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A Very Merry Christmas At Bank Close House Care Home in Chesterfield

A lovely Christmas was had by all here at Bank Close House care home in Chesterfield, despite the difficult circumstances in which we all find ourselves at present. Our residents opened their presents on Christmas day and enjoyed a glass of fizz to celebrate the holiday season along with a lovely Christmas dinner.

All of our residents have been staying safe and are all well and were able to enjoy the Christmas festivities. They have been keeping in contact with their loved ones via FaceTime, video calls and telephone calls, which, although not ideal, they have enjoyed very much.

Our Director’s (Peter Hill) daughter Thalia and her friend Freya hand made Christmas cards for each resident, much to their delight. They all enjoyed opening them and reading them. Thank you Thalia and Freya for your lovely, thoughtful cards, from all at Bank Close House.

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Devonshire Care Acquires Charnley House Residential Care Home in Hyde, Tameside

Devonshire Care is pleased to announce the acquisition of Charnley House care home in Hyde.

Charnley House Care Home has been providing quality care for the elderly of Tameside, Stockport and Manchester since 1969 as a family run business. We are happy to be involved with such a long standing, community focused establishment and are pleased to welcome them into the Devonshire Care family. The staff at Charnley House are highly trained and meals are prepared fresh four times a day on the premises.

The premises were purpose designed for caring for the elderly and we are also renovating the premises and adding the Devonshire Care touch to all the rooms and accommodation, to ensure that this, like all our other facilities really do feel like a home from home.

Charnley House provides 24 hour residential care for residents in a safe and secure environment with good home cooked fresh food and an extensive social calendar. Residents are free to personalise their rooms as they please and are encouraged to make them absolutely their own.

There is domestic staff on duty 7 days a week who make sure that the home is clean and comfortable and care staff are on hand 24 hours a day to help as much or as little as needed on a day to day basis.

If you’re looking for residential care in Hyde, or from surrounding areas of Manchester, Cheshire, Derbyshire and the North West, then call us on 0161 368 4664 to arrange a visit and see for yourselves the level of care and standard of accommodation.

The Great British Care Awards

Morton Manor Makes A Splash At The Great British Care Awards!

The Great British Care Awards

It is with great pleasure that we announce that two members of our team here at Morton Manor have been shortlisted as finalists in The Great British Care Awards!

Our Manager, Jackie McCormick is a finalist for The Care Home Registered Manager Award and Teresa’s Ladley is a finalist for The Care Home Cook/Chef Award.

The Great British Care Awards are a series of regional events throughout the UK and are a celebration  of excellence across the care sector.  The purpose of the awards are to pay tribute to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding excellence within their field of work.

There are twenty one awards categories available for nomination, which represent all areas of the social care sector, whether it be older people or specialist services, residential or home care. From frontline staff such as care workers and care managers to people who have made an impact in other ways such as training and innovation.

The awards are  all inclusive, bringing together the statutory, independent and voluntary sectors, as well as unpaid carers; promoting joint working.  Working in partnership with care partners and local care associations is at the heart of the initiative; working and linking directly with local managers and networks to further promote the event.

Congratulations to both members of our team!

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Bank Close House Autumn Creativity & Activities

Here at Bank Close House residential care home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, we’ve been very busy with various activities over the last couple of weeks.

Our Residents have been discussing the change in weather and have been creatively making Autumn themed pictures.

We have also had load of fun making our own celebration cards such as birthday cards, anniversary cards and other general greetings cards.

Competition has been rife with a 10 pin bowling challenge. Not only was this great fun, it has also benefitted our residents’ hand-eye co-ordination and arm movement.

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Seaside Fun Day At Bank Close House

Our seaside day on 22nd July was, unfortunately, a rainy affair, so we were unable to have all the fun and games outside. Never fear though, our resourceful team brought the fun inside instead! As you can see, everyone had a whale of a time!

We’ve also been doing decorative connection puzzle pieces, with each resident designing their own jigsaw puzzle piece. When complete the puzzle will be connected and put on display in the main hallway. Here are the photos so far. We’ll post an update when the puzzle is complete and on display in all its glory.

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Recent Activities At Bank Close House Care Home in Chesterfield

As lockdown continues, we are still unable to provide off site or external entertainers for our residents, but our staff have been keeping them highly entertained with a variety of games and activities.

We had a hoopla competition, which Rita won!

Please click on the thumbnails to view the hoopla images.

We also celebrated World Chocolate Day on 7th July during which we held a chocolate tasting afternoon. You can imagine that went down very well and was very much enjoyed by residents and staff alike.

Please click on the thumbnails to view the chocolate tasting photographs.

We are all hoping for glorious sunshine on 22nd July, when we will be holding our “By The Seaside Day” in the garden. On offer will be burgers, hot dogs and chips for dinner and plenty of seaside games and fun for all.

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A Rainbow Of Hands At Bank Close House, Chesterfield

This week our residents have been busy making a rainbow of hands. They have used different coloured card to have their hands drawn round and some have asked for messages to be written on them.

These hands are now proudly displayed on the top of our notice board in the main hallway. Many of the residents have been trying to see if they can spot their own hand and have been admiring them all.

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We also have a few thank yous to say again this week:

We’d like to thank Shelagh’s sewing circle who have kindly donated a selection of homemade face masks for staff to wear when they do their own things at home and outside of work.

Secondly, we’d like to thank Cynthia (Hazel’s daughter) who has very kindly brought in some lovely things for staff as an appreciation of their ongoing hard work and dedication.

We’ve also just had some lovely laundry bags delivered from “Castle Sewing Hub” at Bolsover for all our staff to put their uniforms in, ready to wash when they finish work.

Finally, we like to thank our local co-op store who have kindly donated a hamper for all the staff to enjoy!

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