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Caldy Manor Gossip

Inside this issue

Hello and welcome

Birthday celebrations

Halloween

Firework Night

Remembrance Sunday

Christmas party

Christmas Fair

Hello and Welcome! I hope you like our finished refurbishment as much as we do. It was a long 16 weeks with the contractors on site but they left at the end of October and I’m sure you will agree they left us with a beautiful new lounge and dining room. Please help yourself to the refreshments available while you sit and have a chat in our new coffee bar area in reception. As you will see on the following pages our activity ladies have been busy over the last three months with activities and trips and plans are already under way for after the New Year and looking forward to spring. We have had new staff join us here at Caldy Manor into the housekeeping and Care team so please say hello to any new faces you come across and make them feel welcome. We sadly said goodbye to senior carer Pam Reid who has worked at Caldy Manor for over 9 years. Pam has Remained with Barchester and has been promoted to the Regional Training team, so many congratulations to Pam. We also said goodbye to our Deputy Manager Sue Ball who has left us to return to her passion of nursing. I hope you enjoy the newsletter and reflecting back on good times. Lastly I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and let’s look forward to 2017 and all it brings.

Caldy Manor Care Home

Caldy Wood, Caldy, Wirral CH48 2HY

Tel: 0151 625 2311 [email protected]

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General Manager

Paula Clark

News in and around Caldy Manor

Halloween Residents had a spooky afternoon enjoying Halloween activities which also had them participating in catching donuts dangling from string without using their hands.

Birthday Celebration Rachel Rees celebrated her 102nd Birthday on 27th October and we held a special birthday party to celebrate this. We had entertainment provided by Gordon Hopwood who had us all up singing and dancing followed by a lovely afternoon tea with cakes made by our wonderful volunteer Annette.

Firework Night Our Firework evening went off with a bang!! We had hot chocolate with cream & marshmallows, toffee apples and chocolates. Our residents enjoyed watching the fireworks from the comfort of the dining room and lounge due to the bad weather. Senior Carer, Dave Sherlock ,braved the rain to set the fireworks off.

News in and around Caldy Manor

Christmas Fair Our Christmas Fair was well attended and raised £140 for our residents fund. It was lovely to see our local neighbours coming in to meet staff and residents.

Remembrance Sunday

Residents remembered fallen comrades on Remembrance Sunday, watching the national service of remembrance on the television. We have our very own brave comrades living at Caldy Manor.

Christmas party Residents enjoyed an afternoon of entertainment, provided by our former carer, Chris Steele. Mince pies and sherry went down well.

A few words from Barchester…

Recipe cards Looking for some tasty winter dishes to cook this season? Barchester has produced a new selection of recipe cards which you can pick up from any Barchester care home. The cards also give handy hints and tips for how to keep safe and warm during winter and are great to share with others who might be looking for a little culinary inspiration over the coming months.

Christmas Card Competition winners

Congratulations to the two winners of this year’s Barchester Christmas card competition. You can see the beautiful winning designs below, which now feature on cards being used by Barchester homes across the country. The cheerful ‘Dachshund through the snow’ design was drawn by Biddy Bulinger , who lives at Ashfields Care Home in Norwich. Biddy has a great love of dogs and spent her younger years at art college. The stunning fireside image was painted by Luisa Shippy at Barchester’s Longueville Court in Peterborough. This beautiful scene perfectly captures the feeling of cozy winter evenings. For every pack of Christmas cards purchased by a Barchester home, a 40p donation is given to Barchester’s Charitable Foundation.

Our surveys

Thank you to everyone who completed our recent Relatives’ Survey or who assisted somebody to complete the Residents’ Survey. Your feedback helps us to better understand how we can improve our services in order to provide the best possible care. We greatly appreciate you taking the time to complete the survey and sharing your opinions with us.

Barchester’s Charitable Foundation helps keep the adventures coming!

Barchester’s Charitable Foundation helps older people and other adults living with physical or mental disabilities by providing grants of up to £5,000. One group that recently benefited from a Foundation grant is Dementia Adventure, a charity working to keep life fun by running supported holidays for people affected by dementia. The organisation received a £2,160 grant from Barchester’s Charitable Foundation to fund a five day trip to Northumberland Clavert Trust in Kielder Water. Four people living with dementia and their carers were able to enjoy a hugely important break from the difficulties of everyday life and to make new friends while participating in activities that even included a thrilling zipwire. One woman who attended with her husband said the trip had ‘made a real difference’ as he is now approaching a more advanced stage of dementia. Another woman explained that, “living in a dementia household can be difficult at times. You can’t go on mainstream

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all at Barchester Healthcare!

holidays anymore because people haven’t got the time or the patience for you.” If you know someone who could benefit from a grant or you would like to read more about the work the Foundation does, please go to www.bhcfoundation.org.uk for further information.