Woodland View Care Home

Inside this issue

• Music and Fun

• Outings and Trips

• Fundraising events

• Daily Life..

• A few words from Barchester..

• Upcoming events More for activities information:

woodlandview.activities@barchester.com

Hello and Welcome!

Well… We have been busy over the past few month, I am sure you will agree that Egle and Jibin have been organizing many events to keep us all active. What would be nice is more relatives, friends & the community to join in and/or help with these functions. If anyone can spare even an hour of their time or have any ideas to share please contact activities coordinator Egle. We have yet another busy few weeks/months coming up and I am sure you would enjoy the singing & fun activities that we are holding. Check out this newsletter which is packed with what’s going on…. And of course we have our activities boards to keep an eye of what is happening in & out of the home. Please support the work that Woodland View Team do. A reminder for this time of year…. That if you have any coughs, colds, winter tummy bugs that you avoid visiting the home, as it spreads very quickly in our environment. This month we will hold The Biggest Coffee Morning to support Macmillan Cancer Support, everyone is more than welcome.

General Manager

Anu Jose

Woodland View Care Home

216 Turner Rd, Mile End, Colchester CO4 5JR Tel: 01206 855390 www.barchester.com

News in and around Woodland View

Every Monday morning here at Woodland View you can hear fantastic piano sounds and happy singing with Colin Bennett and his little friend Martha.

MUSIC AND FUN

Every month Geoff Juke comes to visit us and brings the best magic moments with much known songs and his good sense of funny stories.

Magic moments with Juke`s entertainment

Piano music every Monday morning

Dancing chairs – chair based exercises with Sarah and Interactive music with Clare

Cheese and Wine afternoon

Every last month Friday afternoon Woodland View residents enjoying Cheese and Wine with nice classical music or a good comedy film.

Every Tuesday morning interactive music with Claire and our wonderful residents` voices.

Every Wednesday morning is dancing chairs – chair and music based exercises with Sarah.

News in and around Woodland View

OUTINGS AND TRIPS Clacton-on-Sea

Air Show

Harwich Sing concert

Strawberry Tea at Myland Parish Hall

Colchester Castle Park

News in and around Woodland View

Woodland View Summer Fair was full of surprises and a fantastic day! It was a real Western Country style party with all fun and music, raffle, face painting, line dancing and much more. We raised £206,40 for Residents fund. Hope you enjoyed it.

Bake for Heroes

FUNDRAISING EVENTS

Cupcakes` Day

Summer Fair

Woodland View staff members were making cupcakes and selling them on National Cupcakes` day to raise some money for Alzheimer`s Society. We raised £117,65. Thank you for your support!

Woodland View team baked again and raised £76,76 to support Help for Heroes organization. We had some helpers from local Guide`s club and volunteer Sophie with her mother.

News in and around Woodland View

Woodland View Community and local school children were really busy for few months while collecting plastic lids and making butterflies to celebrate National Care Home Open Day. We had special concert with The Salvation Army Fellowship band and opening the Butterflies’ Gallery in our garden.

Animals Therapy Making memories

One of the craft activities that our residents have been busy, is helping to make a Woodland View memory book! We include pictures from lots of activities and events that took place at Woodland View and then the residents write what happened and how they felt.

Few times a month Woodland View has special guest – therapy dog Balloo. Balloo is very friendly with our residents.

What an amazing experience we had with ZooLab animas therapy!

DAILY LIFE..

BBQ party

Art project

News in and around Woodland View

Upcoming events

Birthday party What an amazing Birthday celebration! Kathleen celebrated her 99th birthday.

21st September (Saturday) – Alzheimer`s Day with entertainer Alan Mann, from 11 am. 27th September (Friday) – World`s Biggest Coffee Morning – Fundraising event for Macmillan Cancer Support, entertainer Tania Honey, from 11 am. 3rd October (Thursday) – World Animals` Day – animal therapy with Wild Science, from 11 am. 4th October (Friday) – National Poetry Day with Kim`s Kids, from 11 am. 6th October (Sunday) – National Grandparents` Day – Live music with Alan Mann, from 11 am. 10th October (Thursday) – World Mental Health Day – Quiz Night, from 4 pm. 15th October (Tuesday) – Live music with Nettie Osman, from 2:30 pm.

16th October (Wednesday) – Live music with Jane and Julie, from 2 pm. 19th October (Saturday) –OPEN DAY and `Wear it Pink Day`– Fundraising event – Healthy Cocktails’ Party, from 10:30 am.

23rd October (Wednesday) – Magic moments with Juke`s entertainments, from 11 am. 25th October (Friday) – World Pasta Day, from 2 pm. 28th October (Monday) – Divali Celebration, from 2:30 pm. 31st October (Friday) – Halloween theme Cheese and Wine afternoon, from 3 pm. 11th November (Monday) – Remembrance Day from 10:30 am, The Grand Dames Show, from 2 pm. 13th November (Wednesday) – World Kindness Day, from 2 pm. 15th November (Friday) – Children in Need – Fundraising event – Pajamas Day with Juke`s entertainments, from 11 am. 22nd November (Friday) – Memorial Day, live music Tania Honey from 4:30 pm. 29th November (Friday) – Cheese and wine afternoon, from 3 pm. 3rd December (Tuesday) – Music and fun with Nettie Osman, from 2:30 pm. 5th December (Thursday) – Sing along with Geoff Juke, from 11 am. 6th December (Friday) – Woodland View Christmas Fair, from 4 pm. 10th December (Tuesday) – U3A Ukuleles’ concert, from 2:30 pm. 11th December (Wednesday) – `The Snow White show`, from 2 pm.

12th December (Thursday) – Illustrated talks with Alex – `Winter time`, from 11 am. 13th December (Friday) – Christmas Jumper Day with Kim`s Kids, from 11 am. 20th December (Friday) – Elf’s` Day, from 11 am. 24th December (Tuesday) – Christmas Party with Tania Honey from 3 pm.

A few words from Barchester…

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2019 Barchester Care Awards

‘Excellent’ Result for Canmore Lodge

The Barchester Care Awards 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 also has a category devoted to recognizing 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 3rd October, 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.

Staff and residents at Canmore Lodge Care Home in Dunfermline are celebrating their recent Care Inspectorate Report result, where they scored an overall ‘Excellent’ after receiving a score of 6 for supporting people’s well-being, and 6 for how well the home supports and plans care. The report follows the home’s recent success on carehome.co.uk where Canmore Lodge achieved a perfect 10/10 rating. Currently only 1.5% of Scotland’s care homes for elderly people have an overall ‘Excellent’ rating, making Canmore Lodge ranked among the best in the country.

Barchester Holds Key to Future Care Barchester recently received the keys to Mortain Place in Eastbourne, enhancing our portfolio of care homes. Lesley Standing, the General Manager of Mortain Place was delighted to accept the keys to the latest 80-bed property on Pevensey Bay Road from the Project Construction Manager Mark Tomalin, from McGoff Construction. Mortain Place will provide personalized residential and dementia care for 80 older people in the neighboring community, and will open its doors to residents in October.

Barchester Nominated for 3 Laing Buisson Awards

Barchester is proud to have been named as a finalist in 3 Laing Buisson Awards categories: ‘Residential Care (Larger Organization)’, ‘Property Developer’ and ‘Property Investor’. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday 13th November 2019 at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London, where the winners will be announced. This year, the awarding body received a record-breaking number of nominations for every single category, with over 400 entries in total. Last year, we were delighted to take home the ‘Property Developer of the Year’ award, and Barchester CEO, Pete Calveley was recognized for his amazing work in the care sector by being presented with the ‘Outstanding Contributions to Care’ award.

Barchester will also be opening another care home in 2019: Trinity Manor in Sherborne. This service will offer dementia and residential care for 64 residents.