Activities at Kernow House Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators organise varied and regular events. The activities that take place depend on what our residents tell us they are interested in and the feedback we get from their families. We currently have pop-up cafes where we socialise and maybe visit the hairdresser. We have regular live music events, a storyteller and visits from animals and we are often joined by families or friends during our social activities where they are always most welcome.
Living in Cornwall the surrounding countryside offers many beauty spots and we often have trips out to wherever our residents would like to go. At other times a walk to nearby shops or cafes is what we enjoy.
Louise is our hairdresser and she is with us twice a week. Louise also supports us during our weekly Namaste sessions where she offers hand massages in a relaxing environment. Every Thursday afternoon we have a time of worship supported by our local community. Our ice cream van, Kernow Kones, and our mobile pub, Kernow Keg, also make a weekly appearance. We have monthly clubs, when we play bingo or watch a film in our pop-up cinema. Residents on all units are invited to take part in a monthly Resident’s Meeting and they tell us what they would like.
Apart from these regular events, we also celebrate special occasions and often have musical entertainers to visit but we also make our own fun. All staff take part in fancy dress or charity events that we support and often what we do evolves through interaction between residents and care or activity staff. All this makes Kernow House a vibrant place to be where things happen both as group activities as well as on an individual level.
Bea Porup
Bea has many years of experience working in elderly care and both experience and training in dementia care. She has also worked extensively with people with Huntington's disease. Bea works closely with Sue, Jackie and our management team, nurses, carers and kitchen team to ensure our home has a vibrant environment with lots of events happening and varied opportunities for having both new and familiar experiences, making sure the people living here lead a rich and fulfilling life.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Kernow House Care Home
International Flower Day at Kernow
It was a real pleasure arranging bouquets of flowers for all the units at Kernow House on International Flower Day. Lesley, Debbie and Helen did the work and we had a good chat about all the flowers. We also sent quizzes and word searches out to everyone, so there was a little challenge too. The home is now full of fresh, colourful, wonderful smelling flowers and they bring lots of enjoyment to all.
Physical Post Cards
We have signed up to a new 'Physical Post Cards' initiative and will be receiving suggestions for exercises for the next 12 weeks. There are some great ideas, which we can incorporate into daily life and lots we can add into our organised exercise classes too!
Creative Mojo
We have signed up to receive monthly craft kits from Creative Mojo. Each parcel contains themed artwork and for January we have chosen British Birds and Hellebore Panels. There’s enough equipment to go around all the units for everyone who is interested in doing crafts. This time we have learned how to bleed tissue paper so we can put leaves on the branches before adding brightly painted hellebores. Crafting together is a lovely way to spend an afternoon!
Carols by the tree
We had a wonderful carol service on the concourse. There were two Christmas trees with gently flickering light and the whole place lit up by candle light. Carol Teague delivered the service and Ruth Dymond led the singing. Afterwards we enjoyed mince pies and mulled wine while we wished each other a Happy Christmas.
St Gennys Silver Band
We had a very festive afternoon when St Gennys Silver Band came to play Christmas Carols in the car parks. They were all dressed up and full of festive cheer even though it was raining. Some residents came out to listen to them but most chose to stay indoors in the warmth where they could listen to the wonderful music.
Christmas Cake Competition
Christmas is a great time for tradition and we have enjoyed making and decorating Christmas cakes so we could have an in house competition before entering Barchester’s National Christmas Cake Competition. The winning cake was decorated in Millaton’s big kitchen and they won a big dish of Christmas treats. Great effort everyone.
