Activities at Kirkburn Court Care Home
Here at Kirkburn Court, we aim to facilitate a personalised programme of meaningful activities, which are designed to promote independence, social stimulation and cognitive function. We strive to create a comfortable and safe environment where fun, creativity and individuality are encouraged. We feel it is important for us and residents to place value on yesterday, today and tomorrow – which is why we invest heavily in getting to know residents and learning their life history.
Our inclusive, yet respectful ethos is reflected in the wide range of activities we offer – ranging from larger structured group activities to one-to-one sessions. Our monthly activity programmes are extremely varied, but some of the activities you may expect to find include concerts, crafts, games, exercise sessions, reminiscing and outings. We also have a strong relationship with the local community and often invite external guests into the home, including performers, schools, and choirs.
Claire Burden
I began my career with Barchester in December 2017. Having worked within the teaching profession for the preceding 8 years, I feel that I bring a range of transferable skills to the activities team.
I strongly believe that the provision of activities is about so much more than just structured, planned events – capturing and celebrating the little moments in daily life, such as enjoying a chat and a cup of tea together, are equally as important.
Activities, no matter how big or small, should be at the heart of every home and that individuality should be celebrated. In addition, I feel that activities should take a person-centred approach, which is why I enjoy spending time with the residents and learning about their preferences and their history.
My own interests include football, politics, crafting and drinking tea, and I enjoy nothing better than engaging with residents on these topics! I aim to bring energy, a friendly smile and a willing ear to the home each day.
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 Kirkburn Court Care Home
Home donate to local food bank
Our staff have had a wee Christmas collection over the last few weeks and today we delivered some supplies to the Peterhead Foodbank Centre. Following our donations earlier in the year for World Food Day, we felt that we would like to continue our support for this great community facility.
Well done to everyone there as they do an amazing job and thanks to all our staff who donated.
Thank you
We would like to say a huge thank you to Donalds who arranged for Santa to visit us today! He brought a lovely hamper of biscuits for our residents. Once again, the generosity of local businesses and our community must be commended. Santa is pictured here with one of our carers, Joanne, who accepted the hamper on behalf of our residents - the biscuits will go along nicely with tomorrow afternoons fly cup!
Christmas parties
This month we held our annual Christmas parties – one in Buchan Neuk and one in Memory Lane. Our residents enjoyed a lovely buffet and some Christmas drinks before joining in with a series of party games including pass the parcel, reindeer hoopla and our Santa piñata! Although current restrictions meant that we were unable to have live music, we more than made up for that with our own singing and dancing to some classic party tunes! A great time was had by all.
Virtual Christmas tree competition
Following the huge success of last years competition, we decided to hold our Virtual Christmas Tree Competition again this December. We invited our local community to send in pictures of their Christmas trees and our residents then had the task of awarding a prize to the ‘best dressed’ tree. Our residents had a lovely time looking through all the entries and reminiscing about their favourite Christmas stories. It was a closely fought race but a worthy winner emerged after our deliberations!
Christmas Jumper Day
This December at Kirkburn, we have dusted off our Christmas jumpers and celebrated Christmas Jumper Day! Some of our staff and residents decided to get festive and looked out their Christmas gear – we even raised some money for Save the Children through kind donations from staff. We continued the festivities with a special screening of the film ‘White Christmas’ on our big projector screen – many nibbles were consumed! To round things off, our hot chocolate trolley then visited with a lovely warm sweet treat for everyone.
Magic of the Nutcracker
We experienced the magic of the Nutcracker with a special interactive workshop led by English National Ballet Associate Artists.
Our residents were able to take a magical journey thorough Edwardian London and to learn more about the enchanted Nutcracker characters: Clara, the Mouse King, and her valiant Nutcracker doll.
The session included a chair-based dance workshop, clips of the ballet on stage and a Christmas carol sing-along, truly enjoyed by all.
