Dear Friends, Residents and Family,
Welcome to October’s Newsletter, we are all enjoying beautiful Autumn in all it’s colours.
Since our last update, we have enjoyed lots of entertainment and celebrations.
A very special milestone was celebrated by Alan and Pauline who celebrated their 72nd Wedding Anniversary.
Another milestone was reached by our Dear resident Roni, who celebrated her 105th birthday. We are beyond grateful to everyone who took the time to send cards, and to local business who also generously gave Chocolates, flowers and balloon displays.
In September we held our residents meeting. Families and residents were invited to voice any concerns or make suggestions.
Cats protection visited and kindly gave us a presentation.
Magician, David Croucher entertained our residents, and will be returning in December to perform for us again.
The ever popular Pet Pal Therapy visited, bringing along Chickens and Rabbits.
Pet Pal’s visits quarterly and delivers an hour session, using different types of animals on each visit.
The visit is designed to
. Enhance memory recall
. Promote increased socialisation
. Leave residents with a heightened sense of well-being.
Julie from Art of Noise performed popular well known 50s and 60s songs for our residents to enjoy and sing a long to.
Rockin’ Mike entertained our residents, singing songs from Elvis Presley, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra .
We held our Macmillan Coffee Morning and raised £250 for Macmillan cancer research, we thank you whole heartedly for your generosity for this worthwhile cause.
Lee Jones demonstrated his beautiful art work for the residents to enjoy.
Eastbourne Historic Vehicle club kindly visited us to show our “car mad” residents their classic cars.
This evoked fond memories for many of our residents.
A scenic drive along Cooden seafront was enjoyed by many residents. We plan to organise another outing to see the Christmas lights.
UPCOMING EVENTS
RNLI presentation
Guy Sunshine – Singer
Halloween Party (Halloween activities are carefully considered and ensure the event can be acknowledged in an appropriate friendly way)
“Recycled”– Band
The Yesterdays – Singers
JJ Fashion pop up shop
Julie’s Art of Noise – Singer
Hailsham Christmas Choir
David Croucher – Magician
Christmas Fete
Christmas Party
Brett from “Activity Time” is a regular entertainer on Tuesday mornings, the residents enjoy Brett’s positive and energetic presence, in additon to to the regular quizzes, bingo and baking.
Sian our fitness instructor visits every two weeks on a Wednesday. The residents have been really engaged with her exercises.
PARCHE visit once a month to do a small service and some singing. They are next here on the 8th November.
Our Hairdresser, Michelle comes in every Tuesday. Appointments can be booked via reception.
Clive, our Chiropodist visits every 8-10 weeks to ensure our resident’s feet are well cared for.
Please check out our “Activity Planner” on the notice board in reception and in the lounge. This will enable residents to decide if they would like to get involved.
Until the next newsletter we all as a team continue to enjoy being committed to giving our resident the best experience that we can in care and wellbeing.
Miranda Cottenham (Activities co-ordinator)