Gossip ISSUE 30 | FEBRUARY 2013 Two New Residents in Valley Lodge! IN THIS MONTH’S ISSUE... Inside Gossip is your newsleer so we want your contribuons! Residents, relaves and staff are all welcome to write in. Whether its an arcle on a trip or event that’s happened at your home, perhaps you’d like to write about something you’d like to reminisce about with others, you might want to write a leer to get your view across about something you feel passionate about. What about something you’ve made that you’d like to share with everyone at Ashmere? You could even put together a quiz or riddle for puzzle corner. Just hand it in to the Acvies Co-ordinator or Manager at your home & we’ll make sure its in the next newsleer! WRITE FOR THE ASHMERE INSIDE GOSSIP! Inside Valley Lodge are pleased to welcome our two new residents, our two Guinea Pigs named Archie & Angus. As you can see our residents love them, they have regular visits to the Extra Care Unit for cuddles with our residents. Everyone else is constantly popping into the Acvity Room for a hold, even staff! They’ve proved to be a hit with everyone in the home & it’s fascinang to see what a calming effect it has on the residents especially in the Extra Care Unit. Everyone is more than welcome to pop down to the Acvity Room for a hold! Thank you to our home manager, Pam for bringing them to our home. Which homes has been ‘Rock & Rollin’ ................................... Page 2 Which home has been Balloon Making..................................Page 7 What have the homes been upto this Valenne’s Day?.............Page 9
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GossipISSUE 30 | FEBRUARY 2013
Two New Residents in Valley Lodge!
IN THIS MONTH’S ISSUE...
Inside Gossip is your newsletter so we want your contributions! Residents, relatives and staff are all welcome to write in. Whether its an article on a trip or event that’s happened at your home, perhaps you’d like to write about something you’d like to reminisce about with others, you might want to write a letter to get your view across about something you feel passionate about. What about something you’ve made that you’d like to share with everyone at Ashmere? You could even put together a quiz or riddle for puzzle corner. Just hand it in to the Activities Co-ordinator or
Manager at your home & we’ll make sure its in the next newsletter!
WRITE FOR THE ASHMERE INSIDE GOSSIP!
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Valley Lodge are pleased to welcome our two new residents, our two Guinea Pigs named Archie & Angus. As you can see our residents love them, they have regular visits to the Extra Care Unit for cuddles with our residents. Everyone else is constantly popping into the Activity Room for a hold, even staff! They’ve proved to be a hit with everyone in the home & it’s fascinating to see what a calming effect it has on the residents especially in the Extra Care Unit. Everyone is more than welcome to pop down to the Activity Room for a hold! Thank you to our home manager, Pam for bringing them to our home.
Which homes has been ‘Rock & Rollin’................................... Page 2
Which home has been Balloon Making..................................Page 7
What have the homes been upto this Valentine’s Day?.............Page 9
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Codnor Park News Tel: 01773 74111188 Glass House Hill, Codnor, DE5 9QT
Frankie Fortune will be entertaining us with his musical variety show with singing, magic and much more. All welcome to
join us!
Rock & Roll Day
To celebrate Dignity Day on Friday 1st February, we held a Rock & Roll Day. Staff and Residents dressed up in 50s gear and we had entertainment from Bob Reed who sang us lots of 50s tunes. Everyone was soon up and dancing the morning away! Afterwards everyone enjoyed Fish & Chips for their lunch! Thank you to all the staff, residents and relatives who helped to make our Rock & Roll Day
so much fun!
Kevin & Marie Visit!We had a lovely visit from Kevin & Marie who entertained us with their 60s show. We would recommend them to any care home who hasn’t had them yet as the residents knew the words and were singing along. If they weren’t singing, they were laughing and waving their arms with relatives and staff! It was a lovely atmosphere and we’ll be booking them again in
the near future.
Chefs in ResidenceOur residents have enjoyed getting busy in the kitchen and baking cakes for the other residents and staff in the home. Not only have they been baking cakes, they’ve been decorating them too! There’s been lots of comments on how tasty the cakes are and the residents really enjoy taste testing their creations. We’re looking forward to baking
more recipes soon!
The Firs News Tel: 01773 74381090 Glass House Hill, Codnor, DE5 9QT
Happy Birthday!
Leanne Brown who will be 23 on the 22nd March!
Staff Birthdays!
Birthday wishes to Eileen Chaplin who will be 91 years young on the 13th March!
We hope you have a lovely Birthday!
The Firs would like to welcome Victoria McIlwrick & Laura Hollingsworth two
new nurses.
Welcome!
Bistro Night
Happy Birthday Jane!
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One of our popular residents, Jane Pyne celebrated her birthday in style on Wednesday 20th February and enjoyed birthday festivities with friends and staff at The Firs. Jane had a wonderful day surrounded by her friends and really appreciated the effort that staff had gone to!
Sadly due to the snow on Wednesday 13th February are Valentine’s Bistro Night had to be cancelled but residents all still enjoyed a lovely slap up meal to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Bistro Night was set up as a way for residents and their loved ones to enjoy a three course meal together in a relaxing & calm environment. With Spring on the way & the weather improving, we’re hoping to reschedule Bistro Night very soon so please keep a look out for posters and invites
being sent out!
A visit from the Mayor!
On Thursday 28th February, we’ll be holding our Country & Western Dignity Action Extravaganza from 4.30pm till 7.00pm. We’re very excited as the Mayor & his wife will be visiting the open the event! So please, come & join us to celebrate Dignity Action Day! We’ll be learning how to line dance with live music. We’ll also have a hog roast to enjoy once you’ve worked up a sweat as well as plenty of stalls including a cake stall & raffle. Everyone is more than welcome to join us!
Welcome to Sarah, our new volunteer & thank you in
advance for your time spent with our residents.
Welcome!
Friday 29th MarchGood Friday Coffee Morning
From 10.00amTo celebrate Easter, we’ll be holding a Coffee Morning and Entertainment that everyone is invited to. We hope to see you
there!
With Spring on the way, we’ve got plenty of events planned in the near future so please watch this space & look out for posters in the home. If you have any ideas of an activity you’d like to see in the home, a trip out to somewhere you haven’t been for years or even something you’d like to celebrate, please speak to
Kayleigh, our Activities Co-ordinator who will be happy
to help!
Any ideas?
Congratulations to Carol Baines on becoming a
Grandma for the 7th time to Grandson, Coby!
All staff & residents would like to wish Melvin Birks a
very speedy recovery. Best wishes Melvin!
Staff Announcements
UpcomingEvents
Sunday 17th MarchSt Patricks Day
All are welcome to join us for our Green Day to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. Make sure you visit the home in a piece of green clothing or you could even go crazy & wear only green clothing! We’ve got plenty planned to celebrate St Patricks
The Owl Experience visited us a few months ago. The residents enjoyed their visit so much, we’ve
asked them to visit again!
Saturday 30th MarchEaster Party
10.30am - 1.00pmOur Easter Party will include a visit from a Mini Zoo which includes Poppy the Skunk, a giant rabbit & lots more! We’ll also have stalls such as Hook a Duck, Face Painting, Sweets & Cake & much more. We also have a lovely chocolate hamper full of Easter Eggs. To win the hamper, please see Ruth for a raffle ticket.
Its £1.00 for a strip!
February Activities
We’ve been up to to lots this month including Movie Mornings with Popcorn, Playing our new Target Game with Beanbags, Quizzes and decorating Porcelain Crosses. What’s really taken off this year is our new Dominoes group which is really helping our residents to socialise.
They look forward to meeting and playing dominoes regularly!
New Year’s WishesWe’ve been busy this month granting wishes. On New Year’s Eve the residents made a wish for 2013! Noreen (top photo) wished for some new make up whilst Dorothy (bottom photo) asked to be given some beautiful spring flowers! Both ladies were pleased to have their wishes granted, we’ll be
granting more soon!
Trips Out!We are looking forward to a visit to Highfield Happy Hens to celebrate Easter on 20th March. Residents can look forward to feeding a wide range of animals, collecting eggs to bring home and
a tractor ride!
We are also booking out boat trip along the River Trent in July with
King William residents.
Please let Ruth, our Activities Co-ordinator know if you are interested in joining us on either
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Welcome!Sarah Hill
We hope you’ll be very happy at King William!
Roy BrownAvis Marsh
Birthdays
Upcoming EventsWednesday 6th March
Mothers Day Celebrations6.00pm
To celebrate Mother’s Day, we’ll have Kevin & Marie entertaining us and Buffet & Drinks (£2.50pp).
Everyone is welcome!
Thursday 14th MarchComic Relief Celebrations
6.00pmTo raise money for Red Nose Day, we’ll have the Noisy Neighbours entertaining us with buffet & drinks provided. £2.50 entry & all money raised will go to Comic
Relief!
Saturday 6th AprilEaster Eggstravaganza
3.00 - 8.00pmWe’ll have lots going on with stalls, games & competitions including an Easter Bonnet Competition, Easter Egg Hunt & lots more. We’ll have a buffet from 5pm & entertainment beginning at 6pm. We hope you can come along & raise some money for the Resident’s Fund!
Everyone is welcome!
Baking Club
King William’s Dignity Tree
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We have created a new Dignity Tree in our home. It features in the main lounge fireplace, it’s made from branches that we painted with glitter glue and arranged in a vase. On the branches there are leaves from staff and residents which simply states what dignity means to them, what is important to them and what they expect from our home. I had some lovely responses and we all enjoy seeing it in the lounge. There is also a poem behind it which describes what the Dignity Tree does. Everyone
is more than welcome to add a leaf!
We’ve been busy baking again this month, making biscuits & decorating them with lots of lovely treats. Gillian really enjoyed helping with the process and couldn’t believe what you could decorate with them nowadays. Gwen & Gillian also made a ginger tin loaf, some chocolate brownies and some pink cakes. Gwen enjoying adding the food colouring and
watching them change colour.
Handprints!
Residents thought that Jess, the Activities Co-ordinator had lost the plot when one day this month she went round each resident drawing around their hand and asking them what their favourite colour is. It was all explained when they went in for their tea as all the handprints were cut out in their favorite colour and displayed on the wall all holding hands. The idea was to show our residents as a family unit and that everyone is different but they all work together. Everyone has said
what a lovely idea it is!
All our love to residents and their families who have recently passed away, Terry
Residents at Smalley Hall had a brilliant time singing along & dancing to Kevin & Marie when they came to visit on Friday 15th February. They put on a wonderful 60’s show which the residents & relatives loved!
Cafe AfternoonEvery Friday afternoon, residents, relatives, staff and our other Ashmere homes are invited to join us for our Cafe Afternoon. It’s a chance for everyone to meet & have a chat over homemade cakes, biscuits & a variety of hot
We’ll be opening our home to the local community to give them the chance to meet staff & residents, enjoy a guided tour & a hot drink! Everyone is welcome to come along! We hope to see you there!
Therapy Drums
Dignity Day at Valley Lodge
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To celebrate Dignity Day on 1st February, we had a magician visit to entertain us with his magic tricks and Balloon Making. A lot of the
residents had a balloon animal which they were very pleased with! We also had a Staff Pyjama Day and a first prize for the winner of best dressed which the residents chose, Emma won! Thank you to Dianne’s
team for taking part!
A big thank you to Maggie for bringing the therapy drums. Our Activity Room was packed full of residents who wanted to take part in the activity. It was a noisy afternoon with everyone given a drum to play. Everyone had a great time! We’re looking forward to Maggie visiting again
very soon!
Jigsaw Fun!
Hammy has been working very hard doing her jigsaws. Every day she is sitting in the Activity Room to work on completing the jigsaw puzzle. The other residents & staff like seeing how she’s getting on & we’re all very pleased when we see a
completed puzzle!
We hope you have a lovely birthday!
Tel: 01332 882848
Welcome!A big warm welcome to Cheryl Garratt, our new volunteer who is proving to be popular with our residents. She has already helped with our Activities room makeover. Residents, families and staff are very pleased with the
new look room.
Staff Announcements
We’re looking forward to welcoming our new
Activities Co-ordinator, Sally Anne Thomas to the home next month. Our residents
can’t wait to meet her!
Michaela’s Mural
Michaela’s stunning mural in the lobby of Smalley Hall is finally finished & everyone is really chuffed with it! It has taken months of work from sitting with the residents to discuss what they want to see in the mural to Michaela putting those ideas onto the wall. Both residents & relatives have all found memories from the mural & we hope future residents will find something nostalgic to them
too! Michaela is now off to Kidsley Grange to create a mural of Shipley Park for the residents!
Good LuckWe were sorry to see our Domestic, Di Ludlam leaving Valley Lodge. We wish her
all the best for the future!
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Louise BootRebecca Ault
Happy 21st Birthday to Katerina Rutter!
Marjorie Boxall
Dignity Action DayWe celebrated Dignity Action Day on Friday 1st February by having a lovely Dignity Coffee Morning. The entertainer, Charlie Speed was brilliant, singing to our residents and guests. Everyone had a fantastic morning singing and dancing especially Julie Page who had a dance with Marjorie and her daughter. Thank you for the kind donations, we raised £12.00 for our Resident’s Fund.
Chinese New Year Bistro Night
Our latest Bistro Night was to celebrate Chinese New Year. Not everyone was sure about the menu to start with but all plates were clean saying how fantastic the food was. It’s lovely to be able to see families coming together to support their loved ones & the staff love it! Thank you to all the staff who worked so hard to make our busiest Bistro Night a huge success! We raised a brilliant £70 for the
Resident’s Fund.
Kevin & MarieEntertainers, Kevin & Marie came to visit on Monday 18th February and entertained us their Valentine’s Day show. Everyone had a lovely time & they always give us a show to remember! Our residents
thought they were fantastic!
Pamper SessionsAldercar College have been again to pamper our residents and they absolutely loved it. Enjoying a morning of hand & arm massages with a file and polish is a very relaxing way to start the day. Our residents enjoy chatting away to the girls, so thank you
KnittingThis month, our residents have been working hard at their knitting. The ladies love nothing more than to sit, chat, knit and
drink tea all morning together!
VALENTINES’S DAY AT ASHMERE!Although Valentine’s Day can be a sensitive issue to those who have lost loved ones, we try to encourage staff and residents that Valentine’s Day should be a day to celebrate all the wonderful family and friends we have
around us. Here’s what our homes got up to on the 14th February...
King WilliamStaff and Residents filled in a heart with a message to their loved ones, this proved to be quite emotional but we all enjoyed talking about how we love and what they meant to us.
Each resident also recieved a Valentines Day card and chocolate from an anonymous person which made them all smile.
West HallamWe’ve had fun celebrating Valentine’s Day this year! We had a lovely Valentine’s Buffet spread & cupcakes made by our cook, Sally. We enjoyed decorating some love hearts and writing heart
felt letters to loved ones!
Kidsley GrangeResidents and their relatives celebrated
Valentine’s Day by decorating Valentine’s Biscuits and enjoying a Valentine’s Themed Bistro Night. Everyone had a wonderful time and we raised a
brilliant £40 for the resident’s fund!
Valley LodgeAll our residents have been working hard making Valentine’s Decorations & Vintage Valentine’s cards. A special thank you to Donna who has been supporting us with all the
activities.
The residents gave their cards to their loved ones on Valentine’s Day.
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We’ll choose a winner on the 22nd March. Good Luck everyone!
Ashmere have been caring in Derbyshire for over 25 years. The business has been family owned and run across three generations.
We aim to provide the very best care for residents, providing a range of care from residential, nursing and to Dementia care in our extra care units.
In addition to long term care, we also provide respite care and day care to assist those who are still able to live at home.
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Poetry Corner
The air was full of sun and birds,The fresh air sparkled clearly.
Remembrance wakened in my heartAnd I knew I loved her dearly.
The fallows and the leafless treesAnd all my spirit tingled.
My earliest thought of love, and Spring’sFirst puff of perfume mingled.
In my still heart the thoughts awoke,Came lone by lone together -
Say, birds and Sun and Spring, is LoveA mere affair of weather?
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Spring Song
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