2017 UK Dementia congress

Held in Doncaster at the Race course on the 7th 8th and 9th November 2017

Gillian Robinson Operations Director for both MNS Care and Angel Care attended the Congress, and was accompanied by Helen Woodman, Manager of Windy Ridge.

There were many new innovations and concepts, along with keeping up to date with latest research into Alzheimer’s disease. Gill and Helen attended many of the workshops, therefore ensuring best practise and new innovations are adopted into our Company.

Gill and Helen also attended the many speeches and cast their vote in the debate about funding for Dementia, Care research and Cure and Treatment research.

Both found the Congress useful and inspiring.

Workshops attended included:

End of Life Care for People with Advanced Dementia

Human Rights

Activity’s for Care Homes

Adaptive Interactions

Training and Supporting Care Workers.

 

 

 

REMEMBER, REMEMBER – BIRCHY HILL

Remember, remember…….

….the 5th of November! That’s what Birchy Hill do every year since we were children. Our Residents here at Birchy Hill enjoyed a lovely afternoon full of music by pianist Alastair Hume and a nice little tea party.

We were talking about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot and the old tradition “A Penny for the Guy”.

Everybody could join in and remembered stories from the old days. Sitting in between the Residents was our “Guy”, who waited anxiously for his “execution”. To finish this historic event, we watched the fire works in the night sky.

 

THE LAST POST – PLAYED FOR REMBRANCE

A message from Debbie -PA to Gill Robinson

I was invited to attend the Service for this years Remembrance.

It was an emotional event, they had prayers, and messages of thoughts, as well as playing the Last Post on a musical instrument.

Each Resident who attended had a special thought for a loved one who fought in the war

It was a lovely service

Thank you to Dawn for inviting me to take part and share my thoughts, also thank you to Tina and the Activity Team for organising this special occasion

 

FIREWORKS AT ORCHID

Here at Orchid we celebrated Fire work night on Friday 4th November 2017 with a few Fireworks, whilst the Residents enjoyed hot soup and burgers.

A good time was had by all