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ACTIVITIES FOR SEPTEMBER

EMPLOYEE OFTHE MONTH

Agata is big part of a laundry andhousekeeping team here in Cara. Inher free time she loves spendingtime with her beautiful daughterAmelia visiting Dublin's museums,playgrounds and she also enjoydrawing. Agata is very active so it'sno surprise that she loves dancingSalsa and nights out with hercolleagues. Agata is a very hardworker and her enthusiastic naturegoes down well with the residentsand the families. Keep up the goodwork!

TLC Citywest will be holding an Art Exhibition on 8th October at 5.30pm, we hope you will all join us.

TRIP TO BUNRATTY CASTLECO. CLARE

On Thursday 23rd July we went on a day trip to Bunratty Castle, Co. Clare.We loaded up our two buses and set off for the day in great spirits. We

were blessed with the weather as it stayed nice and dry all day. We stoppedoff half way in Roscrea in a lovely Hotel called Rackett Hall. There was scones,pastries and tea waiting for us. When we had our fill we hopped back ontoour bus and before we knew it we arrived to Bunratty Castle. We took ourtime walking round looking at all the old thatch roofed houses, read thestories on the walls of the history behind the castle and sat in the gardensenjoying an ice-cream. We walked around the heritage trail and seen somefarm animals and old churches. There is a lovely pub inside the grounds of thecastle were we had our dinner and a pint. We decided to stop off at RackettHall on the way back to break up the trip. Again the food there was fantastic.It was a great day for all and we will definitely do it again soon.

TLC TALENT SHOWTLC Santry held a fantastic talent show in August and we were delighted

to be invited along. We practised in the weeks leading up to the event soour voices would be well tuned. The whole room was packed with greatsingers and comedians from all the four centres ready to compete butVincent O’Gorman did us proud by coming second place. Thank you TLCSantry we will definitely come again next year!

NATIONAL CONCERT HALLAll of the TLC’s and Cara Care were busy this month fund raising money

and raising awareness for the Alzheimer’s Society. Here in Cara we fundraised by doing a “guess how many sweets in a jar” competition. Well doneto Carl in the kitchen who guessed the correct amount. All four centres thenwent the National Concert Hall to celebrate our fund raisings and wereentertained by a lovely singer and musicians. The national concert hall issuch a beautiful place we were amazed at how pristine and elaborate it is.We all enjoyed tea and scones as the singer sang our favourite songs.

ANIMALS INSIDE OUTIN THE AMBASSADOR

We decided to pay the Animal’sInside Out Exhibition a visit

that is being held in the Ambassador.We had heard good reviews andthought it would be very interesting.It did not disappoint. There wereanimals as small as birds and as tall asgiraffes. We couldn’t get over thesize of the elephant, called sambawho weighed 3.2 tons!

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SUMMIT INN / COASTThe weather was so nice on one of our Monday outings we decided to take

a trip out to Howth and drive along the coast. First stop was around theback of the Airport and we plane spotted for a while. We then went ontoPortmarnock and drove along the coast. We could smell the fresh sea air andwere delighted to see so many people out enjoying themselves in the water.When we reached Howth we stopped off in the Summit Inn pub for a pintand a few sandwiches. We managed to get the perfect spot out in the beergarden and sat in the sunshine people watching as we sipped our drinks.Paddy Murphy said it had been so long since he was out in Howth but wasdelighted to see it hadn’t changed too much.

BODYGUARDWhen we heard the musical The Bodyguard was coming to the Bord Gais

Theatre we jumped at the chance to go. The musical is based aroundWhitney Huston’s greatest hits so of course we knew we were in for a treat. Thestoryline was romantic and easy to follow, the dancing had us up out of our seatsjoining in, and the music couldn’t have been better. It really was a fantastic showand we had a great time and couldn’t stop talking about it on the way home.

BOTANICGARDENSEngaging Activities invited us to an

event last week in the BotanicGardens, Glasnevin. The BotanicGardens is beautiful this time of yearand we took our time strolling roundlooking at all the flowers as theleader educated us on the flowers.We then had a great laugh puttingtogether our own flowers into potsand even got to bring home ourmasterpieces! After this we wentinto a lovely function room with abirds eye view over the gardens andwere treated to music tea andscones! We had a great sing songand our Nuala McNamara even gotup to sing Danny Boy for everyone.

FASHION SHOW ATCARA CARE CENTREOn Friday 21st August Cara Care

held our Annual Fashion Show.We were very busy bees here in theprevious weeks designing, sewingand painting all our outfits. Weinvited the other four TLC centres tojoin us on the big day and couldn’twait to see what designs theycreated too. It turned out to be afine summer’s day so we decided tomake the most of it and hold theevent in our garden! Theatmosphere when each personstrutted their stuff on the catwalkwas amazing, everyone was in greatspirits and our models got loads ofcompliments on their designs. Afterthe show we had a sing song anddancing and of course somerefreshments and ice-cream wentdown a treat. Everyone was sayinghow much they enjoyed the day.Thank you to the other centres forjoining us and taking part!

Glamourous GrannyAtruly enjoyable afternoon was had by all of our grannies and great-

grannies of TLC. They got all dolled up and showed us how glamourousthey are. Each of them had a little interview with Activity Coordinator Noel,which had us crying with laughter, especially when Granny Deignaninterrupted with her comments! The three judges had a really hard decisionto make at the end but Helen O’Neill from 2nd floor was crowned thewinner. It was such a great success that we intend to have a similarafternoon for the dapper Grandads in the near future.

TLC’S GOT TALENTWe held auditions to let residents choose who they thought should

represent TLC Citywest in our Group Talent Show. Our residents set offto TLC Santry on the day of the event and they all did us very proud. We hada wonderful afternoon’s entertainment, listening to all the amazing talentthat the TLC Group has to offer. Eventually, after a nervous wait, the winnerswere announced. We were so proud when our very own Derek Healy was theoverall winner and Mary Brennan came second. Well done Derek and Mary!

Fine Dining

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ACTIVITIES FOR SEPTEMBERTLC WEST LTD, COOLDOWN COMMONS, FORTUNESTOWN LANE, CITYWEST, CO. DUBLIN

Cara Care will be holding an Art Exhibition on 18th Sept. at 5.30pm, we hope you will all join us.


Huge congrats to AnnmarieGlavey for receiving August

employee of the month! Weappreciate the effort and the timeAnnmarie has put into her job inthe past three years. Annmarieperforms very well in her job andalways has a smile for everyone.We also would like to let her knowthat her enthusiasm and interest inwork in the company isappreciated. Thank you Annmarie,for all your hard work anddedication and for being such awonderful member of our team.Well done!

Sound of Music AT THE BORD GAIS THEATRE

We are all huge fans of The Sound of Music here and we watch the movieevery so often. Well, you can imagine the excitement when we learned

that a group of us were going to see the musical in The Bord Gais Theatre.We really enjoyed the show and the talent was amazing right from theyoungest to the oldest. We sang along with every song and we will admitthere were a few tears at the end. We would recommend the show andcertainly give it a 10/10.

ALZHEIMER’S TEA DANCEWe enjoyed a wonderful afternoon at The National Concert Hall recently

for a tea dance in aid of Alzheimers Society of Ireland. We joined friendsfrom other TLC Centres for tea and scones and enjoyed fantastic music by awonderful singer who was accompanied by two brilliant musicians. One playedthe keyboards and the other played the accordion. We were delighted to havesome of the resident’s family and friends join us for the afternoon also.SITTING IN

THE BLAZINGSUNSHINEWe grabbed the few sunny days

during the past month andreally enjoyed our newly refurbishedside garden. Great fun in the sun washad by all with chat and laughterheard throughout the grounds. Thebiggest cheer though, has to be whenthe ice-creams arrived. Sure there’snothing better to enjoy in the sun!

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TLC Santry will be holding an Art Exhibition on 25th Sept. at 5.30pm, we hope you will all join us.


This month in TLC Maynooth it isa great privilege to announce

Karen Grogan as Employee of theMonth. Karen has worked as a HCAin Maynooth for 4 years. She is adedicated member of the team,always willing to go that bitfurther to ensure residents arelooked after and enjoy the day.Karen is a big credit to Maynoothand her enthusiasm andcheerfulness is very catching. Welldone Karen and well deserved.

PASTURES NEWWe said goodbye recently to two of our esteemed friends and colleagues,

David Wallace (ADON) and Mo Halpin (HR Dept). David has relocatedwithin the group to Citywest, and Mo has gone to pastures new. We wishthem the very best of luck and continued success in their new positions.

CongratulationsIt is with great pleasure that we

announce the new appointment ofAssistant Director of Nursing toCharlotte Pye. Charlotte has beenworking with TLC for 4 years and asClinical Nurse Manager in TLCMaynooth since 2012. Charlotte hasalready proved to be a huge asset tothe management team and we aresure she will continue her success asAssistant Director of Nursing in hernew role!

With the Leaving Cert results just out, we waited in anticipation for three of our colleagues to get their results,Aniz Tobiaz, Katerzyna Kepska & Jirina Dostalova and we were thrilled to hear that all did extremely well in

the English papers taken. Also our new kid on the block, Rosie Telford who also did very well in the Leaving Certand also got accepted into Dublin Business School. Well done to one and all we are very proud of you.

Butlers Chocolate FactoryOur residents went to the above factory in Clonshaugh and had a great

time there. They were in chocolate heaven and if they were to work therefull time they couldn’t imagine the effect it would have on their waistline!

AfternoonDanceWe were very fortunate to have,

Eva Mangapis and her partnerRudi Delgado work with us. Evacame and asked could she dance forus and boy did she dance! She andRudi performed for the residentsand as a result we will host anafternoon of various dances inSeptember.

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RESIDENT’SCORNERWe have a new resident Marie

Clargis and whilst speakingwith her, she asked to convey herfeelings of delight and thanks. Sheknew when she crossed the door andput her foot on the carpet that shehad come home. She felt love andcontentment and feels the staffcannot do enough for her.“It’s a littlebit of heaven coming to the end ofmy days”. So thank you Marie forsharing this with us.

TLC TALENT SHOWThank you to TLC Santry fororganising a talent show. Theresidents had a good time and lookforward to the next one.

NATIONALCONCERTHALLWe went to the above for an

afternoon of tea/coffee andold time medleys. A classicallytrained singer, accordion & pianoplayer performed for us for an hour.Unfortunately the residents said itwasn’t long enough as they wereonly getting into step when theshow was over.

SILVERSCREENINGThe Odeon Cinemas hold a

screening event every Tuesdaymorning at 11am for the SilverScreening Club.The tickets cost €3and tea and coffee can also bepurchased there in Starbucks coffeeshop. We went to see San Andreasand with the exception of 4 otherpeople we had the cinema toourselves.You don’t have to book inadvance so it will be good for thecoming winter months.

Marie & Dominic

TRIBUTEIt’s with great sadness that we lostone of our longest and most lovedresidents, the late Carmel Farrell.Carmel was one of our residentswho has been here the longest andwe will miss her very much. May sherest in peace.

Talent ShowAll the TLC centres got together on

Friday 31st July to perform in TLC’sGot Talent. Our activity co-ordinatorAdrienne greeted all of our performersand guests that came along to this funfilled afternoon. Our judges were thelovely Director of Nursing Breda Hayesand our former Head ReceptionistLesley, they done such a wonderful jobas all the acts were amazing and it wassuch a hard job picking the winner. PerAck Rydberg sang the Swedish Nationalanthem, and some of our other singersincluded Maureen Goss, JJ McEntaggart, Nancy Mulvey, and manymore. We would like to say a hugethank you to everyone that took part inour talent show and congratulations toall of our winners.

Residents BirthdaysThis Month here In TLC Santry wewill be celebrating the birthdays ofthe following residents:Margaret (Peg) McEvoy 29/09Michael Keating 07/09Marie McManus 04/09Doris Kelly 17/09George Clarke 27/09Margaret Dowling 12/09Sean Doody 15/09Per Ack Rydberg 03/09

CAKE SALE / RAFFLEIn aid of the Alzheimer’s Society we decided to host a cake sale and a raffle here in TLC Santry to raise money for such

a good cause. We held the cake sale on Sunday 9th August in our dining room while we enjoyed some wonderfulmusic from Brendan in our Day Room. A big thank you to all the staff that helped make all of the lovely cakes and whohelped out on the day. In total we raised €600 for such a personal charity for all of us here in TLC. The winners of ourraffle were in 1st Place - Gerry Brennan, 2nd Place - Denise Brady, and 3rd Place - Martina Moore. Thanks again toeveryone that contributed to this day and made it a day to remember.

DubliniaAs it was such a horrible dull day

we decided to set off on ouradventure to Dublinia which islocated beside Christ Church.Dublinia is a Viking and medievalexperience and what an experience itwas. We learned all about when theVikings landed in Ireland and abouthow they lived, we tried on Vikingclothes and we seen what a crampedViking house looked like, we evenlearnt the Viking runic alphabet.Patrick Hennessey thought the tripwas very interesting and he lovedbeing able to see how they lived.

Just a ReminderJust a reminder to all friends and family,we will be holding the residents ArtExhibition on September the 25th 2015@ 5:30pm in the Day Room. Hope to seeyou all there!!

Residents CornerThis month in the resident’s corner

we are going to talk about BridgetMcCann from Ground Floor. Bridgetlived in Santry all of her life and wasmarried to her husband Noel. Bridgethad 5 children David, John, Catherine,Noleen and Sandra. She also has 10grand children Daniella, Craig, Shauna,Kristin, Niall, Hanna, Keith, Graham,Sean and Sam. Some of Bridget’shobbies included knitting where shemade some lovely hats and scarfs.Bridget also enjoyed walking,gardening, listening to music,watching the soaps and she also likesthe sport. Bridget is a very friendlyperson and loves the company of herfriends and family to have a chat withthem. Bridget loves to take part in allactivities her in TLC Santry.

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TLC Straffan will be holding an Art Exhibition on 2nd Oct. at 2.30pm, we hope you will all join us.


Darvin Ambas has worked in TLC Santrysince May 2014. He came to us from thePhilippines where he had a distinguishednursing career, achieving high praise andapplause from his previous employers. Theirloss was our gain! Darvin has helped TLCSantry very much over the last few monthsby his positive attitude. He is a motivatedemployee who is energetic and involved inthe life of the centre. He has made himselfavailable to us to work extra shifts both ondays and nights. He always does this withan attitude of helpfulness. Although Darvinis quiet by nature, he is not easily forgottenand residents, relatives and managementfeel confidence in his ability andcommitment. When Darvin was named asemployee of the month the residents werehearty in their congratulations and I wascongratulated for choosing him! Darvin hasleft the love of his life back home. Herecently got engaged and hopes to getmarried shortly. We wish Darvin every goodwish for his future and hopes he achievesall his goals in life. If that depends ondetermination and self-belief, I have nodoubt that Darvin will have a very happyand contented future.

FASHION SHOW AT CARA CARE CENTREIt’s was very busy in TLC one week late in the month; all the ladies were

getting their hats ready for the Cara Care Fashion Show. Maureen Goss,Pauline Fitzpatrick, Margaret Pierce, Doris O’Sullivan have been working veryhard making the hats as you can see, they’re coming on very well.

SONG COMPETITION ON THE 1st FLOORThere was a great singing competition held on the 1st floor recently. We had some

lovely singers singing all type of songs. We had Maura Farrell sing lots of oldsongs we even had Betty Mooney doing a bit of dancing for us, it was a great day.

National Concert HallTea PartyTLC did lots of fun raising for

Alzheimers Society of Ireland andlots of money was raised. All the TLCCentres were invited to The NationalConcert Hall for a tea party where wehad a lovely singer singing all of theold songs. We had tea and scones andthere was lots of dancing fromresidents and staff. All of the residentsenjoyed the day.

TLC Walking ClubHere in TLC Santry we have started

a walking club with theNorthwood Park just across the road.We have started walking around thepark on nice days and while walkingwe have used the exerciseequipment in the park. Our resident,Per Ack Rydberg, made good use ofthe exercise equipment and said itwas a good addition to the parkfacilities which helps him to workevery muscle in his body.

FINE DININGOn the first Friday of every month TLC

Santry hosts a fine dining lunch werea selection of residents have a mealtogether. Last month, residents werejoined by our DON Breda Hayes and headreceptionist Lesley Keogh. Everyoneenjoyed the fantastic food and chats.

TRIP TO THE ZOOWe recently took a trip to the zoo on a niceAugust day. There have been a few changesto the zoo in recent years, one being TheAfrican Plains, in which the animals havemore room to roam around. It wasmarvellous to see all of the different animalsincluding the sea lions and penguin show.Marie McManus and Doris O’Sullivan wereup the front of the show and got to seeeverything up close. Eileen Mangan andBridget McCann also like the zoo and thechanges they have made . To end a fabulousday, we had dinner in The MeerkatRestaurant on site.

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RESIDENT’SCORNERWe have a new resident Marie

Clargis and whilst speakingwith her, she asked to convey herfeelings of delight and thanks. Sheknew when she crossed the door andput her foot on the carpet that shehad come home. She felt love andcontentment and feels the staffcannot do enough for her.“It’s a littlebit of heaven coming to the end ofmy days”. So thank you Marie forsharing this with us.

TLC TALENT SHOWThank you to TLC Santry fororganising a talent show. Theresidents had a good time and lookforward to the next one.

NATIONALCONCERTHALLWe went to the above for an

afternoon of tea/coffee andold time medleys. A classicallytrained singer, accordion & pianoplayer performed for us for an hour.Unfortunately the residents said itwasn’t long enough as they wereonly getting into step when theshow was over.

SILVERSCREENINGThe Odeon Cinemas hold a

screening event every Tuesdaymorning at 11am for the SilverScreening Club.The tickets cost €3and tea and coffee can also bepurchased there in Starbucks coffeeshop. We went to see San Andreasand with the exception of 4 otherpeople we had the cinema toourselves.You don’t have to book inadvance so it will be good for thecoming winter months.

Marie & Dominic

TRIBUTEIt’s with great sadness that we lostone of our longest and most lovedresidents, the late Carmel Farrell.Carmel was one of our residentswho has been here the longest andwe will miss her very much. May sherest in peace.

Talent ShowAll the TLC centres got together on

Friday 31st July to perform in TLC’sGot Talent. Our activity co-ordinatorAdrienne greeted all of our performersand guests that came along to this funfilled afternoon. Our judges were thelovely Director of Nursing Breda Hayesand our former Head ReceptionistLesley, they done such a wonderful jobas all the acts were amazing and it wassuch a hard job picking the winner. PerAck Rydberg sang the Swedish Nationalanthem, and some of our other singersincluded Maureen Goss, JJ McEntaggart, Nancy Mulvey, and manymore. We would like to say a hugethank you to everyone that took part inour talent show and congratulations toall of our winners.

Residents BirthdaysThis Month here In TLC Santry wewill be celebrating the birthdays ofthe following residents:Margaret (Peg) McEvoy 29/09Michael Keating 07/09Marie McManus 04/09Doris Kelly 17/09George Clarke 27/09Margaret Dowling 12/09Sean Doody 15/09Per Ack Rydberg 03/09

CAKE SALE / RAFFLEIn aid of the Alzheimer’s Society we decided to host a cake sale and a raffle here in TLC Santry to raise money for such

a good cause. We held the cake sale on Sunday 9th August in our dining room while we enjoyed some wonderfulmusic from Brendan in our Day Room. A big thank you to all the staff that helped make all of the lovely cakes and whohelped out on the day. In total we raised €600 for such a personal charity for all of us here in TLC. The winners of ourraffle were in 1st Place - Gerry Brennan, 2nd Place - Denise Brady, and 3rd Place - Martina Moore. Thanks again toeveryone that contributed to this day and made it a day to remember.

DubliniaAs it was such a horrible dull day

we decided to set off on ouradventure to Dublinia which islocated beside Christ Church.Dublinia is a Viking and medievalexperience and what an experience itwas. We learned all about when theVikings landed in Ireland and abouthow they lived, we tried on Vikingclothes and we seen what a crampedViking house looked like, we evenlearnt the Viking runic alphabet.Patrick Hennessey thought the tripwas very interesting and he lovedbeing able to see how they lived.

Just a ReminderJust a reminder to all friends and family,we will be holding the residents ArtExhibition on September the 25th 2015@ 5:30pm in the Day Room. Hope to seeyou all there!!

Residents CornerThis month in the resident’s corner

we are going to talk about BridgetMcCann from Ground Floor. Bridgetlived in Santry all of her life and wasmarried to her husband Noel. Bridgethad 5 children David, John, Catherine,Noleen and Sandra. She also has 10grand children Daniella, Craig, Shauna,Kristin, Niall, Hanna, Keith, Graham,Sean and Sam. Some of Bridget’shobbies included knitting where shemade some lovely hats and scarfs.Bridget also enjoyed walking,gardening, listening to music,watching the soaps and she also likesthe sport. Bridget is a very friendlyperson and loves the company of herfriends and family to have a chat withthem. Bridget loves to take part in allactivities her in TLC Santry.

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TLC Santry will be holding an Art Exhibition on 25th Sept. at 5.30pm, we hope you will all join us.


This month in TLC Maynooth it isa great privilege to announce

Karen Grogan as Employee of theMonth. Karen has worked as a HCAin Maynooth for 4 years. She is adedicated member of the team,always willing to go that bitfurther to ensure residents arelooked after and enjoy the day.Karen is a big credit to Maynoothand her enthusiasm andcheerfulness is very catching. Welldone Karen and well deserved.

PASTURES NEWWe said goodbye recently to two of our esteemed friends and colleagues,

David Wallace (ADON) and Mo Halpin (HR Dept). David has relocatedwithin the group to Citywest, and Mo has gone to pastures new. We wishthem the very best of luck and continued success in their new positions.

CongratulationsIt is with great pleasure that we

announce the new appointment ofAssistant Director of Nursing toCharlotte Pye. Charlotte has beenworking with TLC for 4 years and asClinical Nurse Manager in TLCMaynooth since 2012. Charlotte hasalready proved to be a huge asset tothe management team and we aresure she will continue her success asAssistant Director of Nursing in hernew role!

With the Leaving Cert results just out, we waited in anticipation for three of our colleagues to get their results,Aniz Tobiaz, Katerzyna Kepska & Jirina Dostalova and we were thrilled to hear that all did extremely well in

the English papers taken. Also our new kid on the block, Rosie Telford who also did very well in the Leaving Certand also got accepted into Dublin Business School. Well done to one and all we are very proud of you.

Butlers Chocolate FactoryOur residents went to the above factory in Clonshaugh and had a great

time there. They were in chocolate heaven and if they were to work therefull time they couldn’t imagine the effect it would have on their waistline!

AfternoonDanceWe were very fortunate to have,

Eva Mangapis and her partnerRudi Delgado work with us. Evacame and asked could she dance forus and boy did she dance! She andRudi performed for the residentsand as a result we will host anafternoon of various dances inSeptember.

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Cara Care will be holding an Art Exhibition on 18th Sept. at 5.30pm, we hope you will all join us.


Huge congrats to AnnmarieGlavey for receiving August

employee of the month! Weappreciate the effort and the timeAnnmarie has put into her job inthe past three years. Annmarieperforms very well in her job andalways has a smile for everyone.We also would like to let her knowthat her enthusiasm and interest inwork in the company isappreciated. Thank you Annmarie,for all your hard work anddedication and for being such awonderful member of our team.Well done!

Sound of Music AT THE BORD GAIS THEATRE

We are all huge fans of The Sound of Music here and we watch the movieevery so often. Well, you can imagine the excitement when we learned

that a group of us were going to see the musical in The Bord Gais Theatre.We really enjoyed the show and the talent was amazing right from theyoungest to the oldest. We sang along with every song and we will admitthere were a few tears at the end. We would recommend the show andcertainly give it a 10/10.

ALZHEIMER’S TEA DANCEWe enjoyed a wonderful afternoon at The National Concert Hall recently

for a tea dance in aid of Alzheimers Society of Ireland. We joined friendsfrom other TLC Centres for tea and scones and enjoyed fantastic music by awonderful singer who was accompanied by two brilliant musicians. One playedthe keyboards and the other played the accordion. We were delighted to havesome of the resident’s family and friends join us for the afternoon also.SITTING IN

THE BLAZINGSUNSHINEWe grabbed the few sunny days

during the past month andreally enjoyed our newly refurbishedside garden. Great fun in the sun washad by all with chat and laughterheard throughout the grounds. Thebiggest cheer though, has to be whenthe ice-creams arrived. Sure there’snothing better to enjoy in the sun!

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SUMMIT INN / COASTThe weather was so nice on one of our Monday outings we decided to take

a trip out to Howth and drive along the coast. First stop was around theback of the Airport and we plane spotted for a while. We then went ontoPortmarnock and drove along the coast. We could smell the fresh sea air andwere delighted to see so many people out enjoying themselves in the water.When we reached Howth we stopped off in the Summit Inn pub for a pintand a few sandwiches. We managed to get the perfect spot out in the beergarden and sat in the sunshine people watching as we sipped our drinks.Paddy Murphy said it had been so long since he was out in Howth but wasdelighted to see it hadn’t changed too much.

BODYGUARDWhen we heard the musical The Bodyguard was coming to the Bord Gais

Theatre we jumped at the chance to go. The musical is based aroundWhitney Huston’s greatest hits so of course we knew we were in for a treat. Thestoryline was romantic and easy to follow, the dancing had us up out of our seatsjoining in, and the music couldn’t have been better. It really was a fantastic showand we had a great time and couldn’t stop talking about it on the way home.

BOTANICGARDENSEngaging Activities invited us to an

event last week in the BotanicGardens, Glasnevin. The BotanicGardens is beautiful this time of yearand we took our time strolling roundlooking at all the flowers as theleader educated us on the flowers.We then had a great laugh puttingtogether our own flowers into potsand even got to bring home ourmasterpieces! After this we wentinto a lovely function room with abirds eye view over the gardens andwere treated to music tea andscones! We had a great sing songand our Nuala McNamara even gotup to sing Danny Boy for everyone.

FASHION SHOW ATCARA CARE CENTREOn Friday 21st August Cara Care

held our Annual Fashion Show.We were very busy bees here in theprevious weeks designing, sewingand painting all our outfits. Weinvited the other four TLC centres tojoin us on the big day and couldn’twait to see what designs theycreated too. It turned out to be afine summer’s day so we decided tomake the most of it and hold theevent in our garden! Theatmosphere when each personstrutted their stuff on the catwalkwas amazing, everyone was in greatspirits and our models got loads ofcompliments on their designs. Afterthe show we had a sing song anddancing and of course somerefreshments and ice-cream wentdown a treat. Everyone was sayinghow much they enjoyed the day.Thank you to the other centres forjoining us and taking part!

Glamourous GrannyAtruly enjoyable afternoon was had by all of our grannies and great-

grannies of TLC. They got all dolled up and showed us how glamourousthey are. Each of them had a little interview with Activity Coordinator Noel,which had us crying with laughter, especially when Granny Deignaninterrupted with her comments! The three judges had a really hard decisionto make at the end but Helen O’Neill from 2nd floor was crowned thewinner. It was such a great success that we intend to have a similarafternoon for the dapper Grandads in the near future.

TLC’S GOT TALENTWe held auditions to let residents choose who they thought should

represent TLC Citywest in our Group Talent Show. Our residents set offto TLC Santry on the day of the event and they all did us very proud. We hada wonderful afternoon’s entertainment, listening to all the amazing talentthat the TLC Group has to offer. Eventually, after a nervous wait, the winnerswere announced. We were so proud when our very own Derek Healy was theoverall winner and Mary Brennan came second. Well done Derek and Mary!

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Agata is big part of a laundry andhousekeeping team here in Cara. Inher free time she loves spendingtime with her beautiful daughterAmelia visiting Dublin's museums,playgrounds and she also enjoydrawing. Agata is very active so it'sno surprise that she loves dancingSalsa and nights out with hercolleagues. Agata is a very hardworker and her enthusiastic naturegoes down well with the residentsand the families. Keep up the goodwork!

TLC Citywest will be holding an Art Exhibition on 8th October at 5.30pm, we hope you will all join us.

TRIP TO BUNRATTY CASTLECO. CLARE

On Thursday 23rd July we went on a day trip to Bunratty Castle, Co. Clare.We loaded up our two buses and set off for the day in great spirits. We

were blessed with the weather as it stayed nice and dry all day. We stoppedoff half way in Roscrea in a lovely Hotel called Rackett Hall. There was scones,pastries and tea waiting for us. When we had our fill we hopped back ontoour bus and before we knew it we arrived to Bunratty Castle. We took ourtime walking round looking at all the old thatch roofed houses, read thestories on the walls of the history behind the castle and sat in the gardensenjoying an ice-cream. We walked around the heritage trail and seen somefarm animals and old churches. There is a lovely pub inside the grounds of thecastle were we had our dinner and a pint. We decided to stop off at RackettHall on the way back to break up the trip. Again the food there was fantastic.It was a great day for all and we will definitely do it again soon.

TLC TALENT SHOWTLC Santry held a fantastic talent show in August and we were delighted

to be invited along. We practised in the weeks leading up to the event soour voices would be well tuned. The whole room was packed with greatsingers and comedians from all the four centres ready to compete butVincent O’Gorman did us proud by coming second place. Thank you TLCSantry we will definitely come again next year!

NATIONAL CONCERT HALLAll of the TLC’s and Cara Care were busy this month fund raising money

and raising awareness for the Alzheimer’s Society. Here in Cara we fundraised by doing a “guess how many sweets in a jar” competition. Well doneto Carl in the kitchen who guessed the correct amount. All four centres thenwent the National Concert Hall to celebrate our fund raisings and wereentertained by a lovely singer and musicians. The national concert hall issuch a beautiful place we were amazed at how pristine and elaborate it is.We all enjoyed tea and scones as the singer sang our favourite songs.

ANIMALS INSIDE OUTIN THE AMBASSADOR

We decided to pay the Animal’sInside Out Exhibition a visit

that is being held in the Ambassador.We had heard good reviews andthought it would be very interesting.It did not disappoint. There wereanimals as small as birds and as tall asgiraffes. We couldn’t get over thesize of the elephant, called sambawho weighed 3.2 tons!

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