Activities at Thistle Hill Care Home

Over the summer our popular woodland walk ‘Charlotte’s Way’ has continued to grow and flourish.

Our Gardeners have being hard at work, planting beautiful flowers and plants for our residents to enjoy when walking around our lovely grounds.

Recent fundraising events have seen the home being able to add some wonderful sculptures around the walk way for our residents and visitors enjoyment.

We had a lovely time joining Becca Clark and James Wylie – members of V&A Dundee’s exhibitions team – as they took us on a virtual tour of the museum’s incredible Scottish Design Galleries.

We were introduced to the wide range of unique objects at the galleries from architecture and engineering, jewellery and textiles to theatre and their fascinating stories.

And we were able to learn more about the importance of all objects in telling the rich and varied history of Scottish design.

It was a lovely talk, enjoyed by all.

Thistle Hill welcomed back the children from the Red Kite Nursery for a country and western themed afternoon of fun, games and music.

Residents and children were thrilled by the visiting goats who they were able to bottle feed before enjoying a performance of country and western hits in our beautiful garden.

We took a wonderful virtual trip to Iceland and visited the SEA LIFE Trust Beluga Whale Sanctuary to have an inside look into the daily care of their two resident beluga whales: Little White and Little Grey.

Our residents were introduced to the history of the Beluga Whale Sanctuary and learnt more about its mission to provide a more natural home for belugas in human care with a first-hand look at how the dedicated team are not only caring for the whales, but preparing for their future in the sea sanctuary!

It was an enjoyable event for everyone, learning more about the amazing beluga whales and how they are cared for at the sanctuary.

To celebrate World Photography Day, we were delighted to hear from Professional Photographer, Damian Bailey who spent some time guiding us through different photography tips and techniques.

We all had a wonderful afternoon and are excited to be taking part in the #BaileyBarchester competition where we look forward to putting all the tips and ideas learnt during the talk into practice. 

Thank you, Damian Bailey Photography.

Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at the Thistle Hill Care Centre to enjoy a Summer Fete that was held in the home’s grounds on Sunday 15th August.

Thistle Hill Care Centre hosted a variety of activities throughout the day, including a BBQ, delicious home made cakes, tombola stall, live enternainment, games, which were enjoyed by everyone who came to the event.

Staff at the Thistle Hill Care Centre made everyone feel welcome and were delighted to see different generations having fun together. Visitors enjoyed plenty of refreshments, such as cold beers, iced tea, lambrini, burgers, chips, salads all prepared by the catering team, who were hard at work making sure that a great time was had by all – it really was a team effort!

Resident, Hazel, said, “I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was surrounded by lots of great people, and the refreshments kept flowing. The weather held out until we finished. Staff did a great job, not just on the day, but organising the event and getting everyone together.”