Activities at Kenwyn Care Home

This week at Kenwyn we had more important visitors - and once more they didn't all come in the human form!

Creature Feature's visited us with some wonderful animals and reptiles.

Some of our residents chose to face their fears and even held the snake! (even Kenwyn's staff had a hold!)

Everyone really enjoyed this unusual visit.

Thank you

A big happy Easter from all of us here at Kenwyn.

This morning our residents enjoyed a lovely Easter breakfast (hot cross buns included). The residents then all received visits from the Activities team all dressed in their Easter Sunday attire delivering chocolate and cards from local schools. We then proceeded to engage in our Easter Sunday quiz

Also a big congratulations to Katie Cooper, the winner of our Easter competition! Katie had the closest guess of how many eggs were in our special Easter cup!

We have had a busy week of visits at Kenwyn, with some very special guests.

Here you can see a photo of George. George is a retired Guide Dog.

He came to Kenwyn to meet our residents on National Guide Dog Day.

Our residents loved him and as you can see here, the feeling was mutual.

Thank you to Guide Dogs UK for all you do and for arranging this lovely visit.

Today we would like to say a big thank you to the wonderfully helpful Trudy at Newquay Library & Information Service and Information Service.

With Trudy's experience, knowledge and advice, we have set up our brand new book club.

Reading a good book is perfect for mental and cognitive stimulation to keep the brain stay active and engaged.

Here at Kenwyn we recognise the value of reading for our residents - particularly reading in groups.

It is also proven to be effective in helping people with dementia to feel happier and more content.

Poetry for reading groups – particularly for people living with dementia can be a huge benefit. It has found that poetry engages emotions and can trigger memory.

To all the crew at Tolvaddon Community Fire Station Thank you from all of us at Kenwyn Care Home on your special day - International Firefighters Day.

The day is shared with Firefighters Memorial Day. Again, Thank you

Five weeks ago a gent was driving near to Kenwyn care home in Truro and started to experience severe chest pains. That gent was Neil.
He had the presence of mind after seeing Kenwyn’s sign (and realising he couldn’t get to hospital quickly enough) to make a decision that literally changed his life.
He pulled into our car park (parking perfectly!) and made his way in a huge amount of pain to reception.
Two of Kenwyn’s nurses were immediately on hand to assist, Adelina and Sadie.
Neil was sadly in the middle of a significant Heart Attack.
He later spent quite some time in hospital where his consultants said that the swift actions of the Nurses in Kenwyn ‘categorically saved his life.’
We have stayed in contact with Julie, Neil’s wife, tracking his progress.
Today, Neil and his wife Julie returned to Kenwyn - in much happier circumstances - to thank our two incredible nurses.
What a fantastic outcome - We couldn’t be prouder.