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WEST EATON NURSING HOME
Our Autumn Newsletter 2024
Where has the summer gone! We are keeping the summer holiday vibe going as much as the weather allows, and are looking ahead to the autumn. We have lots planned, so pencils sharpened at the ready!
 
This summer, inspired by one of our residents, the theme has been butterflies. She was a keen Lepidopterist (someone who studies butterflies) and her family kindly transferred her old videos onto DVD so we could watch the huge variety of butterflies that she had filmed. The weather this summer did not lend itself well to our butterfly count, despite our beautiful wildflower planting. Not to be discouraged we decided to hatch our own butterflies, using a Butterfly Garden Kit. Very exciting for residents to watch the caterpillars’ metamorphosis into Painted Ladies and then set them free in our garden.
Carlie from Herefordshire Growing Point came to help us create decorative feeding points for butterflies. Residents enjoyed getting involved. They also made sun catchers and sun prints.

Carlie visited again with her little helper to help residents make paper flowers as decorations for our summer party.

Residents got stuck into baking for our Summer Party – butterfly cakes of course! Thank you to friends and family who came and for all our lovely staff support making it a successful event. Also our kitchen team who worked tirelessly and Rachel, our Lifestyle and Wellbeing Lead, who orchestrated the day.

We had very generous raffle donations; The Ludlow Beauty Centre, Parry’s Fruit and Veg, Penny’s Flower Farm and Morrisons Leominster. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets. We raised over £300 which is going towards our new garden furniture.
We spent a lovely relaxing time with Olivia from Creative Minds Herefordshire painting butterflies. Their collective noun is a Kaleidoscope, which we think summed up our artworks perfectly!

We also did a collaborative art work piece. We didn’t know what the end picture was until the residents stuck them all together.
A shout out to some of our wonderful residents....
Eleanor is our most senior resident and she recently celebrated her 105th Birthday with her family and our team and a show stopper cake.

She is a very gentile, elegant lady who thanks us daily for her care. She was touched to receive so many cards and of course, there was one from King Charles.
Brenda used to work for SCOPE organising outings and supporting people with disabilities to live independently. In recognition of her generous spirit and the care she shows residents, we have appointed her our Companion Champion. She was delighted to be presented with her badge and flowers.
Carmel is one of our newer residents. He spent most of his life working on luxury cruise ships and the QE2. He has met lots of interesting people and visited destinations far and wide.

For his birthday, to his amazement, our kitchen team made him a 3D cruise ship cake. Our singer that day Sylvia also dedicated a beautiful aria to him – everyone got rather emotional!
Our residents have led interesting lives and David  is no exception. He has written many books about steam engines, trams, buses and canals. He is delighted that Age UK have paired him with volunteer Ian, who is also an accomplished writer. They enjoy swapping authors tips over coffee and biscuits. 
Do you have a spare hour? If you would like to get to know our residents we would love to hear from you!
In other news.......
  • Some of our residents had fun at Burford House Garden Centre looking at all the wonderful plants and tasting all the delicious cakes! Thank you to Lou of Tenbury Transport Trust for getting us there and back safely.
  • We had a lovely afternoon with residents and their families listening to The English Symphony Orchestra wind quartet, accompanied by a wonderful tea time spread from the kitchen....and some smaller guests entertaining us with their dancing!
  • More singing and dancing with Eddie Graham, a regular favourite entertainer here who brings us all so much joy.
  • Thank you to Heather from Ohana Therapy Ponies for bringing Odin,  her miniature pony, in to visit our residents. Their faces lit up!
September and October events and activities
 
We have a weekly diary which may include activities such as music appreciation, film club, gardening club, flower arranging, baking, salon and pampering time, Church services, knitting group, art and crafts, sensory therapy, history group, keep fit and one to one time.
 
We are continuing our music and movement classes and our sessions with Hereford Growing Point and Creative Minds and afternoons with all our favourite entertainers. We are arranging one big themed event each month, incorporating crafting, baking, music, dance and entertainment.
  • We are putting together our entries for the Hereford Growing Point Autumn show - our chutney and elderflower cordial, a herb planter and hopefully a sunflower.
  • We are starting up a book club swap with staff, families and residents
  • Film club has resumed now evenings are drawing in and we are enjoying some blackberry, apples and elderberry recipes from our hedgerows!
  • We are sad to see the Olympics and Proms end but Strictly is starting soon and we have some dancers coming in for the launch.
  • We have a new coffee morning on Mondays (using our fancy new coffee machine!) and the ever popular elevenses sherry spot on a Friday.
  • On 25th October we are having our residents/families meeting, followed by a harpist concert.
  • The schools are promising to come and visit and we will be doing things for Halloween, fireworks and Diwali.
Activities focus around our Heritage Manor ethos:

"You don’t stop having fun when you get old…..
You get old when you stop having fun"

For a full calendar of events, please contact our Lifestyle and Well-being Coordinator Rachel: WE-Lifestyle@heritagemanor.co.uk 
We feel incredibly proud to have been awarded a Top 20 Care Home in the West Midlands award for 2024 from http://www.carehome.co.uk Our home consistently scores 10 out of 10 in their online reviews, which praise our warmth and friendliness, outstanding person-centred care, dedication and professionalism. 

“Our mission is “to enable our residents to live their best lives”, and the huge variety in trips, visits and hobbies very much speaks to this.  This goes well above simply nursing care, and so I would like to say a big thank you to our families, volunteers and our staff who regularly go that extra mile to make life fun.”

Simon Patient, Managing Director of Heritage Manor 

We are open for admissions of new residents. This can be long stay or respite care to recuperate after time in hospital or a fall, to regain confidence and that zest for life. Check out our virtual tour.
https://www.facebook.com/westeatonhome/videos/2880424548949923
We try to show all our activities on our Facebook page. You can click the link below, and there is also a link to our website. Take a look and share in the fun times and memory making. 

Best wishes from all the team at West Eaton. 
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