Activities at Strachan House Care Home

Strachan House Care Home in Edinburgh marked the anniversary of VE Day in style by throwing a 1940s afternoon tea party to remember.  The home was decorated in red, white and blue and residents and staff dressed up in their 1940s-inspired glad rags and enjoyed an afternoon of big band music and dancing.

Head chef Mark Murray whipped up a delicious selection of freshly-baked biscuits, sandwiches, cakes and pastries for the occasion, all washed down with pots of tea and a celebratory glass of fizz to mark the occasion. 

Residents observed the national two minute silence and listened again to Churchill’s iconic speech and an address from the Queen.  They reminisced about their memories of VE Day and watched clips of the celebrations that took place outside Buckingham Palace and all across London.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Strachan House and Queens Manor care home in Edinburgh were treated to an exciting virtual tour of Five Sisters Zoo, hosted by Head of Education, Adam Welsh.

Five Sisters Zoo is a family run zoo with over 160 different animal species from around the world.  Originally a garden centre that helped to rehome unwanted pets, the animal collection grew and grew until the zoo was officially founded in 2005.  Now Five Sisters Zoo is the most visited wildlife attraction in West Lothian.

Gone are the days when a visit to the zoo was merely a fun day out.  Adam’s presentation showed all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes at the zoo and explored the vital conservation, rescue and education work carried out at FSZ, and at most modern zoos.

There were happy scenes at Strachan House care home in Edinburgh as our first Entertainer was allowed back to perform in our gardens.

Just like the rest of the country, residents had been waiting patiently for months to get their concerts back happening.

Daniella Zampieri, Deputy General Manager at Strachan House care home commented: “It really has felt like Christmas today, our residents are just so delighted to be able to get out in the garden and have a bit of normality back and to be themselves again.  It is wonderful to see them all so happy, we have really missed our live music – it is fantastic to be able to welcome them back again.”

Residents of Strachan House in Edinburgh were delighted to receive sunflowers tor residents to plant as part of the stores ‘Seeds of Hope’ initiative.  Morrisons is giving away 25 million sunflower seeds to customers this week in an effort to spread hope and lift the spirits of the nation. Residents are looking forward to watching them grow and to see who has the tallest!

Strachan House Care Home in Edinburgh marked the Queen’s 95th birthday on April 21st in style by brewing up a storm for National Tea Day and having an afternoon tea party.

Head chef, Mark Murray whipped up a tasty selection of freshly-baked biscuits, pastries and cakes for the occasion, all washed down with a selection of different teas.  Residents took part in royal and tea-themed sessions including virtual tours of royal palaces, watching old clips of royal tours and occasions, a royal quiz, learning facts about tea growing and production, virtual tours of tea plantations and a virtual visit to a tea factory.

Daniella Zampieri, Deputy General Manager at Strachan House Care Home said: “Our residents love nothing more than a good cuppa so they all really enjoyed the choice of different teas, cakes and events for National Tea Day, and, as a nation who truly loves their tea, it was great excuse for an afternoon brew and a natter. It was also a lovely way to say thank you to our longest reigning monarch.”

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Strachan House care home, in Edinburgh, celebrated Easter with a whole host of different activities including. Our residents attending a live church service, Easter daffodil tea party, Easter cake-making, Easter Bonnet Competition & parade.

Residents at Strachan House care home enjoyed an eggs-tensive range of Easter activities, from arts & crafts where we made our own beautiful paper daffodils, we also had an Easter Bonnet parade, egg painting, virtually attending a live church service to having an Easter Daffodil tea party. Residents also tucked in to a delicious Easter meal of roast lamb with all the trimmings followed by Easter cake prepared by the home’s head chef Mark Murray.