Activities at Balclutha Court Care Home
At Balclutha Court our resident’s happiness is extremely important to us. We all know that a large part of this is keeping active and continuing to enjoy your interests and hobbies. At Balclutha Court, we have regular activities including arts and crafts, music, entertainment, trips to local attractions such as canal trips, safari parks and many more. Our activities team are always busy organising events, entertainment and excursions with the broadest possible appeal and many of our residents see living at Balclutha Court as an opportunity to develop a new skill or interest. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Karen Dillon
Karen Dillon is our Head of Activities and has worked within the home since 2005, starting out as a Carer. Karen is very outgoing and full of fun. She has many hobbies, with arts & crafts being her favourite, and her passion for this can be seen in our life enrichment programme.
Karen is supported by Kay Millar and Anita Marsh, between them they ensure that residents are happy and have loads of fun.
They are very keen to involve the residents in the decision making within the home to enhance their experience. They take part in the residents' meetings, catering forums and assist the General Manager in interviewing new staff members.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Balclutha Court Care Home
Mum in a Million
Nurse, Julie Wilson, has been nominated by her daughter for Greenock Telegraph's 'Mum in a Million' competition for supporting the residents of Balclutha Court by day and caring for her lifelong partner at home, who is awaiting his third kidney transplant.
Julie never puts herself first; she works a tough job and comes home to support Stephen who is living with kidney failure as a result of the genetic condition, polycystic kidney disease. He fell seriously ill 11 years ago and has had to undergo 2 kidney transplants so far.
We are very proud to have Julie on our team; she is a true asset to Balclutha Court.
Red Nose Day
We hosted a bake sale on Red Nose Day in an effort to raise money for Comic Relief.
A Cuppa with the Boss
Resident, Betty, can be seen enjoying a nice cuppa with General Manager, Alison Dickson.
Winnie the pooh Day
We hosted a tea party in recognition of Winnie the Pooh Day, and everyone had lots of fun!
Food Bank Donation
General Manager, Alison Dickson, and Deputy Manager, Julie Wilson, dropped off our food bank collection at Foodbank Inverclyde, and it turned out the volunteer working was an ex-relative of the home, Mrs. Moore. Alison and Julie received a tour of the food bank and discussed volunteering opportunities.
Morton Football Club
We were invited along by Morton Football Club to join the Manager Jonathan Johansson and his wife, Jean, a Scottish Television presenter, who is originally from port Glasgow, for lunch. We also got the chance to get on the pitch and get a photo with our advertisement.
Upcoming events
May
May is the gateway to summer and we have lots of fun filled things planned - all welcome.
