Activities at Kings Park Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Claudia Canosa
Claudia moved to the UK from her native South Africa with her family some 6 years ago, although her family are of Italian decent.
With a caring nature, Claudia worked for a domiciliary care company helping in people in the community before eventually working in a care home environment, working up to the role of Senior Carer.
Realising how much she enjoyed making the residents smile, Claudia has now stepped into the role of Activities Lead here at Kings Park and very much loves the interaction with our residents, who have all taken a real shine to her.
Claudia can regularly be seen with our residents in a very creative capacity, enjoying flower arranging or leading everyone in a game of good old fashioned Bingo!
When at home, Claudia is a mother to two boys and a girl and also a pet mum to the the gorgeous, Molly - a Jack Russell cross.
She loves nothing more than curling up on the sofa in front of a good rom/com, with: The Holiday, The Lakehouse and The Notebook as some of her favourites to date.
We are so happy to have her as part of the Kings Park team.
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 Kings Park Care Home
Scrabblers United!
Steve, was back at Kings Park recently, along with his GIANT Scrabble board, getting everyone using their brains for another high tension match...
It was Kings Park residents vs. Steve this time and it was a very close run match, with the residents finally pipping Steve to the win by a very narrow margin of only 2 points!
GO, TEAM KINGS PARK!!!! We knew you could do it!
THANK YOU, Steve, for another wonderful afternoon well spent - The residents have really enjoyed themselves.
Nailing it!
Our fabulous Activities Lead, Claudia, recently set up a pop-up nail salon in our ground floor cafe area and she wasn't short of clientele...
The residents were all keen to take it in turns to receive a file and a polish, creating some wonderfully elegant nails as a result.
With so many colours of polish to pick from, they were really spoilt for choice!
Don't they look lovely?
A Song and a Dance!
We welcomed the wonderful Bee Chumley Vocalist to our home to entertain our lovely residents recently...
Gathering up in our Memory Lane lounge, residents were loving Bee's music, getting off their chairs for some dancing and singing along!
Just take a look at how happy they all were as they enjoyed their musical afternoon.
THANK YOU, Bee, for the most wonderful session.
We very much look forward to seeing you again very soon and everyone commented about your beautiful dress too! It was lovely!
Mischief Managed!
Our gorgeous babies & toddlers were back in action this week, spreading a little mischief, much to our delight...
Residents love to hear the children laugh and giggle at our weekly Kings Kids sessions and today was certainly no exception to this rule.
Pictured is resident, Eileen, enjoying a cuddle with a little one, whilst another little visitor was spotted playing a cheeky game of peek-a-boo behind the curtains!
Our baby & toddler group happens every Thursday morning from 10.30am - 12pm and there's no need to book, simply pop along and see what we're all about.
The session is completely FREE of charge and everyone is welcome to come along.
Happy Birthday Elvis - The King of Rock n' Roll!
Here at Kings Park residents recently celebrated the birth of one of the most popular icons of rock n' roll...
With his birthday on 8th January, Elvis Presley would have celebrated his 89th birthday if he had still been with us, so we felt it only right and proper that we acknowledge this very special day in history.
BORN ELVIS AARON PRESLEY in Tupelo, Mississippi.
One of the most famous individuals of his time, Elvis certainly left his mark on the world of music, with many, many very popular songs songs to his name - Beloved by generations old and new.
To mark this special day, residents reminisced over some wonderful images of 'The King', as well as enjoying a very special Elvis edition of musical bingo, involving lots of singing & dancing by all who joined in.
Elvis was taken from us all far too early, at the tender age of 42 years, but his music will live on forever!
Barchester's BIG Quiz 2024!
Residents and staff all gathered in the lounge recently for the most epic event of the year...
BARCHESTER'S BIG QUIZ!
Residents came together united with one common goal - to beat the competition!
Linking in for this live event, were over 250 other Barchester homes & hospitals, who all pitted against one another to come out on top as the overall team champions.
We did really well and managed to get 28 out of 30 correct answers, which have now been submitted.
Now we all wait with baited breath as we learn how we did overall.
Having enjoyed this event so much, we will be planning our own quiz night very shortly for friends and families to come along and join in with - As soon as we have a date we will let you all know!
WELL DONE TEAM KINGS PARK! What a wonderful afternoon we have had.
