I am delighted to be able to tell you that the Care Team at
Valerie Manor have been selected as finalists for the National Care Home Awards
2010. Needless to say they are thrilled with the news and I am extremely proud
of them and so pleased that their hard work, dedication and high standards of
care are being recognised.
Several relatives and friends of Valerie Manor sent testimonials to support the application, even this in itself meant a lot to the staff and I’m sure was a deciding point for the judges to select the team as finalists.
We have been invited to attend an interview (3 members of staff) on the 6th May and then several members of the team will attend a celebrity Gala evening at the Guildhall in London on the 5th June to receive the results... fingers crossed!
I am also extremely chuffed myself. My mum and dad (Robin and John) along with my financial advisors nominated me for the Care Innovator Award and I have also received a letter to inform me that they have chosen me as a finalist for the awards as well.
I am so proud of the team at Valerie Manor and it is apt that the awards should come at such a challenging time with the extension plans where everyone is working even harder to ensure the residents have as little disruption as possible.
You can find out more about the awards on the Great British Care Awards website; www.care-awards.co.uk
Here we go!..... Well, after nearly two years of planning the work is commencing! As you can see from the pictures
we have had the temporary kitchen delivered today and enabling work is
commencing over the next week. I would like to take this opportunity to say a
huge thank you to all the staff for their assistance in all the preparation
works and the high standards of care that they continue to provide to the
residents along with involvement and re-assurance for the project.
Robin (mum) has been busy working with the
residents and they now have 23 birds names, one for each of the bedrooms. One of our
residents, June, is now going through the list and checking in her bird book for picture ideas and if there are any other names that we could
use. The residents have even called the lounge ‘Robins nest’ which is so nice
and made my mum smile!
Each time the residents have enjoyed a coffee or tea and cake – my mum (Robin, pictured right with hot cross buns!) even enjoyed an outing with the girls and two of our
residents. Mum used to take Nan out at least once a week in the jalopy from her
nursing home so this brought back lots of memories and she was so pleased that
the jalopy could still bring so much joy to others.
The residents have now completed their 3rd
masterpiece, it is very colourful this time and the residents thoroughly
enjoyed completing it and spending time with our lovely volunteer Marmalade. We
have planned for picture lights to be placed in the corridors in the new
extension so that the resident’s works of art can be displayed for everyone to
enjoy and view.
Hello again.... here’s what we got up to in March.
