Beeston View & Iddenshall Hall

Inside this issue

New Staff Coffee

Morning Divisional

Winner Community

Engagement Pet Therapy Charity

Events Morning

Movement Halloween A few words

from Barchester

Hello and Welcome! Dear Residents, Relatives and friends, We hope you are all well. We can’t quite believe it is Autumn already, although what a glorious summer we’ve had, we look forward to the next one. We want to say a huge thank you to everyone for being so understanding and patient whilst works were underway at Beeston View and Iddenshall Hall. It was a difficult time but well worth it. Please feel free to look at the improvements made in either home. We are pleased to announce that we have a new Deputy Manager in post, Chris Barral and three new nurses have joined the team at Beeston View. Angela is staying with us in the role of Unit Manager. We are also pleased to announce that the recent CQC Inspection at Iddenshall Hall went well and the home will retain their Good status, well done to the team, it was very well deserved. We’ll soon be in full swing making preparations for Christmas! We’re already looking forward to our mince pie and wine evenings, With kindest regards,

Beeston View & Iddenshall Hall Care Home

Rode Street, Clotton, Tarporley, Cheshire, CW6 0EG

Tel: 01829-732-454 • www.barchester.com

General Manager

Suzanne Owen

News in and around Beeston View & Iddenshall Hall

Divisional Winner Our Senior Activities Coordinator, Lynne Loughlin is the Divisional Winner for “Activities Coordinator of The Year 2018”. She will be attending our Annual Care Awards on 11th October in Manchester, along with our General Manager, Suzanne and also our Unit Manager Angela. She will find out on the day if she is the overall winner for Barchester. Please join us in wishing her the best of luck!!

Coffee Morning Angela Oliver, Wife of one of our Residents at Beeston View, is kindly hosting a Coffee Morning at her home on the 16th November from 10.30am-12.30pm. To raise some funds for Beeston View. Come along & enjoy a chat over a

Hot drink and a selection of delicious cakes and

biscuits.

There will be something for everyone including

a bring and buy grocery stall, a cake stall and a

raffle with some fantastic

Prizes including a bottle of whisky, a spa day

and much more! Tickets for the event

as well as raffle tickets are available, please ask

our Staff.

New Staff Beeston View and Iddenshall Hall have welcomed some new members in to their family over the past few months. We would like you to join us in welcoming them. Chris Barrel is our New Deputy Manager who started with us in August, we asked him for a quote and he simply said “I’m here to WORK!” At Beeston View we have 3 new Nurses, Helen Chesters, Stacey Anderson and John Coulson as well as a new Unit Manager, Carol Broadhurst. Iddenshall Hall have a new carer, Natasha Proctor. We hope they settle in well and enjoy their new roles.

Community Engagement We are holding regular events at Beeston View and Iddenshall Hall that involve the local Community. We hold Tea and Tour Session on the 1st & 3rd Friday of Every Month from 12-4pm, we also have a “Don’t Dine Alone” initiative, where members of the community who would like a hot meal and some company, are able to come in and join us! We continue to hold our Dementia Support Group 3rd Monday of each month from 2.30-4.30pm, this is for anyone who looks after somebody who is living with Dementia. Our Residents have also been enjoying regular trips in to Tarporley to look at the Church, Chapel, and Park and to enjoy a spot of shopping, as well as meeting some local people.

News in and around Beeston View & Iddenshall Hall

Morning Movement

We are now holding Regular “Morning Movement” sessions at Iddenshall Hall on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 11am. These Sessions are open to anybody who feels they may benefit from some moderate exercises. It is also part of our Falls Prevention Initiative at Iddenshall, as it will help to strengthen your Core and build up those muscles! Please feel free to come along and join us.

Pet Therapy

We are delighted to have a new Pet Therapy Dog at Beeston View and Iddenshall Hall. Her name is “Anya” and her Mum, Bonnie. They came for their first visit this week and it was a resounding success. The Residents loved meeting them and watching Anya do her tricks. They will be visiting once a week, on a Friday afternoon. We welcome them to our little family.

We will be holding a Halloween Party at Iddenshall Hall on Wednesday 31st October from 4-7pm, in the Main Lounge. There will be a hot & cold food buffet, plenty of drinks and Fancy Dress. We will be playing some spooky music and holding a Ghostly Quiz for our Residents and Staff to enjoy. Leading up to the event there will be pumpkin carving and painting as well as some spooky decorations being made at our Arts & Crafts Sessions in both Beeston View and Iddenshall Hall.

Charity Events This year’s Dementia Walk is taking place at Arley Hall & Gardens on Sunday 14th October from 10am. Beeston View has put together its own Team of Walkers, “The Dementia Darlings”, if you would like to join our Team please see Lynne Loughlin for details. Anybody who wishes to sponsor us please speak to Chris Barrel, our Deputy Manager. Chris and Lynne are also climbing Snowdon on Saturday 13th October to raise funds for Cavell Nurses Trust. They both have their own Sponsorship Forms if you wish to donate. Good Luck Everyone!!

Halloween

A few words from Barchester

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The Barchester Care Awards & Barchester in Bloom

A great day for Team Barchy

The Barchester Care Awards, including the garden categories (Barchester in Bloom), is an annual event that showcases the very best that Barchester has to offer. The Care Awards celebrates the fantastic individuals who work and volunteer in Barchester care homes across the UK; and Barchester in Bloom recognises the beautiful outdoor spaces tended by residents and staff members. Our Divisional Winners have already been named, and the award ceremony will be held in Manchester on October 11th, when the National Winners will be announced. Good luck to all our Divisional Winners and thank you to everyone who took the time to make a nomination.

A huge congratulations to the Barchester staff members who completed the London 10k in scorching heat this summer. The atmosphere in Central London was fantastic, with Westminster shut down to traffic and transformed into a moving street party of thousands of people running, cheering and laughing. The runners were also extremely busy fundraising ahead of the big day, smashing their target and raising an absolutely fantastic £2,119 for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation, plus gift aid.

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