Activities at Strachan House Care Home

Proudly displaying our Key Workers banner in front of our home. We’re so grateful to all key workers country wide and closer to home. We also so appreciate the kindness and support shown to Strachan House by our community during this time. We’re proud to be working together to care for our residents and support each other.

Easter is such a special time of year and we love celebrating it here at Strachan House. We’re getting ready to dazzle this Easter weekend by making and donning our own beautiful bonnets.

Residents of Strachan House  have been busy making ‘Rainbows’ which they have displayed along the homes front entrance in recognition of the NHS and all key-workers. The idea is that members of community display rainbows in their windows or front entrances so that children can go ‘rainbow spotting’ when out for their exercise with family.  The colourful displays are brightening up everyone’s day! The Facebook group has over 90,000 members and the home is delighted to be part of the community spirit.

Residents at Strachan House enjoyed a day at the races from the comfort of their own home this week. To the delight of residents there were fun and games, room to room throughout the day. Colleagues dressed up as jockeys and even a virtual horse to gee up everyone at the home as they were assigned their premium seats with a perfect view of the finish line. Residents also enjoyed a flutter with chocolate prizes and a special afternoon tea.

Lynne Hiddleston, activities coordinator said: “We wanted to create a special day at the races which all of our residents could enjoy. Everyone had a fantastic time and they especially loved reminiscing about their trips to the races. There was a wonderful atmosphere here, one we won’t forget.”

Strachan House received a welcome surprise this week. The care team who were on shift working to support the home and their residents were overjoyed when Darin’s Take Away from Boswall Parkway in Pilton turned up bearing gifts in the form of pizzas and juice, from a safe distance of course!

During the current climate and this difficult time, our team here at Strachan House are working harder than ever to ensure our resident’s spirits are kept high. For Darin’s Takeaway to recognise this dedication during these trying times and for them to show their gratitude with an act of kindness like this goes a long way. When you need a wee pick me up, what’s better than a delicious slice of Pizza!? We’re so tremendously grateful to Darin’s for helping keep smiles on the faces of our team as they carry on supporting our home. Thank you.

Arts and crafts are a firm favourite here at Strachan House and to bring in some sunshine and cheer, along with some little feathered friends, our residents have been enjoying decorating bird boxes. They’re sure to add a splash of colour and fun to our beautiful gardens and hopefully tempt in some different types of birds for us to watch. Our gardener Ian is always looking for ways to bring in more species for our entertainment so we hope these are a help.