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What strange times we are all in! We hope that our regular communications with you all bring reassurance that we continue to do everything possible to keep all of our residents and staff safe, and we wrote to you all to inform you of the key changes and updates. We truly recognise how all of our staff have continued to do an incredible job at Allan House and Oaklea House and they have really strived to make sure that our residents have continued with a wide range of activities to suit all individual needs throughout the year. This has been a real eye opener with lot’s of creative thinking and we are so proud to see that more virtual activities have been implemented to ensure that families and friends have been able to maintain important contact with the residents. We are sure that you will have already heard about lot’s of the amazing activities going on within the homes and we hope that this newsletter provides you with a picture summary of some of our key moments.
Ron & Julie Jeffries

Winter 2020 EDITION

Congratulations to Tracey Goodwin for becoming the Registered Manager at Allan House through achieving CQC registration in Sept. Also welcome to Lynn Beauman Assistant Manager at Allan House and to Gillian Porter who was promoted to Assistant Manager at Oaklea House in June. Together with Jade Izzard, Registered Manager at Oaklea, and all supported by Trish Jones, Area Quality Manager, they make a fantastic, positive, caring and forward thinking management team.

Tracey Goodwin

Lynn Beaman

Trish Jones

Jade Izzard

Gill Porter

Some examples of our fab fun filled activities taking place at Allan House during the summer

Making the most of the garden with lots of days outside in the sun. We had a Beach themed Day with sand castles, beach ball games, ice creams and picnics

We have all been uplifted by the wonderful efforts of Sir Captain Tom, following his wonderful story. We all really enjoyed joining in the celebrations for his 100th Birthday, we made him a card and had a virtual party with our friends at Oaklea, bringing opportunity for residents and staff to see each other remotely.

Loving baking cakes for our Macmillan coffee morning and also getting creative!

Our Dignity
Action Day Party was enjoyed by everyone, and great that we have virtual
systems to
support social contact with Oaklea House, family and friends and the wider
community.

Making the most of all of the outdoor space at Allan House - our residents really enjoyed making the ‘fat balls’ for the bird feeders, and everyone really enjoys watching the birds thrive. We made some lovely flower arrangements which we displayed within the home and our residents also worked together to plant some beautiful sunflowers and potatoes. They really enjoyed watching them grow, digging potatoes up throughout the year, then cooking them and enjoying lovely nutritious meals. Every opportunity has been taken with the nice weather that we had in the summer with lots of time for fun, relaxation, picnics and games.

Oaklea House have had a great summer and really enjoyed the
garden area with ‘Al Fresco’ dining! They have also
enjoyed planting flowers and herbs in the
garden area…

Oaklea House always love to have a good party and celebrate in style!!

Pamper Evenings, baking, crafts, Exercise classes. Even our home made get well card to Boris J got a thank your reply which really made the for day for the residents…

Christmas is here!!
Santa And his very helpful Elf have already been to visit at both homes. Everyone is excited and loving the run up to Christmas and enjoying all the activities that are taking place, we hope that you can join us ‘virtually’ for our Christmas Carols around the Christmas Tree which takes place on the 18th of December at 3pm. Anyone wishing to join us in this activity please ring the home so that we can support you with a virtual call from your mobile phone. We hope that you all continue to be well and wish you all a very happy Christmas, let’s hope that 2021 brings us back to some kind of normality.

Message from Trish, Ron and Julie
We are continuing to follow all of the Covid-19 guidance and updates from the government on a daily basis. At the moment we are waiting the vaccines to be arranged for residents and staff who choose to have them. It is looking extremely positive that the vaccines should be provided over the coming weeks.
The managers at each of our homes will continue to keep regular contact with you and update you on any further changes. We really welcome your feedback on anything that you think that may help you or help to accommodate you in any way that we can. We encourage you to contact the managers of the homes to discuss anything at all that may be on your mind, or any suggestions for improvements that you may have. We will always try our best to find the best possible solution for everyone.

KEEP UP TO DATE - www.gracecaregroup.co.uk facebook.com/gracecaregroup Please remember that you can always access our compliments, complaints and suggestions procedures at any time. (Allan House Tel 01782 397018. Oaklea House Tel 01782 373236)