A great day out that we had was on a boat belonging to the Seagull Trust, with a sail starting at the Falkirk Wheel going to the boat yard at Bantaskin.  The trip lasts approx 2 hours.  We went for high tea afterwards at the Dutch Inn, Skinflats who do a set menu for the elderly at two courses for £6.95.  The boat trip is donation only.  The Seagull trust has a website http://www.seagulltrust.org.uk for more information.  They also have sailings from Kirkintilloch area.

Lorna

MacKenzie Court

Kaldi’s Restaurant & Garden Centre

Lunch and Sing-a-Long

Special Price of £8.90

Click here to view a video clip of a recent event.

Next dates: July 27th, August 10th & 31st, September 28th, October 26th, November 23rd. December dates to follow. 

Meal served at 1pm, Entertainment by Carestar from 2pm, Eyes down for Bingo at 3pm.

Choose from:

Main:

Fish Tea, Steak Pie Tea, or Vegetarian

Desert:

Ice Cream & Fruit

Finish with

Coffee or Tea and Biscuits.

For bookings please phone Kaldi’s direct on:0141 771 8710 or 07789 638 710  

Kaldi’s: 50 Edinburgh Road, Baillieston, Glasgow, G69 7QE

Email:info@kaldis.co.uk Website: www.kaldis.co.uk

If you need to arrange cost effective transport for this see other listings under Transport

I bought Giant Dominoes, Lacing Beads, Rope Quoits, Skittles, Giant 4 in a Row and Giant Board Games which include Snakes and Ladders, Ludo, and Draughts and a Parachute.

I bought these on Amazon.com and saved a lot of money (£300) by using this site, compared to the Rompa book.

The lacing beads are good for hand and eye co-ordination. The rope quoits, parachute, snakes and ladders are going down great, all the residents seem to like them.

The 4 in a Row is going down well also but it is more for people in the early stages of dementia.

Amazon has been great and the delivery service is great and all has been packaged well too.

Shelly, Activities Co-ordinator. Crossgates Care Home, Kilmarnock.

Note from Peter: After speaking to Shelly about this I thought that if anyone was able to save (£300) this amount of money could go along way in enhancing the residents quality of life in so many other ways. So I contacted Amazon and we now have a page with products specifically for the elderly. Click Here to view. If you have any other suggestions of products or other relevant companies please let me know and we will add them.

The Willowbank Hotel in Largs is offering a £9.99 special for a 3 course lunch with sing-a-long cabaret to follow. 

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Start time 12.30pm with meal served at 1pm.

We are introducing “queen for a day” pamper session and “dream date” (previously done in other care home). The gentleman’s dream date was to see Clydesdale horses. We arranged this, took cameras and plenty of photographs and the gentleman was given a horse shoe as memento. We then developed the photos that day and provided an album and the handyman mounted the horse shoe on a shield so two hours later he had lasting evidence of his dream date.

Ellen Kelly, Ailsa Craig Nursing Home, Glasgow.

The Willowbank Hotel in Largs is doing a Special Short Break Deal!

Mondays-Thursdays (minimum two night Stay) High tea, bed & breakfast £65 per night single occupancy room or £45 per night for two sharing. Fridays-Sundays £5 extra. Includes Entertainment.

Telephone:  01475 672311  website: www.thewillowbankhotel.co.uk

Quote “Carestar” when booking to get this deal.

We have had a lot of enquiries regarding transport and the expense of it. Therefore I personally made a few phone calls and have come up with some hopefully good news!!

So far I have 6  Community Transport Companies (not for profit organizations) whose aim is to provide accessible, affordable and reliable community transport that encourages and supports the participation of local residents in community activity and economic opportunity.

Glasgow Area (4)

(1)North Area Transport Association (NATA). Contact: Bernie Rafferty Tel/Fax:      0141 336 4415      Email: b.rafferty@natatransport.co.uk Website: www.natatransport.com

(2) Castlemilk Community Transport (CCTL). Contact Lorraine Burton Tel:      0141 630 1300       info@castlemilkcommunitytransport.org.uk  
Website: www.castlemilkcommunitytransport.co.uk

(3) East Glasgow Area: Community Transport Glasgow                                                                 Contact: David Stewart. Telephone:      0141 778 2042     

(4) South West Community Transport.                                                                                       Contact: Margaret Urie. Telephone:      0141 881 9998     

Lothian (Edinburgh) 1

Lothian Community Transport Service (LCTS) Telephone      0131 669 889      Website: www.lothiancommunitytransport.co.uk Email: info@LCTS.org.uk

East Ayrshire 1

Coalfield Community Transport. Telephone:  01…                          Website: www.yellowbuses.org.uk Email: enquiries@yellowbuses.org.uk  

For any transport matters please contact the companies direct. If you can give any feeback on how you get on we would love to know. Also if you have any other companies that you can recommend please inform us and we will put it on the forum.

Kind Regards, Peter.

www.carestar.co.uk

We did a makeover of our hairdressing salon and transferred it from a bland room with a sink and mirrors to a stylish beauty therapy room where you can have a relaxing facial or hand massage, a manicure , beauty therapy such as make up applied along with your favourite hair do over a coffee surrounded by relaxing music soft lighting and your pals for a chat huge success with our residents and great fun for staff .

Ellen Kelly, Ailsa Craig Nursing Home, Glasgow.