sweets, cakes and treats. 

General Manager, Eileen Crawford, said: “It’s been a very different Valentine’s Day but we’ve all had a lovely day nonetheless. Lots of our residents were able to see their loved ones either using our visiting suite or on a video call. We’ve had a whole range of treats and Valentine’s themed fun and we have enjoyed every moment of it!”

A carer at Strachan House in Edinburgh has received a prestigious 15 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 15 years.

Virgina Quillao, now carer, started at Barchester in January 2006 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.

The fun and laughter has continued at Strachan House care home, in Edinburgh as residents recently enjoyed trying out our planting projects, as part of the homes gardening club and life enrichment activities.

Residents at Strachan House care home have enjoyed a variety of new activities consisting of basic gardening as the residents look to planting in the homes gardening as they look forward to the early signs of spring.  A number of these new activities are also linking residents virtually to the homes local community groups.

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.

Catherine, a carer at Strachan House braved the shave to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.  Her luscious locks were cut to raise funds for a charity very close to her heart and with an initial goal of £200.00 and a little help from residents, friends, colleagues and neighbours she achieved her goal with an astonishing £1,160!

Eileen Crawford, General Manager said: “Our team at the home have all been supporting Catherine with donations to help reach her target of £200. Catherine has achieved her target for ‘brave the shave’ in aid of Macmillan cancer support which has always been a fantastic charity which we try and support in any way we can. We are very glad to be able to do our bit to raise further awareness and money for the charity.”   Catherine would like to say a massive thank you to all who have supported her.