Activities at Ochil Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Patrycja Dwojak
Hi, I’m Patrycja and am very excited to be a part of the amazing team at Ochil.
I have been working as an Activities Co-ordinator for the last 2 years, always making sure that the programme of activities and events provide a source of fun and laughter and helps each resident to live their life to the full. Please do feel free to come and be part of it with your loved ones
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 Ochil Care Home
Fun in the home
In and around our home we have our physio back in helping keep our residents fit and active, we are making the most of the garden space when we can, having fun with making up and trying out our new boxes of jigsaws, and holding virtual church services for our residents to attend.
Family visits
The residents have still been getting some great visits with family and friends, unfortunately the visiting has been moved back to outside visits, however the cold weather hasn’t stopped all the happy faces, recently pets have been allowed to visit their loved ones again, we had our resident Toms dog Brodie in to see Tom. Tom and Brodie were so happy to be reunited, Brodie’s tail wouldn’t stop wagging and Tom was smiling the whole time, it was a great visit.
Colin's concert
We were lucky enough to have been treated to a concert by one of our residents Colin, we had some singing from the 50s and 60s, all the residents that joined us had a great afternoon singing and dancing along and even the staff had a great time joining in. It was really great of Colin to get up and preform for his fellow residents and lift their spirits, it left everyone who attended in a great mood full of smiles and chat, we finished the afternoon with cake and cups of tea.
Home receives community gifts
We have been lucky enough throughout the pandemic to receive such lovely things from the public, this time we have had some lovely handmade/ hand painted gifts dropped off to us from a lady, It consisted of jewellery trinkets, coasters, wall displays, pouches, purses and small bags. The residents loved all the handmade gifts, one of our residents commented they couldn’t wait to try out their new purse at the shops.
We were also lucky enough to be donated lots of brand new jigsaws puzzles, from 100 pieces to 1000 pieces, the residents have been having fun trying out some of the jigsaws and making up the pictures.
Administrator receives prestigious 20-year service award
A Home Administrator at Ochil Care Home in Perth has received a prestigious 20 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 20 years. Anne Manson, Home Administrator, started at Barchester in August 2000 as Home Administrator at Seaview Care Home in Wick, then moved to Ochil Care Home in 2006 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.
Liz Stewart, General Manager of Ochil Care Home said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 20 years of loyal service with Anne. She has demonstrated her dedication and loyalty to this home and its residents year after year. I speak for all of us here at Ochil when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Anne!”
A spot of gardening
Whenever the weather is good Residents are making the most of the homes beautiful garden space and those green-fingered residents have been helping with a spot of gardening, planting and potting around the home. Even on the rainy days they have managed to bring the gardening indoors keeping the residents occupied with hobbies and interests which they enjoy being involved in.
Upcoming events
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
Your time could make a difference! For more information on Volunteering at Ochil please get in touch we'd love to hear from you.
