September Newsletter Dementia author brings Birch Green’s cafe to life Renowned author and campaigner in dementia Ian Donaghy opened the Birch Green

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September Newsletter

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Dementia author brings Birch Green’s cafe to life

Renowned author and campaigner in dementia Ian Donaghy opened the Birch Green Dementia Bistro to a huge round of applause.

He proudly rounded off a number of training sessions by formally opening the bistro called Tea for Two, which will offer advice to families and friends.

And he then joined the gathering of staff, residents and relatives in a cup of tea and cake as the bistro well and truly swung into action.

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Springhill Care Home named Employer of the Year

Accrington & Rossendale College have named Springhill Care Home as its Employer of the Year.

The award honours our commitment to learning, and recognises a key relationship we have with the college through our apprenticeship programme.

The award was announced as part of the work being done by Springhill Care Home the college as part of the national Adult Learners Week initiative.

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Ryan's BIG day out at Blackpool

Affinity Supporting People’s Ryan was accompanied on a trip by train recently to Blackpool where he soaked up the sights and sounds, and thoroughly enjoyed a day out.

Ryan and staff member Carol Whittam spent time at the famous Coral Island amusement arcade, and he bought himself a new football.

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Mates and dates

There are many ways in which Affinity Supporting People helps to enrich the lives of those we support.

Our gentlemen are supported to go on holidays, outings, shopping trips, and recently Paul Longstaff was helped to attend a mates and dates event at Rosegrove.

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To read more of Affinity Supporting People's recent news articles, please view our website www.affinitysupport.org

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A Superhero day out at Birch Green

Superheroes including Captain America, Batman and Bananaman all stopped by Birch Green recently for a well-earned cuppa.

The occasion was part of a special superhero-themed family fun day, which saw Paul Greenwood and Liam Southern from Maghull-based Filmland Costumes pay us a visit.

Staff members including Bernadette Forshaw, Jill Tugwell, Tracey Roberts, Emma Thomas and Jan Holt all got in on the act, pictured.

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Turning back time at Birch Green Care Home

Flower power and flared trousers were the order of the day recently as Birch Green held a sixties tea party.

Staff dressed up in colourful clothing for the occasion, and pulled out all the stops to make sure the whole home stepped back in time.

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To read more of Birch Green Care Home's recent news articles, please view our website www.birchgreencare.com

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Creepy crawly visitors to Riversway

A host of animals crawled, wriggled and slithered their way to Riversway Nursing Home recently.

We played host to a visit by ZooLab, a company specialising in educational and therapeutic sessions, working with a range of unusual animals.

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Bill and his awarded orchid

Blooming marvellous

A green-fingered Riversway Nursing Home resident has seen his talents rewarded by a local garden centre.

Bill received a ‘highly commended’ award for his beautiful orchid from the Fonthill Garden Centre after entering the bloom in a flower and vegetable show.

Congratulations Bill

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Jan (General Manager) & Jan (Lifestyle Team / Health Care Assistant) were nominated recently to do the Ice Bucket Challenge & as it's for charity they both agreed (good sports)! They asked everyone who wanted to watch to donate to charity and they raised over £50.00! Well done Jan & Jan. They then nominated Terry C, Christine S & Steve N!!!

You can watch Jan and Jan take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge on our YouTube channel HERE

To read more of Riversway Care Home's recent news articles, please view our website www.riverswaycare.com

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Additional support – no problem!

Many roles within nursing and care are changing and developing and Springhill Care Home always likes to be ahead of the game! Many of our wonderful Care Assistants have recently signed up for a nationally accredited course which will train them to undertake clinical observations – taking blood pressure readings, urinalysis and blood glucose testing.

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Birthdays in style at Springhill Care Home

Danielle Dickinson, a former apprentice and now fully fledged Health Care Assistant has come up with an ingenious way to help celebrate birthdays at Springhill Care Home.

Danielle had the wonderful idea of creating a beautiful file with all the months of the year clearly identified with birth dates, together with photographs of each person, resulting in a beautifully presented book.

A lovely, person centred addition to the vibrant life of this Home – thank you Danielle!

To read more of Springhill Care Home's recent news articles, please view our website www.springhillcarehome.com

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