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Langley Haven Care

Home Newsletter September—December2016

Message from the owners:

Extension works at ‘’Langley Haven’’

The owners, directors and management of Langley Haven are

pleased to announce that after a lot of concerted effort, which included

initial planning rejection, and having to overcome 32 objections, we

have been granted planning permission for an extension to Langley

Haven from revised plans we developed in conjunction with Slough

planners.

The extension will increase the number of rooms, and also ex-

tend existing communal areas, with the creation of other new areas for

the benefit of our residents and their families. We will be adding 14

new bedrooms all with en-suite, but will lose 4 of the existing rooms

due to internal reconfiguration, and so will end up with 10 extra

rooms, bringing our total registrations up to 34.

The extension will include a further dining area, a new treat-

ment room, a consulting room, a hairdressing salon and 2 new bath-

rooms. There will also be a new reminiscent room so we can focus more

on reminiscence therapy, a very important part of dementia care.

Our already spacious lounge area will be the first area to be extended,

followed by creation of the new rooms.

The work will be managed by Bedmar Construction from Wok-

ingham, with whom we have worked before, and find extremely effi-

cient and reliable. They will not doubt minimise any inconveniences in-

herent in such work, that is planned for completion by 1st October.

The owners, directors, management and staff will ensure that

the high level of care one comes to expect from Langley Haven will not

be affected in anyway whilst the work is being undertaken. We would

like to take the opportunity to thank all residents, their families and

visiting professionals in anticipation of their patience and understand-

ing during the extension work, and we all look forward to creating a

bigger, and even better Langley Haven.

New residents

VICTOR WHITE

VIC is a tough man, with a gentle heart

New staff

ELENA MANOLACHE

Carer-joined in September ANTONIA BALAN (TONI)

Carer-joined in September

WHO’S NEW?

New faces come and go, but we are happy for you to meet the new

members, residents or staff, of ''Langley Haven family'' ...

Langley Haven Care Home Newsletter

NELI VOICU


ANTON AMBRUS (ALEX)


BARBARA JONES (BARBIE)

Carer-joined in October

MARIUS FURIS

Housekeeper-joined in December

New Staff


Entertainers and...entertainment

Friedrich Nietzsche said :''Without music, life would be a mistake''.

That is why we try to offer to our residents shows performed by

really talented musicians and actors.

James

''Bus Pass to Broadway''


Staff Profile….

We would like to

c o n g r a t u l a t e o u r

experimented Nutritionist

and Senior SHINTO

VARGHESE as he moved

forward in his career and

is now the new HEAD of

CARE!

Mike Hammer

The Troubadours

And because everyone loves animals, we have them around

regularly, through the visit of ZOO-LAB and PETS AS THERAPY.


Even if our residents are busy indoor, an outing is always welcome,

regardless of the weather.

Sweet treat at ''Krispy Kreme Doughnuts''

Feeding the swans and ducks in Windsor

Christmas party at

Slough and Eton Church of England

Business and Enterprise College

''Camelot de Panto'' pantomime,

at Coolnbrook Village Hall


Going out...

Every birthday represent a big event at ''Langley Haven'', a day

when we want to celebrate together!

Of course, the festivities will become more joyful if we have the pleasure to honour some-

body who reached 102 years! The Worshipful Mayor of Slough

attended too at ROSE's birthday party.

LEENA's 89th birthday IRENE's 93rd birthday

DAPHNE's 84th birthday JOHN's 85th birthday

Birthdays, birthdays!


Partnerships at ‘’Langley Haven’’

’’It's amazing what we can accomplish when we're in it

together!'' (Unknown author)

BRIDGE BETWEEN GENERATIONS

Good things will always appear from common effort, so we put this in

practice at ''Langley Haven'' and initiated BRIDGE BETWEEN

GENERATIONS, a partnership developed in collaboration with Ryvers

Primary School from Slough, throughout the school year 2015-2016.

This partnership’s purpose is to create a special bond, a ''bridge''

between the pupils and the residents, with the purpose to cultivate the

respect and the appreciation of the children for the elderly, but also to bring

smiles on the residents faces, by offering them the chance to work with the

children to accomplish different projects.

The pupils sang for the residents... and with them, at their first visit,

on ''The International Day of Older Persons'' (October 2015)


Workshops: Christmas trees and wreaths realised

by the residents and the pupils (December 2015)

Local press published details about the pupils visit at

''Langley Haven''

TEENAGERS AT ''LANGLEY HAVEN''

Starting in November, our home become more involved in the commu-

nity's life and began the project TEENAGERS AT ''LANGLEY HAVEN'' along

with The National Citizen Service (NCS).

The project is meant to help the teenagers to build skills for work and life

and to give them the opportunity to learn from the seniors life experience.



An important aspect of the partnership is that the teenagers will have to

come with ideas for activities which can take place at ''Langley Haven'' and to

put them in practice with support from our residents.

The teenagers visit (November 2015)

Singing along

Cake decoration

Games


SEWA DAY

''Sewa'' represents the concept of doing acts of kindness without ex-

pecting any reward...For the third year, the team of volunteers came to spend

their time with our residents, on SEWA DAY. Their presence brought a lot of

joy in the home.


Let’s party!

’Good times come and go, but the memories will last forever...'' (Unknown

author)

The parties represented excellent occasions for the residents, relatives and

staff to gather together....

HALLOWEEN

Getting ready for Halloween...

The pumpkins and ghosts have been done with a lot of

amusement!

The talented Joana, became a beautiful witch

Creepy atmosphere... and smiles


BONFIRE NIGHT

''Home made'' or real…

...the sparklers lit up the evening.


CHRISTMAS TIME!

''Christmas makes me happy, no matter what time of year it comes

around!'' said Bryan White. So do we!

The families get together for the party Elvis warmed up all hearts with his songs

The games and the good food did not missed

''Tensioned'' moments: the nomination of ''The best carer'' and...the raffle results!


On CHRISTMAS EVE, Father Christmas was awaited by everyone singing

Carols and playing games.

The NEW YEAR'S EVE was celebrated by realising the ''New Year's Resolu-

tion Tree'' , having a good laugh and of course, by singing the traditional

''Auld Lang Syne'' .


Because at ''Langley Haven'' we don't need a special occasion to

be happy, FUNNY DAYS IN THE WORLD gave us a perfect op-

portunity to be amused…

On the EAT A RED APPLE DAY the residents discussed about the

importance and benefits of eating this fruit, realised apple trees during a

crafts workshop and.. apple lollies !


During the MAKE A CUT OUT SNOWFLAKE DAY everybody used

the own inspiration and creativity, to realise beautiful shapes to create paper

snowflakes.

Daily activities

''The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in

all the details of daily life.'' (William Morris)

The CHAT CLUB and the READING STIMULATION are good

opportunities to socialise and share personal views about different topics.

The true enjoyment comes during GAMES not from winnings, but from

spending time together.


Even if it is cold outside, we can still do GARDENING...indoor!

John creates a miniature garden ''Up-side down'' flower pots

‘'Eating is a necessity, but COOKING is an art!'' (Unknown author)

Delicious cakes made at ''Cooking Club''

Maybe our residents are doing only small things during ART and

CRAFTS, but they do everything...with a lot of passion!

Original paper wall The tree in the fall


Unusual bouquets Bright hearts

Common project: ''Autumn''

If you would like to share all this with our residents, join us

during Activities! Now you can find out everything not only from our

Facebook page, but also by following us on TWITTER at

@LangleyHaven .

SPECIAL THANKS! Before concluding, we would like

to express special thanks to all those

who had the kindness to support us in

our effort to raise funds for future outings,

by buying our ''Happy bags'' and tickets

for the Christmas raffle!


GOODBYES…. It is so hard to say good bye, but the

memories will keep them all in our hearts

Langley Haven Care Home Newsletter Issue No. 2—

Thank you for sharing your life with ‘’Langley Haven’’ Care Home!

Mrs. Marjorie Rae (1932-2015) Mr. Donald Clark (1935 -2015)

Mrs. Gladys Woods (1916 -2015) Mrs. Sylvia Aukett (1930 - 2015)

Mr. Michael O'Sullivan (1939 - 2015)

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