Activities at Strachan House Care Home

Residents at Strachan House received a piece of festival spirit, with a special delivery from Edinburgh International Festival who very kindly brought a bag of CDs to the home.  The CDs were filled with musical highlights from their 2020 digital programme.   Their wonderful Learning and Engagement team reached out to Strachan House and other care homes across Edinburgh who have been socially and creatively isolated this year, to spread a little cheer over the festive period.   Strachan House would like to thank Calum McDonald and the Edinburgh International Festival for generosity. Edinburgh International Festival

The staff at new Co-op, Comely Bank Stockbridge have generously given Strachan House two state of the art interactive tablets and some goodies for our Residents and staff to enjoy.  Manager, David Hobday had thought that these would be of great benefit to our Residents in the most challenging of times to keep them connected with their loved ones.  We are delighted with these special gifts and would like to thank the store for kindly thinking of them, our Residents can wait to start using them! @CoopUK

To find out more about life at Strachan House, please visit their website: https://www.barchester.com/home/strachan-house-care-home

Staff at Strachan House care home in Edinburgh were delighted when a trio of carers achieved their SVQ level 3 certificates. Marta Aurzecka – Zuchlke, Sebastian Zuchlke, Maryanne Ugalde all successfully completed their training to become ASVQ level 3 carers, a new role which will enable them to support nurses in the home.

.Marta aurzecka – Zuchlke, Sebastian Zuchlke, Maryanne Ugalde were presented with their certificates at a celebration in the home to mark their achievement.

The fun and laughter has continued at Strachan House care home, in Edinburgh as residents recently enjoyed trying out their green fingers with mini gardens projects.

Residents at Strachan House care home have enjoyed our engaging activities programmes consisting of basic gardening arranged by the homes’ activities team for residents within the home and local community groups. This is just one of the many popular life enrichment activities provided by the 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.