Planting Daffodils Spring starts early here at Pitkerro- in preparation for next year, we’ve started planting our daffodil bulbs for next year! Maggie and Helen enjoyed helping Chaz out in the garden.

Christmas Fayre This Saturday, we held our Christmas Fayre at Pitkerro Care Centre with lots of treats and handmade crafts. Staff, residents and relatives put in an enormous amount of work and the results speak for themselves; in total, we raised a whopping £775.50! Thank you to everyone who joined us on the day.

Making Gingerbread Men Our residents had such fun making and decorating their gingerbread house that we decided to also bake some gingerbread men! Everyone enjoyed the process and they tasted great too.

Scarecrow Competition To kick off Autumn festivities, Hudson Healthcare ran an inter-Home scarecrow competition in the month of October! All Homes were delighted to get involved and took this as an opportunity to collaborate with residents to produce creative takes on scarecrows. There were two themes, one being superhero scarecrows and the other scarecrows ‘at work,’ which gave the Homes a chance to be as creative as possible. The Homes collaborated with different external organisations, from local farmers, to nursery children and many more. Thank you for all those who helped execute this…we could not have done it without you! A big congratulations to Pitkerro who won the competition! Have a look at the fabulous scarecrows that were made across the Homes below 😊 Pitkerro - Spiderman & Nurse Sandiacre - Superman & Robin Hood Lornebank - Spiderman & Gordon Ramsay Harbour - Fireman & an Anchor-man

Gingerbread House Our residents had a great time putting together and designing a gingerbread house! It was a lot of fun and also got us in the festive mood.

Hudson Breakfast We’re celebrating our Canadian heritage here at Pitkerro with the Hudson breakfast! The Canadian themed food was delicious, and the residents really enjoyed it.

Remembrance Day In honour of Remembrance Day, a day when we all come together and pay tribute to the fallen soldiers who dedicated their lives to protecting peace and sovereignty, our residents made some commemoratory red poppy arts & crafts. Their red poppies wreaths made for wonderful decorations and serve as a reminder to us all.

24 Hour Cycle Fundraiser We here at Pitkerro love giving back to our local community and that’s why we will be holding a 24 hour cycle on the 5th December in aid of our resident’s comfort fund and local charity Dundee Bairns! Please do sponsor our brave volunteers for this very worthy cause by emailing pitkerro@hudsonhealthcare.co.uk or when you drop in for a visit.

Lantern Making & Fun with St.Frances Primary School Our residents love doing arts & crafts! Everyone really enjoyed making their own, unique lanterns. We also had a lovely afternoon with St. Francis Primary School recently. Inter-generational activities are so important for both age groups and the benefits are evident!

Henna Hands We have been busy doing some henna arts & crafts! Our residents’ designs are so creative and everyone enjoyed the activity.

Remembrance Day In honour of Remembrance Day, our residents enjoyed making handmade, colourful cards with poppies. They also wrote some wonderful messages inside!

Neon Party To celebrate fireworks night we held a super colourful neon party! Everyone enjoyed dressing up in neon outfits, dancing to the live DJ and holding sparklers outside- our Home Manager Lynsey had the ingenious idea of putting them inside carrots to keep everyone safe. A brilliant night was had by all.

Cake Decorating & a Church Service We had a wonderful time this week baking cupcakes and decorating them ourselves! They looked fantastic and tasted delicious too. Our residents also enjoyed a church service with hymns. Everyone loved singing along.

Halloween Fun We had a great time celebrating Halloween yesterday, the Home was filled with lots of fun spooky decorations. We played lots of games and our residents enjoyed dancing at the party😊 Everyone put in a great effort to dress up and the costumes all looked fantastic! We also had a tasty treat table filled with Halloween themed treats.

A Big Thank You! As you will be aware, the weather conditions last week led to flooding across Dundee. Thankfully, no water entered our Home and there was no damage to our premises. We wanted to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to our team for working together to ensure resident and staff safety, especially to Home Manager Lynsey for taking all necessary precautions and going above and beyond to support everyone involved. We are also very grateful to our surrounding neighbours and community wardens who also checked in on us to make sure we had everything we needed.

Christmas Fayre Sweets Ahead of our Christmas Fayre on the 18th of November, our residents have been making Santa Sleighs out of sweets to sell on the day. We hope to see you there!

Scarecrow Competition In the run-up to Halloween and as part of our Autumn festivities, Hudson Healthcare ran an inter-Home scarecrow competition in the month of October! We here at Pitkerro took this competition very seriously and wanted to have all residents and staff as involved as possible. We initially held a ballot to decide our favourite scarecrow design, with more than one idea winning the vote. We then reached out to our local community for hay donations, which was generously answered by a local farmer. Our ‘Help Wanted’ poster resulted in donations of other materials such as clothes and wigs, which we were delighted to receive. Our construction phase brought everyone into the mix with all hands on deck! Our wonderful residents helped make the heads of the scarecrows and the spider’s web, with staff and children from Butterflies Nursery helping to create the scarecrows' bodies. All visitors were looped in to help out! Our final product was a great collaborative effort that wowed residents, staff and relatives, and we were delighted to be named winners of the Hudson Scarecrow Competition! This was a fantastic experience for all involved and we are incredibly proud and grateful to all who helped.

Armchair Exercises, Arts & Crafts and a Trip to Dobbies Garden Centre There’s always lots going on here at Pitkerro! We had a wonderful armchair exercise class recently that got everyone moving and smiling. We also had fun making clay arts and crafts and painting our own homemade wind chimes. Additionally, our residents paid a visit to Dobbies Garden Centre this week to have a look at their Christmas decorations and the bright and colourful fish, as well as to have some tea and cake!

Birthday Celebrations and Arts & Crafts We celebrated our resident John Marshall’s 90th birthday yesterday with cake, refreshments and beautiful flowers! He was very happy to celebrate with family, friends, staff and residents. We also had a wonderful arts & crafts class which everyone really enjoyed.

Hudson Breakfast Here at Pitkerro, we’re celebrating our Canadian heritage with our monthly Hudson breakfast! The pancakes and syrup were absolutely delicious and everyone really enjoyed it.

Christmas Fayre To commence the festivities early, we’re excited to share that we will be hosting our Christmas Fayre on the 18th of November! There will be stalls featuring our staff and residents’ wonderful homemade crafts, as well as a raffle, a lucky dip and festive refreshments. We hope you can join us on the day.

Halloween Decorations Our residents have been a great help to staff decorating the Home for Halloween- Flo, Margaret and Alex all really enjoyed getting into the spooky spirit!

Halloween Decorations & PitFit Our residents have been helping out decorating the Home for Halloween- spooky and fun! We also had a great PitFit session yesterday, and everyone is already looking forward to the next one.

Hedgehog House Our residents had the bright idea to install a Hedgehog House in our garden to welcome the little four-legged friends! We hope to meet the hedgehogs in the coming weeks.

A Visit from Butterfly Nursery and Arts & Crafts We had a wonderful visit from Butterfly Nursery with arts & crafts, music therapy and some fantastic help on our scarecrow which we will be entering in the Hudson-wide scarecrow competition! Our residents also really enjoyed making our own windchimes, and we can’t wait to hang them up and hear their lovely music.

Church Service & Apple Picking We had a wonderful afternoon church service with Fintry Parish Church, there was lots of singing and the sound of tambourines! Our residents also enjoyed apple picking in the garden- all apples collected went to our kitchen to be baked into delicious treats.

Target Practice & Parachutes Target practice is a great exercise to improve hand eye co-ordination, and it’s also lots of fun! We had some fun playing with the parachute too.

World’s Biggest Coffee Morning Baking As part of our MacMillan ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning,’ our residents helped bake some delicious treats! They went wonderfully with coffee and tea.

Shopping Trip & Pampering Our residents love joining trips to the shop, especially when they help select their favourite treats! Everyone also enjoys a good pampering session and showing off their freshly painted nails.

5 Star Review Here at Pitkerro Care Centre we highly value our residents’ and their loved ones’ feedback, which is why it’s so great to have received several 5 star reviews on carehome.co.uk. Thank you for your kind words!

World’s Biggest Coffee Morning Today we celebrated Macmillan Cancer Support's ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’ by hosting one of our own here in Pitkerro! There was a fantastic turnout and everyone enjoyed the delicious baked goods. We’re happy to share that we raised £105 for this amazing charity.

A Visit from Reggie We were delighted to meet Reggie the 14 week old puppy who came to visit with his owners Wendy, one of our carers, and volunteer Leah. Our residents were absolutely smitten with him!

Pool Noodle Hockey & Bingo Everyone at Pitkerro loves a good game, whether it be pool noodle hockey or an exciting round of bingo!

Breakfast with Alyssa We were delighted to be joined by 10-month-old Alyssa yesterday morning for breakfast! Alyssa joined her mum and care assistant Kayleigh to enjoy some breakfast and have a giggle. Our residents absolutely adored her and are already looking forward to her next visit.

Rhythmic Dance Ribbons & Geometric Painting Our residents enjoyed using rhythmic dance ribbons yesterday as part of their exercise class- it was lots of fun! We also tried out geometric painting using sticky tape. The finished products were beautiful and very colourful.

Pizza Making Our residents made some tasty homemade pizzas with their own customised toppings! It was such fun and delicious too.

Pirate Party Ahoy, Me Hearties! We had a great time at yesterday’s party to celebrate pirate day. Residents and staff wore their best costumes and everyone looked absolutely fantastic. We danced, drank and had a great laugh😊

“These Hands” Part Two Our recent creative project showing what everyone had done during their lives was a roaring success. Everyone really enjoyed taking the time to reminisce!

Jam Tarts & PitFit We’ve been busy here at Pitkerro recently! Our residents had lots of fun baking jam tarts that turned out absolutely delicious. We also enjoyed an invigorating PitFit class with some armchair exercises.

“These Hands” Activities based on reminiscing bring our residents such joy. We recently did a creative project showing what everyone had done during their lives and our residents thoroughly enjoyed sharing the stories behind every action!

Scarecrow Competition We here at Pitkerro Care Centre are looking forward to the Autumn season and will be competing in a themed scarecrow competition with the other Hudson Healthcare Homes to see who can make the best creation! To do so, we are in need of bales of hay; if anyone could put us in contact with a seller, we’d be very appreciative.

PitFit Fun Our residents love their PitFit classes each week, led by our wonderful team members. They always have so much fun!

Ice cream & Ice Lollies Sunny, warm weather is the perfect excuse to enjoy ice cream and ice lollies! Our residents were very happy with their treats.

A trip to Dobbies Garden Centre Our residents had a great day out at Dobbies Garden Centre where they enjoyed smelling the flowers, seeing the bright and colourful fish, and having cake and tea in the café!

PitFit Fun Keeping fit can be lots of fun when you’re doing a PitFit session! Our residents love doing their armchair exercises.

Summer Fete We had a wonderful time at our summer fete! Residents, family and friends came together to have delicious refreshments, enter the raffle draw and celebrate the end of summer together. One of our residents named Margaret got involved with selling refreshments and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. It was an amazing day despite the weather and we managed to raise the grand total of £509.87! We would like to say a big thank you to all those who joined us on the day.

Walks in Nature We’re lucky to be situated by the Dighty Burn here at Pitkerro and our residents loved taking advantage of it with some late summer strolls!

Games & Deer Spotting We have enjoyed playing some games as of late: our residents’ favourites are tin can alley, hoopla and snakes and ladders! Additionally, we were thrilled to see a pair of deer in our carpark. We loved watching them from afar and seeing the beauty of nature.

Fun Exercise, Reading & Hairdressing Keeping fit can be enjoyable if you make it fun! Our residents love using the bike machine and playing indoor bowling. We also like keeping up with current affairs and local happenings by reading the newspaper. Additionally, everyone enjoys a bit of pampering and having their hair done.

Arts & Crafts We’re a creative bunch here at Pitkerro - our residents enjoyed making stained glass wind chimes and flower pressing! Their creations are beautiful.

Baking Yummy Cakes Yesterday our residents enjoyed baking a cherry cake. It was delicious!

Bird Box Making and Pizza Baking Our residents have been enjoying making and painting colourful bird boxes. We can’t wait to put them around the outdoor spaces in the Home. We had a lot of fun making pizzas today. They tasted great!

Hoopa And Bingo! Our residents have been having fun engaging in a range of activities. Hoopla and bingo is a crowd pleaser and as always, our residents had a great time!

A Big Congratulations & Café Trip! Amy, one of our staff members, has recently been promoted to become a senior carer! Join us in congratulating Amy on this great achievement. It is extremely well-deserved! We also enjoyed a lovely trip to the local café and had some delicious treats.

Shopping & A Walk Along the Dighty Burn Our residents always enjoy coming along on a shopping trip - Margaret and Wilma had a lovely walk over to our local store to buy themselves some treats! The great outdoors has so much to offer us and we’re very lucky to be right by the Dighty Burn where we can enjoy a nice walk and take in the sights.

Quiz, Church Service, & A Trip to the Local Café Our residents enjoyed a great summer themed quiz recently that really got them thinking! We also held a wonderful church service with Fintry parish church - the hymns were beautiful. Additionally, our residents love going to visit the local café and having a tasty treat.

PitFit We had a great PitFit session this morning with lots of great exercises and smiles all round!

Scavenger Hunt We held a nature-themed scavenger hunt yesterday with chocolate prizes for the winners. Our residents had such fun and they were very happy with their prizes!

5 Star Review We here at Pitkerro highly value our residents’ and their loved ones’ feedback, which is why it’s so great to have received several 5 star reviews on carehome.co.uk. Thank you for your kind words!

PitFit & Rocky Road We had a great session of our exercise programme ‘PitFit’ with armchair exercises and fun headbands! Everyone had a fantastic time. We also had a go of making our own Rocky Road desserts, made to everyone’s specific taste. They were absolutely delicious.

National Cheese and Wine Day To celebrate National Cheese and Wine Day, we sampled lots of different cheeses and a selection of wine. The charcuterie boards were beautifully made and everything was delicious!

Garden Time, Potting Seeds & Chess There’s never a dull moment here at Pitkerro! Our residents have loved spending time outside in the great outdoors as of late; Margaret enjoyed an invigorating walk and Ian soaked up some sun in the garden. Additionally, some of our green thumbed residents potted seeds to be placed out in the garden soon. Our resident Dennis has continued his winning streak in chess against our staff. They can’t keep up with him!

Marble Art We always enjoy trying new art activities and seeing where our creativity takes us. Our residents loved doing marble art with our volunteer Leah and staff member Wendy!

Hawaiian Party We had an absolute ball of a time at our Summer Hawaiian Party! There were festive drinks, decorations, props, dancing, and smiles galore. We also enjoyed a tasty barbecue using our beautiful outdoor space. Our residents and staff had so much fun!

PitFit & Colouring There’s been lots going on here at Pitkerro! We recently enjoyed a PitFit class which was tons of fun. We also exercised our creativity by doing some colouring and painting our nails!

A Proud Great Grandmother We witnessed a precious moment here at Pitkerro; our resident Cathy Myles met her 5-day old great granddaughter Zarah. Three generations came together to share this emotional meeting, and Zarah’s mum Kimberly was so happy to see Cathy and her daughter together. All our other residents really enjoyed seeing the new baby and have offered to babysit any time!

Hudson Breakfast Club We celebrated our heritage here at Pitkerro with this month's Canadian-inspired Hudson pancake breakfast! The food was delicious, and the residents really enjoyed it. What’s your favourite topping?

Boxing with Bert & Water Painting Our residents love keeping fit with fun activities- they really enjoyed ‘Boxing with Bert’ and there were smiles all round. We’ve also been letting our creativity shine with some water painting. Just look at those colours!

Baking Brownies & a Gift Our residents love baking sweet treats - they really enjoyed making brownies and the results were delicious! Additionally, our volunteer Leah gifted a Harry Potter crochet set to our resident Helen who loves to knit and crochet. What a lovely gift.

Fun And Games With Tilly Yesterday the residents stayed active by playing ball games. We were all happy to see Tilly, our therapy dog, again with her bubbly personality. Smiles all around!

Chocolate Covered Strawberries Whilst watching Wimbledon our residents enjoyed home made delicious chocolate covered strawberries. Have a look at these pictures showing the process of making these yummy snacks 😊

Visits From Tilly Over the weekend our residents were delighted to have a visit from Tilly, our therapy dog. She put a smile on everyone’s face and spread her positive energy all over the care home 😊

Fit And Fun! Yesterday the residents participated in a fitness class run by our staff. We had an amazing time! The class is called Pit Fit and we can’t wait to have more sessions.

Home Baking Fun Yesterday our residents displayed their excellent baking skills, we made some delicious scones that went down a treat!

Flower Picking & Pressing Our residents have been busy today picking flowers from the garden to do flower pressing. This was a fun and pleasant activity. A beautiful range of flowers were chosen carefully and as you can see they are nice and bright to match the smiles of our residents!

Sports Day & BBQ Everyone thoroughly enjoyed our sports day yesterday which featured various fun activities and was followed by a delicious barbecue. We even dressed up for the occasion!

Parachute Fun & Games We’ve been having a fun afternoon using our parachute, as well as playing games like Connect 4. There was lots of smiles and laughter!

Care Home Open Week Please join us for a Sport Fun Day on Wednesday 28th June 2pm-4:30pm - the day will be filled with games, music and a barbeque!

Garden Time, Ice Lollies, & Dexterity Therapy We just love being in the garden when the sun is out! We also enjoyed an ice lolly which was both delicious and refreshing. Additionally, our residents tried some dexterity therapy which was a fun new experience that put a smile on everyone’s face.

Gardening, Sensory Play, Therapy Dogs, & Water Balloon Fights There's never a dull moment here at Pitkerro! We've been really enjoying the sunshine and spending time out in the garden, helping out (with the odd water balloon fight!) Our residents also got their hands messy with some sensory play. It was so calming and fun. We had a lovely time trying out pet therapy, too. We are looking forward to more time with this lovely four-legged friend.

Garden Fun & Ball Games The beautiful summer sunshine has encouraged all our residents to get out into the garden and soak up some vitamin D! We’ve also enjoyed playing various indoor ball games.

Happy Father’s Day Our residents had a very enjoyable Father’s Day. The gentlemen had a lovely afternoon of horse racing along with some beers and snacks of their choice. Those who backed the winning horses also got delicious prizes!

Gardening Our residents love getting involved in the gardening- Helen did an excellent job and the hanging baskets look great!

Car Boot Sale Just three weeks to go until our Car Boot sale! Pitkerro Care Centre will be opening our doors on Sunday 25th of June between 10am and 12pm, with pitches at £10 each. All proceeds will go to the Resident's Comfort Fund, a very worthy cause. We invite you all to join us on the big day, whether you’re buying, selling, or just wanting to come enjoy the sunshine!

Pamper Session, Arts & Crafts, and Enjoying the Sunshine We had a fun pamper session on Monday with face masks and some hairdressing. We also had a go at making a large art project together, and the joint effort created a beautiful painting. Additionally, the garden is a wonderful place to enjoy the bright sunshine and chats between friends. We always have time to play some board games - we love a bit of competition!

Dementia Friendly Concert and Coffee Morning A number of our residents attended a dementia friendly concert yesterday at the Caird Hall. It was a fantastic experience for all with beautiful music. We also held a coffee morning which was thoroughly enjoyed by all!

Sunshine, Arts & Crafts and Better: Gen We’ve been treated to some sunny days here in Dundee and our residents have been enjoying getting out and soaking up the Vitamin D! Our residents have also been enjoying doing some arts & craft projects - Isobel had such fun with prints! Additionally, everyone thoroughly enjoyed this week’s Better:Gen session with balloon badminton!

Better: Gen Our residents had a great Better:Gen class this week. They had such fun playing ball games, virtual football, and having a boogie- there was lots of laughter all round!

Coronation Party We had an amazing time at our Coronation Party with festive decorations – including crowns and tiaras, food, and lots of excitement and laughter! Our residents all thoroughly enjoyed having high tea after watching the ceremony on TV. How did you celebrate?

Better: Gen Session We had a great class with Better:Gen that had us all dancing and singing. There was so much fun and laughter!

Coronation Crowns We’re looking forward to the King’s Coronation this weekend and have been busy preparing for it - our residents handmade crowns to wear during the celebrations!

Better: Gen Hockey Our residents had such a blast at the latest Better: Gen session this weekend - they loved playing hockey!

Pebble Decoration & Better: Gen Our residents had the innovative idea to decorate pebbles for the garden; they designed them with drawings and quotes and they look great! We also had a brilliant Better: Gen session with lots of dancing and smiles all round.

Pizza Making Our residents just love making their own food creations! We made some tasty pizza recently and had lots of fun during the process.

Better: Gen Our residents had a brilliant Better:Gen session this week! They enjoyed playing volleyball and robotic football and there were lots of laughs.

Arts & Crafts Creativity comes in all forms! Our residents enjoyed making pictures of hot air balloons using mosaic tiles, the results are fantastic.

Pizza Making, Games, and Café Fun We all love pizza here at Pitkerro! Some of our residents made their own creations and they were absolutely delicious - what’s your favourite topping? We’ve also been enjoying playing games including hoopla, pool noodle hockey, and tin can alley! Our café is such a lovely area for relaxing with a hot drink and the newspaper - Brenda loves it.

Better: Gen Fun We had lots of fun with Better:Gen's Virtual and Augmented Reality sets today! Our residents always have such a great time exploring the world with the help of this fantastic technology.

Ice cream Sundaes and Better:Gen It has been a wonderful day of activities and treats here at Pitkerro. We enjoyed some home-made ice cream sundaes this afternoon and you can see how delicious they were just from John and Beryl’s faces! Our residents also had a brilliant Better:Gen session today that had everyone laughing – check out our resident boxing champs!

Car Boot Sale Pitkerro Care Centre will hold a car boot sale on Sunday 25th of June between 10am and 12pm! Pitches are £10 each and all proceeds will go to the Residents Comfort Fund. We invite you to join us. Looking forward to seeing you there (hopefully in the sunshine!)