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Friday, January 20
Artwork at the Manor by Marmalade
by
Zoe
on Fri 20 Jan 2012 15:43 GMT
 Volunteer Marmalade
has been at it again! She has painted a beautiful large canvas to brighten up
the resident’s and visitor's day and it looks rather stunning between the dining room and
conservatory. Since Marmalade has started to produce these paintings she has
been approached by several people to commission new work and is now enjoying
developing more artwork while at the same time donating some money to charity. What a hidden talent
marmalade has and such a lovely thing to do to help charity as well.
Thursday, January 19
Diploma in Health and Social Care
by
Zoe
on Thu 19 Jan 2012 17:42 GMT
We certainly do have
some talented and enthusiastic staff here at Valerie Manor. Some
staff only started working in Social Care last year when we opened the new wing, but they are now keen to enrol onto a programme to increase their knowledge and develop their skills as a care worker further.
I am sure
that you will agree that this shows dedication and enthusiasm and a love for
what they are doing. Collette, Linda and Paula are all undertaking their
Diploma in Health and Social Care and we would like to wish them all the best
from the staff and residents at Valerie Manor.
We are lucky
to continue to have Grace from Chichester College (Sussex Training) facilitating
the staff within their workplace and would like to thank her for her continued
support.
Monday, January 16
Care Quality Commission Inspection
by
Zoe
on Mon 16 Jan 2012 15:57 GMT
At the end of November we received a planned unannounced visit from the Care Quality Commission for our Review of Compliance, our first since
they began operating in 2009. I wanted to receive the final report prior to informing
everyone and I am delighted with it. Under the standards we are compliant in
all areas and have ‘no recommendations for improvement’. The inspector spent
all morning with us and spoke to several members of staff and residents and
said to one member of staff that he couldn’t believe how far we had come since
we opened our Nursing Wing in March.
The report is now available to view on the new CQC website: click here to view the report
The Care Quality Commission (CQC)
regulates all health and adult social care services in England,
including those provided by the NHS, local authorities, private
companies or voluntary organisations. You can view Valerie Manor's page in the CQC directory by clicking here.
Saturday, December 24
Season's Greetings...
by
Zoe
on Sat 24 Dec 2011 12:19 GMT
 I would like to take this opportunity to wish
everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from us all at Valerie Manor. I would especially also like to thank our wonderful staff for all their dedication and hard work during 2011 and for making the resident's Christmas so special.
Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!
from everyone at Valerie Manor
Friday, December 23
Reverend Challis and his Wonderful Choir
by
Zoe
on Fri 23 Dec 2011 18:16 GMT
 A huge thank you to Reverend
Challis, his choir and pianist for giving a very special Christmas Service for
our residents today at Valerie Manor. The service was very special and we all enjoyed singing
along to the carols that the choir performed. Everyone then enjoyed a sherry
and mince pie and were able to admire the fantastic homemade Christmas cake
made by Chris which we will be enjoying on Christmas Eve with afternoon tea.
 Thank you once again to Reverend Challis for making today so very special for
the residents.
Thursday, December 22
Celebrating Christmas with Friends & Family of Valerie Manor...
by
Zoe
on Thu 22 Dec 2011 19:08 GMT
 
What a
lovely afternoon we all had this week with the wonderful friends and families of Valerie
Manor. We enjoyed mulled wine and mince pies with around 100
guests, it really was a special afternoon for the residents and staff and I was
so delighted to see so many families come back to see us who have had their
relatives with us in the past.
Thank you once again to Chris for making the
most delicious mulled wine that I have ever tasted; several comments were made
so compliments to the Chef!
Tuesday, December 20
Christmas Party
by
Zoe
on Tue 20 Dec 2011 18:12 GMT
 32 members
of staff attended our Christmas party last week at a hotel in Brighton with everyone looking stunning in
their evening attire. The evening was a great success, with a wonderful meal followed by plenty of dancing on the dance floor! It was a great way to end an eventful year at Valerie Manor and to say thank you to all the staff for their support, dedication and
hard work throughout the year.
Friday, December 16
Christmas Carols
by
Zoe
on Fri 16 Dec 2011 20:16 GMT
 Our good
friends at the Towers Convent School performed a Carol concert for us on
Tuesday, which made us all feel very Festive, especially with our decorations
up as well. The girls sang all our favourites with a little help from everyone at Valerie Manor! The
residents thoroughly enjoyed themselves and we cannot thank everyone at the
Towers enough for their frequent visits.
Friday, December 9
Let’s Dance! (Hassocks) Christmas entertainment
by
Zoe
on Fri 09 Dec 2011 18:40 GMT
 
 What a lovely way to start our Christmas Festivities! Let’s
Dance! (Hassocks) very kindly gave up their time to come and entertain the
residents at Valerie Manor on Wednesday, this was our first Christmas activity and the residents
thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We had children and adults entertaining us with
ballet, tap, modern and even some singing – everyone got into the festive
spirit and we had our first mulled wine and mince pies of the year!
Thank you to all the kind dancers and my mum (Robin) and
sister (Sally–Ann) for giving up their time to start the Christmas proceedings in style and help make the residents
December a very special one.
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Happy
New Year everybody !
Regarding
the Activity side of things the Physical options available were...Giant Snakes
and Ladders, Musical Santa Hats, Target Toss, Table Tennis and Exercise from
the your chair.