Activities at Strachan House Care Home

A lead carer at Strachan House has received a prestigious 10-Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 10 years. Aurea Macalino now Lead Carer started at Barchester in November 2020 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.

Eileen Crawford, General Manager said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 10years of loyal service with Aurea She has demonstrated her 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 Aurea!”

Strachan House commemorated Remembrance Sunday on Sunday 8th November, as they joined the rest of the United Kingdom in holding a two-minute silence at 11am.

As well as marking Remembrance Day by wearing poppies and watching the televised service, some residents in the lead up helped create poppies for the homes remembrance display.  Lest we forget.

Strachan House care home, in Edinburgh have welcomed two new very important guests to the home, Mr Sid and Mrs Sally Scarecrow as part of the homes forthcoming thanksgiving celebrations.

Staff and residents have begun their preparations with a Scarecrow themed arts and craft session as they created Sid and Sally who now sit proudly at the homes entrance for members of the community to say hello to when they pass!

Barchester’s Strachan House care home, Edinburgh, was a den of ghoulish activity as the home’s spooky Halloween afternoon parties got in to full swing throughout the home.

Residents and staff got in to the spirit of things with decorating the home, hosting a fancy dress competition with prizes for the best costume, decorated spooky biscuits and cupcakes prepared by the homes hospitality team,  pumpkin carving competition between departments and the residents judged before deciding the winners, themed Halloween cinema afternoon with treats, disco with Halloween songs, music, mocktails & cocktails, party games, fun facts about Halloween and also a spooky spectacular quiz. It was a busy but fun-filled day of activities!

As the temperature falls, Residents of Strachan House have enjoyed the warmth of the autumn colour on display in their beautiful grounds creating the most spectacular backdrop from their windows.

The crunching leaves and vibrant colours have made this the perfect time for them to take a stroll in their grounds before settling back to enjoy a warming cup of tea and slice of delicious home-made cake.

Staff and Residents at Strachan House held a charity coffee morning on 25th September to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.  Strachan House’s coffee morning was a big success and everyone had a lot of fun doing it!

The British charity provides financial aid, specialist healthcare services, and all different kinds of support to those living with cancer. The purpose of the coffee morning is to sit down with your friends and family and virtually catch up with a nice cuppa for a good cause. The money raised will help Macmillan make sure no one has to face cancer alone.