ASHMERE TALK
September 2014
WINNER
of the September 'Employee of The Month' award goes to Rose Wheeler from 'The Firs'. Rose wins £100 Gift Vouchers.
Rose Wheeler - employee of the month winner of the ‘Making a Difference’ award.
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Rose has recently taken over the position as Activities Coordinator at The Firs and as usual Rose has been enthusiastic in her role, thinking of new activities and already organising Christmas trips and entertainment. Rose is a reliable and crucial member of The Firs team and will support her colleagues whenever needed. She can always be relied upon to have the best interests of our residents at the heart of her work. Nominated by Rachel Tattershaw
I found Rose commitment to dignity very striking. We have a 5 point ‘job spec’ that we ask Derbyshire dignity champions to subscribe to as in the cover letter here. I think she works hard at all 5 and I admire this particularly after 46 years in the business!
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ongratulations! to the Ashmere staff ‘Pam Wood, Jane Phillis, Lucie Holmes, and Kate Leivers who completed TrekFest on 6th September. They walked 27 miles in 12 hours! to raise money for the Alzheimer’s society and our ‘forget me not’ wing.
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Stephen Phillips Co-ordinator Derbyshire Dignity Campaign Commissioning Team Adult Care
CODNOR PARK NEWS
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e’ve had a fun time this month! We took a boat trip down the trent and had a fantastic day. We’ve had a musical themed day with entertainment from Bob Reed, which the Blues Brothers turned out in force. Colin Jackson has visited again singing all our favourites, and the touring cinema came with Doris Days “by the light of the silvery moon”. Some residents from the Firs joined us and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Thank you to everyone who contributed to our penny jars for the memorial tree appeal, we managed to fill 7 jars and are looking forward to the trees being planted. thank you again.
Eva Haywood celebrated her 100th Birthday and was visited by the Ripley and Heanor News.
We are hosting a Pink Coffee Morning Friday 17th October in aid of Breast Cancer. Everyone is welcome and for every pink item worn you will get a point. The person with the most pink wins a £20 gift voucher, so come on get pink. Starts 10am.
THE FIRS NEWS
On the 3rd - Razzle Dazzle came to entertain residents in the unit and ‘The Firs’ really enjoyed them. On the 5th September we had a lovely game of skittles. We had a bit of amusement with one of our residents, Jess, he was holding the ball for a few minutes ready to throw, another resident Eddie told Jess to throw the ball. Jess said he would drop the ball, after the game won by Eddie with 3 strikes they all enjoyed a beer and lunch followed. Our residents have been making their own name plates for their rooms. A big thank you to Bernard for doing our film shows on a wednesday and our manager Rachel for our tuck shop and popcorn. Bernard and Dorothy went on a bus for the first time since 1986. We went to Ripley on a shopping trip, then stopped for lunch at Crest of the Wave. On Wednesday evening we had fish and chips for tea from our local chip shop. On Friday the 15th it’s Jeans for Geans day, and on the 18th, Donna came to play the guitar. On the 25th, we have Kath Bates coming to give a Head & Shoulder massage. On the 29th, we have been invited to Codnor Park at 2pm to watch Doris Day.
WEST HALLAM NEWS
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ongratulations to staff for taking part in the 9 mile sponsored walk from Straws Bridge to Sawley Marina and raising £359 for our resident’s fund. We would like to say a big thank you to Mark Gribby for providing the printing for the sponsored walk t-shirts.
We have had our summer fete in which families joined us for a fun filled afternoon raising money for our resident’s fund. A good time was had by all.
We had our pie and pea themed bistro night where we were joined by many families for a lovely home cooked meal and quiz. Staff Birthdays Sue Brown, Louise Attwood, Rose Goodwin, Tania Priestly and Sally Slack. Resident Birthdays 14th May Perryman 27th William Cope.
Pensioners with style joined us for an afternoon to give the residents a chance to shop until the dropped.
Upcoming events On the 14th October we have our Irish themed Bistro Night from 6pm onwards. On the 15th we have Collin Jackson joining our residents for a sing along from 10:30 AM. We have our Autumn Fete on the 18th from 2pm to 4pm with Tombolo, cake stall bric a brac and many more stalls. We have our pink Friday on the 24th from 10:30 AM so join us and wear it pink. We have Kevin and Marie joining us on the 27th for their Magic of the musicals show from 2pm onwards and out traditional Halloween buffet on the 31st from 6pm onwards.
VALLEY LODGE NEWS
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nne and Betty have enjoyed going to Matlock football club for singing for the brain.
Edith and Betty have being out to Dobbies garden center, we all had a good look around and we went to the cafe for a well deseved cup of tea. On the way home Edith asked if we can stop at the pub for half a cider.
Our lunch club members have had a brilliant summers outing to Buxton where we visited the Winter gardens.
Busy Making Pots
Events for October
All our residents have enjoyed a visit from zoo lab, Ivy, Joyce, Audrey, Sadie and Maisie held a snake. We have had Kate to come along to do a performance of musica for our emi unit of which everyone enjoyed.
AUTUMN COFFE MORNING 10/10/13 10:30 TO 12:00 EVERYONE INVITED KATE JACKSON 14:00 TO 15:00 17/10/14 EVERYONE INVITED 31/10/14 14:00 RAZZLE DAZZLE PERFORMING THE SOUND OF MUSIC EVERYONE INVITED
CONTACT INFORMATION Codnor Park - 88 Glass House Hill, Codnor, DE5 9QT - Tel: 01773 741111 The Firs - 90 Glass House Hill, Codnor, DE5 9QT - Tel: 01773 743810 Kidsley Grange - 160 Heanor Road, Smalley, DE7 6DX - Tel: 01773 769807 King William - Lowes Hill, Ripley, DE5 3DW - Tel: 01773 748841 Smalley Hall - Main Road, Smalley, DE7 6DS - Tel: 01332 882848 Valley Lodge - Bakewell Road, Matlock, DE4 3BN - Tel: 01629 583447 West Hallam - 8 Newdigate Street, West Hallam, DE7 6GZ - Tel: 0115 944 0329
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. If you would like any additional information about the company or services on offer, please Tel: 0845 602 2059 or visit our website www.ashmere.co.uk