Activities at Queens Manor Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Shannon Cullen
Hi, my name is Shannon and I am Head of Lifestyle and Enrichment here at Queens Manor. I have come to Queens Manor with 6 years of experience in the planning, activities and events sector.
I ensure that myself and the team get to know each resident's preferences so that we can deliver a person-centred programme of events and activities within the home - Including activities that positively impact physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. I strongly believe that creating great moments and memories for our residents and embracing their individuality with tailor made activities is the way forward.
In an era of developing technologies, we are using new ways of reaching out to family and friends - though Zoom, Skype and Facebook Portal. We hope that our residents never feel alone or too far away from their loved ones this way. Each day I like to ensure that our residents enjoy themselves in a calm, stimulating and fun environment, whilst creating bonds with each other and staff.
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 Queens Manor Care Home
New Outdoor Space
We are absolutely delighted that our newly designed balcony outside the dining room on the first floor is being used and loved already.
With the addition of new planters, trellises, artificial flowers and some sensory butterflies, it really is the perfect spot to relax!
International Beer Day
Did you know that humans all over the world drink over 50 million gallons of beer each year ?!!
Today we celebrated international beer day with a glorious beer tasting in the garden!
With 6 beers to choose from, from a variety of countries, offering lots of different flavours - it was a great success !
This was topped off with a quiz surrounding the great drink!
Community at the heart!
Making and maintaining strong community links is super important to us at Queens Manor - as such, Today our Senior Head of Lifestyle and Enrichment - Shannon - spent the morning with our friends over at Clermiston Primary School!
She was invited over to discuss with the children what we do at Queens Manor and in the care sector, the importance of a welcoming & happy environment, as well as sharing all the fun things we do here!
The children and teachers kindly gifted 3x begonia plants to us - that they planted and grew from the start of the season - and the decorated with their finger prints using colourful paint, as well as some sunflowers for our gardens!
We are looking forward to continually building this relationship and hopefully having the children visit us soon!
Pre- Wedding Celebrations
Today we held a surprise celebration for one of our super senior carers - Jewel!
Jewel is heading off to India soon for her very special wedding celebrations!
With a helping hand, we made her very beautiful wedding dress, made out of the finest fabric… toilet roll! we can’t wait to see her wear this on the big day!
With advice cards filled in, music turned up and snacks going down well, it was a lovely afternoon!
Wishing you all the best Jewel - we can’t wait to see the photos of your big day when you return!
From the Manor Gone
Another mission complete!
Recently we were approached by Irene’s son who advised he would love to take his mum home for the afternoon, however didn’t know how feasible it would be for him.
Irene moved in to Queens Manor in 2020 and was only due to stay with us for a short time… & she has not been back home since.
Donna quickly organised transport and team members to support this trip and Irene was surprised with an outing back to her family home - where she spent the majority of her life, watched her children grow up, manicured her extensive gardens up until her early 90’s and made some glorious memories surrounding garden parties, family gatherings and nights of entertaining.
Irene enjoyed an afternoon with her son, sat in front of the fire like they always used to & was most relaxed.
RAF Hendon
Across our services we had a lovely time joining Rhiannon Watkinson from the RAF Museum London for an interactive talk exploring the exciting and innovative aviation history of Hendon.
Our residents were able to learn about the first flights from the fields at Hendon, the creation of the London Aerodrome and Battle of Britain pilots who flew from RAF Hendon.
The talk also included photographic and film material from the Museum’s archive. Residents across our homes had a fantastic time and we truly enjoyed the virtual experience.
