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02/08/2024

What a fun line up of activities we have had over the past few week’s here in Newton Court. We have had indoor tennis (when the weather prevented play in the courtyard; glass sun-catcher painting; strawberry picking on the Gower followed by strawberries and cream and Pimm’s and lemonade for Wimbledon; a sea-side themed afternoon with paddling pool, buckets, spades and of course ice-creams and some fairy cake making. Quite a line-up!

It is safe to say that in amongst such a medley of activities alongside our weekly crossword session, art class, knit and natter and in-house hair salon trips that there is ‘something for everyone’! Our residents also enjoyed the company and fellowship of quite a number of visitors recently for Newton Court’s ‘mini fraternal’.

30/07/2024

We love competitive games at Gowanlea. Our residents are very competitive with each other but have a lot of laughs along the way.

29/07/2024

At Garswood, one of our residents, John used to own his own flower shop. So we asked him to make a bouquet of flowers for our entrance hall for the other residents to enjoy. He’s made a lovely arrangement.

26/07/2024

At Fair Haven we love live entertainment! Last week we were lucky enough to have the Mundey family sing and play live for all our residents to enjoy😊 it brought everyone at Fair Haven together in one place to truly appreciate the talent all the musicians had.

26/07/2024

Fair Haven Refurbishment

The building works, much like the British summer, started hesitantly mid-June. However, now that we are in July, we find we are surrounded by the signs, sounds and results of the refurbishment being fully underway.
The residents are enjoying the ‘people watching’ and finding what is happening next and the staff team are all enjoying rather varied working days.

Our wellbeing team and volunteers are all doing an amazing job of providing activities away from the busiest areas and there have been trips and lunches out. Any extra volunteers would always be very welcome, although as you can see from two of the photos, we work them hard!

Never too busy for ice cream as you will also see – we are keeping the workers happy too!

We still have a few rooms available for anyone wishing to have a summer respite stay by the seaside, if you know anyone who may be interested, please get in touch.

25/07/2024

Due to health reasons, Derek decided to give up his greenhouse at Garswood. But has started looking after flowers on the patio of Main House. Here he is with the roses he has grown 🌹🪻🌸🌺🌷

22/07/2024

At Olivet, we are hosting a beach themed afternoon on Wednesday 21st August at 2:30 and we would love to see you there.
There will be a visiting ice cream van to buy a 99 and some garden themed games, as well as a cookie decorating competition!

19/07/2024

We welcomed quite a few visitors here in Newton Court for the occasion of our summer barbeque - garden party. A gazebo had been erected and decorated with colourful bunting and the pathway arch was adorned with pretty green balloons which made the garden an enticing place to find a perch for those who braved the fine yet windy weather.

Residents enjoyed mingling with our visitors and those who found outdoors a little too chilly sat in the conservatory. Here they observed all the comings and goings and listened to the music being played on the keyboard outside. A delightful menu of barbecued homemade burgers, hotdogs, chicken kebabs, chicken drumsticks, delicious side salads and the ever-popular lemon tiramisu or carrot cake was served.

It is lovely to have these events in our beautiful grounds as it encourages residents to engage with and enjoy the beauty of God’s creation which is so uplifting! We also really benefit from visitors supporting these events. Our residents enjoy the friendly interaction, chatter and in many cases ongoing support and care that they provide. We have a few more events planned for the remainder of the summer so plenty more for those at Newton Court to look forward to God willing.

18/07/2024

Our residents at Kingsleigh enjoyed a visit to Packwood House yesterday afternoon, the sun was shining and a lovely day was had by all ☀ 🐥🌸

16/07/2024

At Gowanlea we form strong links with children from our local nursery. Here, one who is starting Primary school soon, came to say thank you to one of our very special residents.

16/07/2024

At Gowanlea we love the close links we have with our local nursery. Here, one girl is saying thank you to one of our special residents.

15/07/2024

We took a trip to Martin Mere, which is a local bird sanctuary. The residents enjoyed looking at them all and feeding the ducks (note picture five where the staff were trying to be duck whisperers 😂)

11/07/2024

At Garswood, we live very close to some golf courses…but we need a bit of practise first! Here we have some of our residents in Hazelwood, practising their putting skills.

08/07/2024

Our residents in Cedars have being enjoying a variety of different activities, including a visit to the farm, going out for coffee and a sensory experience in the garden, toasting marshmallows!
If you or a loved one is interested in a stay at Olivet, whether for respite or permanently then please contact the home manager [email protected]

05/07/2024

We have had quite a few lovely days and fun activities taking place in recent days here at Newton Court. A handful of intrepid explorers set off on the ‘Gruffalo Trail’ in a nearby woods which fortunately has a meandering flat path. The residents who went on this trip had a lovely time exploring and spending time amongst the trees.

The beautiful weather was inspiration for another very enjoyable activity that was held in our conservatory, with plenty of fresh air floating through the open doors. The residents took great delight in making some fanciful strawberry plant fairy gardens, a wonderful form of escapism! They delved deep into fairy land arranging wooden log stepping stones, pebbles, trees, shrubs, plant pots, miniature toadstools, fairies, hedgehogs, squirrels, rabbits and their own hand-painted toadstools. One fairy even sat perched with her feet in her very own terracotta pond – how sweet!

We have quite a few exciting activities planned over the summer ( the residents here are richly blessed by the Lord) so keep your ear to the ground and we will keep you posted!

04/07/2024

Our residents at Kingsleigh thoroughly enjoy their visits from Augustine at G Fitness.
Augustine provides group exercise sessions with content such as movement to music, strength and mobility work, balance and falls prevention, brain games to promote cognitive stimulation and adapted Tai-Chi.

02/07/2024

We enjoyed a very successful summer fayre at Gowanlea raising £1k for our welfare fund which pays for residents outings. Thank you to all who helped and supported.

01/07/2024

We hosted our coffee morning last Wednesday and the residents enjoyed an excuse to enjoy different sweet treats!

28/06/2024

We have a wonderful team of volunteers who support us in many ways at Fair Haven both on and off site, physically and spiritually and for whom we are very grateful. To say THANK YOU and in recognition of National Volunteers week which occurs in June, we held a BBQ lunch last Thursday 20th June cooked by our chef Amanda and shared with the residents and colleagues of course.

The volunteers were served their lunch and drinks as well as being gifted a small pin Forget-me-not flower (symbol adopted by the Alzheimers society to promote positive Dementia care) and the residents signed everyone a card as additional gestures of our appreciation. You may be able to spot the forget-me-not pins on display and being worn!

If you find yourself on the South Coast and would like to pop in and see us, we can’t promise a BBQ, but we can promise a friendly welcome and maybe even a nice cup of coffee and some cake!!

27/06/2024

Our activities team have taken to adapting any table for balloon tennis or table tennis! As you can see Malcolm and Jim were really getting very competitive here 😁🥳

24/06/2024

A massive thanks to all who helped create & support our summer garden party on Saturday at Olivet :) While the weather didn't quite cooperate - that didn't stop the team bringing the garden & decorations inside and fitting almost 85 people into the lounge! Many scones, cakes & cups of fruit punch were consumed, and live music from the Reid brothers was enjoyed by a captive audience!

21/06/2024

We all recently enjoyed an afternoon strawberry tea on Newton Court’s patio. What’s not to love about the perennial favourite of a scrumptious golden scone, with clotted cream, jam, strawberries (and of course a cup of tea)?

Residents relished the chance to sit outside together and be waited upon. The strawberry bunting fluttered prettily and the colourful tablecloth bedecked with all the scrumptious goodies was a lovely sight.

The strawberry tea was planned as a lovely afternoon event to be enjoyed by residents but also in the first instance as a thank you event for all our wonderful volunteers. There was also the chance to sample a thank you gift from the residents as they had been having fun prior to the event making chocolate and strawberry lollipops.

Newton Court gardens are in full bloom at the moment and the flowers and leafy green trees are delightful to be around. These events really lift the mood for all involved and it is a joy to be surrounded once more by the beauty of God’s creation.

17/06/2024

Gardening club has restarted at Garswood! We’ve started looking at our raised beds and hoping that we’ll soon see some vegetables popping up.

15/06/2024

Extraordinary Meeting
June 15th, 10:00 am

As mentioned in our CCH update held on Saturday, June 8th, we would like to invite you to an extraordinary meeting about our Fairhaven home in Bournemouth. Due to other activities and commitments, this meeting will be held in the morning.
Thank you for your continued support of our care homes!

Here is the zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83734477748?pwd=SzNwZlpXRXpmZGg4VmQwOE0wMjZwZz09
Meeting ID: 837 3447 7748
Passcode: 1948

14/06/2024

Our Volunteer’s deserve special recognition! So we will be holding a BBQ on Thursday 20th June to show our gratitude and to say a big thank you to all our wonderful volunteers for all that they do😊. The Residents have been busy handmaking cards to give out next week. This week we have made the best out of the little sun we are getting, we have gone to the beach and sat outside in the garden soaking up as much sun as possible. Stay tuned for next weeks post to see all the fun we will get up to at the BBQ😊.

13/06/2024

Yesterday, we celebrated our annual African Day at Eden House! This event is held to appreciate the diverse cultures of our staff, many of whom come from various African countries, ranging from Nigeria to Uganda. We enjoyed learning about their families and cultures. They sang and danced for us, and even our residents joined in the dancing! This cultural exchange fosters a sense of family here at Eden House.

For lunch, our dedicated kitchen staff prepared traditional African dishes. Some staff members also contributed by cooking food for everyone to sample. The food was delicious!
We learned a great deal and would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the staff who made the day so special, creating such a fun experience for our residents.

13/06/2024

Garswood is having its Summer Fling on Saturday 😁🥳 there will be stalls, games and bbq food. It would be great if you were able to come and see the home (hopefully in the sunshine) and our residents

10/06/2024

This Saturday, we are hoping to hold a musical garden party at Olivet, God willing. We would love for you to join us! Please don't be put off by the weather - if it isn't as sunny as we are hoping for, then we have a wet weather plan too!
If you have never visited us before we would love to meet you at Olivet, 17 Sherbourne Road, Acocks Green, B27 6AD

09/06/2024

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Puppy therapy 🐶 at Garswood, we enjoyed lots of cuddles with these Irish doodles (cross between Irish setter and Poodle) #Garswood #puppytherapy #puppies #christadelphiancarehomes

Meet our Garswood dragon! #ChineseNewYear2024

At Eden House we have been enjoying our Winter Illumination Trail around the garden. Thanks to all the volunteers and maintenance team who worked hard to set it up and thank you to all those who visited and walked around. Old and young alike were mesmerised by the trail, some even enjoyed hot chocolate and marshmallows by a campfire as well!

We are well blessed at Newton court with the beach being only a stones throw away! We wrapped up well and braced ourselves for an outing to Caswell Bay. Richard and Ione had fun exploring the beach riding in all-terrain wheelchairs! It was sheltered behind the cafe, so we all enjoyed our hot drinks in the fresh outdoors, looking out to sea. Very grateful to all those who helped out 😊

We played a more civilised type of bowling at Eden house😉some carpet bowls this week, lots of residents enjoyed trying to get closet to the jack. Unfortunately I didn't get any videos of any particularly close bowls but we did improve as we went along! Having two massive pillars in the way didn't help!

We took the residents of Garswood ten pin bowling 🎳 Rita, Mabel and Jean were our winners all scoring 85 points 🥳 🎳

Yesterday we made the most of the beautiful weather enjoying a glass of Pimms and a bowl of strawberries, whilst watching some action on the tennis court. We have some talented players & ball girls here at Newton Court and a very enthusiastic audience! It was lovely to have such a good number of residents and tenants outside under the blue summer skies.

With Silverstone happening this weekend, at Eden House, we were in the mood for racing. Residents, staff and visitors all had a turn around our version of the Silverstone track with classic corners such as 'Becketts, Stowe and Copes'. Needless to say there were some underhand tactics, as seen at the end of this video, which only heightened the rivalries! Thanks to Bro Derek Vyse for the use of some of his remote control cars.

At Olivet recently our dear Bro Norman serenaded Oak Lounge with a rendition of ‘My heart and I’. Thank you Bro Norman for all you do to entertain our lovely residents.

At Garswood, our competitive spirit has come out as the residents and staff all joined in to reach the target of walking 1141 miles for the Memory Walk! Staff have got their families involved and encouraged them go for extra walks! We love this sense of family, a value we cherish at Christadelphian Care Homes. There’s still time to donate as we get closer to hitting our target - https://www.justgiving.com/page/cchmemorywalk

At Garswood, we’ve been making the most of the sunshine and trying to get as many steps as possible for the Memory Walk ☀️👣 The staff and residents have all got involved in walking extra miles, some getting their families involved too! It shows a wonderful sense of family, which we value at Christadelphian Care Homes. If you wish to donate, below is the link to the JustGiving page https://www.justgiving.com/page/cchmemorywalk

Hello everyone, we've been busy at Eden House over the last couple of weeks with our memory walk but there's been lots happening inside as well! Here are some snippets of videos from the last couple of weeks, if you'd like to see more, please come and visit us when you can. Talking of our memory walk, there is still time to donate towards the Alzheimer's Society https://www.justgiving.com/page/cchmemorywalk?fbclid=IwAR1nlwZwxCXxdHIAzfsD89G0AdzGhtXZzgzhsajpEFR8gWgU6lapHh-G7i8

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Our Current Situation

The government has indicated that we are now past the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the rate of transmission remaining consistently below the threshold of one and other positive indicators, such as falling new rates of infection and hospital admittance. As such, the current guidance to the general population has been amended from “stay at home” to “stay alert”.

However, the guidance for the care sector remains the same and pending the outcome of any review from public advisory bodies, our homes must remain closed to all but essential visitors. The residents of our homes are extremely vulnerable and we have to continue to mitigate the risk of them catching COVID-19. We are ever mindful of the potential impact on the mental and spiritual well-being of our residents and families as a result, but first and foremost we must continue to look after the physical well-being of every resident at this time.

During the period of closure, we have been greatly uplifted by the messages of support for our residents through letters, cards and video calls, and we urge you to continue to support our residents in this way - they need you more than ever before! Having moved past the peak of the virus, we now use this page to share updates, information and positive experiences from those in our homes.

We are very appreciative of the tireless work of our staff in supporting our residents and creating lively, stimulating environments within our homes at this time, despite the lack of visitors coming through our doors. We will keep visitor restrictions under constant review and will ease them as soon as we are able to in line with changes in government and professional guidance. In the meantime, thank you for your support and understanding.