Autumn Edition

Special points of interest: Inside this issue:

Life at Equality Care Ltd 1

The Old Vicarage 2 & 3

Staverton House 4 & 5

You Made A Difference Award 6

Upcoming Events/ Recommendations 7

Issue 3—September 2016

THE OLD VICARAGE & STAVERTON HOUSE

Life at Equality Care

EQUALITY CARE LTD

You Made A Difference

Award

Reviews from care-

home.co.uk plus our

Scores

The Old Vicarage

“Very caring

staff - rooms

very

comfortable,

homely feel -

food and drinks

always

available.

Pleasant

garden area

and

conservatory”

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Family and Friends BBQ

On Saturday 27th August, TOV hosted a ticket event BBQ. Family and friends of our residents and staff were invited.

The event involved lots of fun entertainment including:

Raffle

Refreshments

Cake Sale

Lucky Dip

Fun Tattoos for the children

The food stalls included hot dogs and burgers, and were cooked by our home manager Claire.

On arrival, a free piece of cake and a cup of tea/coffee was offered to our guests.

We would like to thank the following companies for their generous donations of food for the BBQ:

Apetito

Arthur David

Prime Cuts

We would like to thank our Housekeeper Brionne Boyland who made delicious cup cakes, and also to Abby Forsythe and Abbie Aissaoui for providing the face painting.

The day was a great success and we are very grateful for those who attended and who made donations, and for those who helped out on the day.

We are pleased to announce that on the day we raised £184.25. This money has been put into our residents fund, This fund helps pay for activities and entertainment for our residents to enjoy, and every penny helps.

Thanks again for all involved in our Family and Friends BBQ.

Our Activities Coordinator at TOV has been busy this summer coming up with ideas to keep our residents busy and entertained. A range of activities have been undertaken in which our residents found fun and entertaining.

Activities at TOV Activities included:

Card making

Flower arranging

Word games

Bingo

Quizzes

Anagrams

Fruity Friday (tasting various fruits and guessing what they were).

Supper smell (guessing different smells in boxes– lemon, lavender, mint sauce etc)

Beetle Drive

Hoopla

Please see some of photos of our residents work from the activities.

Lee Knot 22/9/16 21/10/16 9/12/16

Mike and Muriel 18/11/16

Colin and His Band Christmas Special 14/12/16

Movement to Music 27/9/16 11/10/16 25/10/16 8/11/16 22/11/16 13/12/16 27/12/16

Upcoming Entertainment at TOV

As we have experienced a rather lovely and sunny summer, staff at TOV thought it would be a nice idea if we arranged for the Ice Cream van to arrive here at our home.

and a selection of movie themed cakes were made for our residents to enjoy. Whilst the lounge was decorated with movie bunting. The night was enjoyed by all.

During August, we held a movie night for our residents.

The movie shown was The Secret Garden, which was voted for by our residents. Refreshments were provided,

Ice Cream Van

Movie Night

Paddling Pool

Many decided to dip their feet in the two pools which were purchased, whilst sitting in our lovely garden enjoying the sunshine and each others company.

Sticking with the hot weather theme, as the weather has been hot most days, staff came up with the idea of purchasing a paddling pool for our residents to enjoy and cool down.

“Management

seem very on

the ball,

provided us

regular

feedback and

were always

very helpful with

any queries or

concerns we

may have had”

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This idea was a popular choice for our residents, as many chose to have an ice cream of their choice. This is definitely worth considering again the next time lovely hot weather decides to turn up!

The party was a great success and our residents enjoyed the entertainment, refreshments and music that were provided.

To celebrate this years Olympics held in Rio, we held a Party at Staverton House. In tribute to Rio, our residents participated in a game staff devised called Rio Food Fruity Tasting Session. Some of the foods that were on offer were pineapple, mangoes, passion fruit and lime. We had coconut water to drink and of course Samba music was played in the background to set the mood.

Olympic Party

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STAVERTON HOUSE

On the 25th-26th June this year, Trowbridge held The Wiltshire's Armed Forces Day-Veterans Celebrations in Trowbridge Park. Some of our residents took a keen interest in wanting to attend this event, so this was arranged. The day involved plenty of entertainment including marching bands, flypast, re-enactors, entertainers, catering, and charities.

The event also involved military vehicles from different eras, including classic cars. This was a very special day for one of our residents-Jack, as he owns one of the classic

Veterans Day cars that were on display. Please see the photo of Jack with his classic car. Jacks car is now taken around the country at events by his daughter and son in law for all to admire.

Our residents thoroughly enjoyed their day out in Trowbridge. We are hoping to arrange another trip to this next year if it is scheduled.

“The staff cannot do

enough for both the

residents and the relatives,

who are welcome at any

time of the day”.

Paul Levy took a visit to Staverton House this Summer to entertain our residents.

Paul plays the Banjo, and during his visit to Staverton House, he entertained our residents by playing old and new tunes with the Banjo.

This is something that went down very well with our residents and they were very keen to know more, so some residents started to ask Paul questions about the instrument and music.

Music Entertainment

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Day Trip to Weymouth

As the weather has been so nice, we thought it would be a lovely idea to take a trip to the seaside. A mini bus was arranged to take a group of our residents and their families to Weymouth.

On arrival, our first point of call was to a Fish and Chips Shop. We then sat eating the food by The Prom, whilst enjoying the beautiful view. The weather was lovely and sunny, and some of our residents had a stroll down to the beach and had a walk along the golden Weymouth sand.

The trip out to Weymouth was a very much enjoyable and fun day out, and our residents were in great spirits.

This is a trip we would definitely consider doing again next year.

Paul then asked our residents if they would like to play the instrument themselves, in which many quickly took up the offer in doing so.

We thoroughly enjoyed Paul’s visit, and look forward to his next appearance at Staverton House.

“I am relieved to have

mum settled into

Staverton House

and to know she is

safe and being

extremely well looked

after”.

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Equality Care Ltd is fortunate enough to have many fantastic staff working in all our homes and teams. We have in-troduced this scheme to recognise and reward outstanding individuals and teams working at each home.

This award will run every quarter. All staff, visitors and residents will be able to nominate individuals who they feel should be rewarded.

If you would like to nominate somebody please speak to a member of the team who will be happy to guide you in the right direction.

The employee who wins this award will receive a certificate, £20 voucher, a day extra annual leave, their picture will be posted on the designated notice board, website and in our newsletter.

Winners for April - June 2016

Nothing is too

much trouble for

her. Caring

nature, generally

a very good carer

Always has a smile

for everyone. She is

such a bubbly

person. Works hard

and cares a lot for

residents

Very kind, will

help in any

way, always

cheerful

Hardworking. Gets

on with the job.

Lovely to staff and

residents

Sophie Webb

Care Assistant

THE OLD VICARAGE

Staverton House She has encouraged me and made me feel more

confident in my new role as a Carer

She approaches her role in a calm, caring and

professional manner

Zoe continually works to a very high standard of care

Zoe is a hard worker and always happy to help.

Zoe Dadson

Care Assistant

Next submission date:

Date Submission Date

January to March 2016 27th November 2015

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Date Time Event Information

Saturday 1st October 2016

TBC TOV Autumn Sale Stalls, Refreshments, Tombola

Saturday 3rd December 2016

TBC Christmas Fair at Staverton Club

Santa’s Grotto, raffle, tombola, refreshments, cake stall, lucky dip, face painting

Annual fire work display (November) dates and times to be confirmed– combined with Staverton House– display will be held in Staverton House’s garden.

THE OLD VICARAGE

STAVERTON HOUSE

Date Time Event Information

Thursday 22nd September 2016

TBC Mini bus trip to Fairfield College Farm in Dilton Marsh

Small animals to stroke. i.e. Llamas., Pot belly pigs, Guinea pigs etc. Followed by lunch at the café there.

Tuesday 27th September 2016

TBC Polish Food Tasting Evening

Selection of polish food and drink

Halloween celebrations (October) and annual fire work display– along with TOV (November) dates and times to be confirmed.

As TOV’s Autumn Sale and Christmas Fair is approaching, we would be very grateful for the following items for our tombola raffles:

Tins

Packets

Bottles

Cans

Toiletries

Please can all donations be handed to a member of staff – Thank you

Thank you for taking

the time to read our

newsletter.

We appreciate all

your support

The Old Vicarage has a recommendation

score of

September 2016

September 2016

9.1 8.9

Staverton House has a recommendation

score of