Our team of carers and staff have been working tirelessly over the past few weeks, so we thought we’d give them a special thank you this week and treated them to a lovely breakfast.
One of our residents celebrated his 65th wedding anniversary last week, but with the current situation, was unable to celebrate with his dear wife. Instead, he made this sign and sent the picture to his wife. What a lovely message! Congratulations on your 65 years together!
Here at Bank Close House, our residents enjoyed the St George’s Day celebrations last week, being very patriotic and wearing hats and waving flags.
All our residents enjoyed a Easter Buffet tea followed by Easter cupcakes which were made by our wonderful cook, Pauline. These went down a treat!
Luckily the weather has been very kind to us these last couple of weeks and our residents have been enjoying the garden and wildlife under the umbrellas. Joan and Lydia have been taking advantage of the lovely weather and sitting out in the garden very frequently.
Celebrations have been ongoing with birthdays:
Steven, a staff member, worked all day on his birthday and everyone enjoyed a slice of cake to celebrate! Our staff member, Heather, celebrates her birthday on 23rd April.
Dot (Resident) had her birthday on 21st April. She enjoyed a day of celebrations with her family coming to see her and chatting to her through the lounge window. Dot also had 2 cakes and a buffet tea was enjoyed by all.
Residents have also been keeping in contact with their families on the phone, which they all enjoy. Lydia, Dot and Liz continue to call their families on their own mobiles. Some Relatives have driven up to the home and spoken to their loved ones through the open windows, whilst obviously observing social distancing guidelines.
We have received some kind donations from a staff member's family for all staff as an appreciation of their hard work and dedication, especially at this difficult time. We would also like to thank Chesterfield Royal Hospital for donating a “Dettol Anti-Bacterial” pack to all Staff which was very gratefully received.
Our residents have also been clapping for carers on a weekly basis...
We have proudly displayed messages from relatives and friends on our main notice board for all to read – more will be added!
Over the next few days residents will be painting their own mugs. Pictures of these will follow in our next update.
Here at Bank Close house our residents have been really busy over the last week.
John and Liz have been writing letters to their families…
and some of our residents have been making “Stay Safe” hand print signs. Here are John and Barbara’s fantastic creations:
Dorothy had a phone call from her son, Terry, this morning and Margaret has been relaxing in the conservatory, which is covered in brightly coloured flags.
We have also received some rainbow pictures from Rocco, who is Karen, our Senior Carer’s grandson. We have also received some from Brampton Primary School. Rocco’s designs have taken pride of place around the home, on the notice board and front lounge window, and the ones from Brampton Primary School are displayed beautifully on the main sign at the bottom of the drive.
Well, it’s been a strange few weeks, but everyone here at Bank Close House has kept their chin up and soldiered on.
We shut our doors to all non-essential visitors on 17th March, in order to keep our residents and staff safe. Despite the Coronavirus outbreak, all our ladies enjoyed Mothers Day. Lots of them received phone calls, which they were very pleased about.
Our residents have also been sending messages to their loved ones, which you can see below.
We’ve even had a couple of Robins visit us in the garden!
Our residents have had a great time recently with Valentines Day craft activities, pet therapy and Valentine’s Day celebrations and party.
Everyone really enjoyed the events and loved the pet therapy. We had Dave Jay entertain us on Valentine’s Day and he even got the staff up singing to the residents, which they all thoroughly enjoyed.
Sandra brought Coco in for pet therapy, which every resident took part in, even our bed bound residents. Coco brought a huge smile to everyone’s faces!
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It’s been busy, busy busy this week at Bank Close House care home in Chesterfield.
We celebrated Doreen’s 93rd Birthday on 3rd March. She had visits from her family during the morning and had plenty of cards and presents to open. In the evening we had a buffet tea with a lovely cake and all the residents and staff sang Happy Birthday to her. Doreen had a lovely birthday and really enjoyed her day. She thanked everyone for all their effort and best wishes.
The 5th March was World Book Day, a day to celebrate books and stories in all their forms and glory. Barbara and John were pointing out countries on the Globe in the hallway and talking about where they had visited. Garry has been reading his football programmes and Jean has been “exercising her brain” by doing some puzzles. Joan has been having “doll therapy” in the lounge and Hazel has been looking at pictures in a book.
John has also been arranging the artificial plants in the Conservatory – Alan Titchmarsh eat your heart out!
Lots of fun was had by the residents here at Morton Manor on Valentines Day.
We had the hearts on the activities board, lovely Valentines themed tables for dinner and many of the residents received and sent Valentines cards.
Here are a selection of photographs from the day…
Our Residents enjoyed making crafts and cards for Valentine’s Day, which are all proudly displayed in the main hall-way.
Staff set up a table in the Conservatory for John to have his lunch with his wife Maureen. They both enjoyed a glass of wine together and Maureen was overwhelmed when John handed her his Valentine’s card.
All the residents had a glass of fizz and chocolates during the day to celebrate.
Here are some photos of the crafts and of John and Maureen celebrating Valentines.
WOW! What a busy month so far for our residents and staff here at Bank Close house. Every month we have different artist visit us from Lost Chords to entertain our guests with some beautiful singing and musical instruments. Lost Chords are a dementia friendly charity who entertain our residents with either Folk, Opera, Harpist, or Pianist.
Here are some pictures of the folk duo who spent the afternoon with our residents and staff recently, and yes, the residents do get involved by playing along with instruments.
Steven Shaw, who entertained everyone at Christmas, was also back to carry on with his singing of golden oldies and classics. Liz and Hazel were holding hands and swaying along to the music, while Malcolm was singing his heart out.
All the residents and staff had a wonderful afternoon listening to Steven sing his song and perform for everyone, we really can’t wait to have him back!