The Elder August Edition (Home Instead Newsletter)

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5 Star feedback from families

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It’s holiday season and we’ve decided to kick off our very own ‘Bags on Tour’ competition. Over the next few months we have challenged CAREGivers of Home Instead Senior Care York & Ryedale to send in photographs of their summer escapades, the one catch being, the photo must feature a Home Instead Bag. We’ve already had a few entries sent across from the North Yorkshire Gin Festival, Sutton & Huby Show and the Nottingham Flower Show. Keep an eye out over the next few months to see what our CAREGivers have been up to!

Interested in getting involved in our ‘Bags on Tour’ Competition? Let us know, and we will send you your very own Home Instead Bag!

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‘Bags on Tour’ competition begins

August 2018

The team at Home Instead Senior Care are always very proud to receive positive reviews from clients.

Our aim is to provide a standard of care and support that we would be happy for our own families to receive. It means a lot when our clients or their families take the trouble to give their feedback and recognise the effort that our CAREGivers have made.

Earlier this month, Christine, the daughter of two of our clients, provided this fantastic feedback via the independent review service homecare.co.uk: “Home Instead Senior Care (York & Malton) have been absolutely amazing and I can’t praise them highly enough.

Every member of the team has shown respect, concern and a determination to do their absolute best for my parents.

As a result, mum and dad feel secure seeing the same friendly faces every week and this allowed me to feel more relaxed knowing they are being so well looked after.”

Thank you.

York River Art Market is back!

York River Art Market is an award winning, open air Art and Design market which stretches along the whole length of Dame Judi Dench Walk in the beautiful city of York.

Nestled behind the lusciously green Museum Gardens and besides the stunning Lendal Bridge, this unique arts market offers something for everyone. Summer 2018 will see a series of summer time events and welcomes a wide variety of artists and craft makers from all around Yorkshire and beyond. Have a stroll beside the river and purchase unique art works. The events take place every Saturday in August from 10am until 6pm. More information can be found at www.visityork.org.

Home Instead support Alzheimer’s Memory Walk Home Instead York & Ryedale have entered a team to take part in the Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk, taking place at the York Knavesmire on 1st September 2018.

The aim of the walk is to raise money for The Alzheimer’s Society, so they can continue to research into dementia.

The Alzheimer’s Society research programme aims to improve care for people with dementia today and finding a cure for tomorrow.

Dementia-Friendly Screening in York City Screen’s Dementia-Friendly Screening will take place on Monday 27th August at 1.15pm showing the 1964 classic Mary Poppins. Step in time with Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke for this supercalifragilisticexpialidocious family favourite.

City Screen will we serve complimentary tea, filter coffee and biscuits upstairs in the Sky Lounge from 12.45pm.

If you would like a wheelchair space, please do inform Cath Sharp at the cinema as spaces are limited. (cath.s@picturehouses.co.uk) Dementia-Friendly Screenings are open to all but especially suited for people with dementia and their family, friends and carers. Book for Mary Poppins on 0871 902 5726, or online at www.picturehouses.co.uk or in person at City Screen at the Coney Street Box Office.

‘Stay Nourished’ campaign is launched Home Instead are very excited to announce the launch of our latest public education campaign Stay Nourished, which is based on the subject of nutrition.

We know that one of the highest levels of concern when considering care options for family members is nutrition.

We know that older people when living alone can be particularly vulnerable to becoming malnourished and this

is caused by a number of different factors such as social isolation, bereavement, lack of family support, lack of motivation, dementia and many others.

That’s why we’ve come up with the campaign Stay Nourished and made an information booklet full of useful information. If you’d be interested in getting your hand on one of the booklets, give us a call on 01904 690884.

Jean takes a day out with our Julia Home Instead York & Ryedale’s CAREGiver Julia took some pictures of her recent trip out with her client Jean. They visited York Minster and lit candles, admired the flower boxes at Dean Court Hotel and then went for a cuppa at Cakes D-licious at Clifton Green.

Would you be interested in organising a special trip out with one of our CAREGivers? Give us a call to get sorted on 01904 690884.

Feeling lonely?

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Tuesday ‘Pop Inn’ café

Come and join Oaken Grove at our friendly café at the Oaken Grove Community Centre You are warmly invited: ▲ Open from 10:30am for tea/coffee ▲ A wide variety of light lunches and snacks

▲ If you are new to the area, or just want some company, come along and see what we offer ▲ Everyone is very welcome, bring a friend with you!

Oaken Grove Community Centre Reid Park, Haxby, YO32 3QW

Tel: 01904 769176

If you fall and can’t get up Follow these steps – and they will be a lot easier if you’ve already done a bit of forward planning To get help ▲U se your pendant alarm if you have one or call nearby neighbours on your phone –put them on speed dial now. ▲U se your phone to call 999. ▲B ang on the wall, radiator or floor. ▲S tay warm. Cover yourself with anything you can find –tablecloth, blanket, rug or coat. ▲P ut a cushion under your head or roll up an item of clothing. ▲K eep moving. Roll from side to side and move your limbs as pain allows, to help keep you warm and maintain circulation. ▲K eep your fluids up if you can reach a drink.

Planning ahead It makes sense to prepare yourself and your home just in case the worst happens. Then you can get on with enjoying life, knowing that you’ve done the groundwork.

Home Instead Senior Care 10 Clifton Moor Business Village James Nicolson Link, Clifton Moor York YO30 4XG Telephone: 01904 690884 Email: info@hiscyork.co.uk Web: www.homeinstead.co.uk/york

▲P lace cushions and blankets around the house at floor level so that, if you do fall, you can keep warm and comfortable while waiting for help. ▲U se your common sense on placement: they need to be easily accessible but should be stored so they don’t cause a hazard in themselves! ▲P ut a bottle of water with the cushions so you can stay hydrated while waiting. ▲ I f you have a cordless landline phone, carry it in your pocket. ▲G et a mobile phone if you don’t already have one and keep it (switched on) in your pocket or on a belt.

Programme in the phone numbers of neighbours or friends/relatives nearby who could help if you fell. ▲C onsider getting a community alarm. You wear it like a pendant, or on your wrist, and when you press a button the control centre will telephone your nominated key holder(s) so they can check on you.

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