What a beautiful day

Gorgeous blue sky, garden looking amazing, plenty to do....Keep fit in the morning with sue, planting sunflowers on the patio ( sorry Julian we used all your compost) doing a group collage for the corridor, welcoming guests and their pets ... More homemade cake and afternoon tea and lots of pampering in the nail salon....all in all a lovely day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lovely colours....

Eileen finished this jigsaw puzzle (for the second time as she loves it so much) in the art studio where she can go to find some peace and tranquility... Inspired no doubt by the lovely tulips growing on the patio.

We need to find her some more 500 piece puzzles ....

Happy 90th Birthday Jean

10th April 1924 was also a Thursday - the day jean was born. Today she celebrates her 90th birthday and her family arrived to take her out for lunch in tun wells! Afterwards they joined her for tea on the patio in the sunshine! Happy birthday Jean from all at MEH

Happy thursday

Hairdressing day today, makes everyone feel better...Nadia arrived with another super quiz, and it was jane's week for computer fun- Eileen, Hester, Marie, dawn and iris were joined by Betty today who was introduced to some relaxation therapy via the Internet! She was later inspired to pick up a paintbrush and enjoyed dabbling in watercolour along with Pam, patty and Joan plus our volunteers from school...great results as you can see

Joan's family came to take her out for some fresh air - had to take a photo as she arrived downstairs looking like a film star!

 

 

Crafty Tuesday

More Easter stuff going on today; manicures down the hall, relaxing in the lounge or relatives visits - business as usual at MEH

We started on the Easter decorating for the House, jenny brought us homemade cake for tea and the garden looked beautiful ....tulips are out at last

The mount ephraim house 'sewing bee' started today

We now have some residents who like to sew, and volunteers jenny and Roy recently presented us with s brand new sewing machine.... Today jean finished sewing up the Easter chicks and new girl Betty came along to watch. She has promised to sew some things for our craft fair - must thread up the machine tomorrow!

 

NCT visit

Easter art and craft today

Such a beautiful warm and sunny day today and some people took the opportunity to sit outside on the patio - to read, relax, have a manicure or just sit and chat over tea.... The games room was buzzing with activity - patty was painting chicks, Marie made Easter cards, jean took to painting eggs and was joined by her son, alistair... Iris did some watercolour painting. Jenny our volunteer brought homemade cake and roy made the tea!
Many of the other residents were enjoying Heather's class - Music for Health - and a few lucky ladies had visits from their families....great start to spring!

Greensleeves accolades 2013

Celebrating achievements of the 17 homes within the group, the accolade event was held at The Kia Oval in march this year.

Mount Ephraim House was recognised and short listed in the following categories- activities, gardens, innovation, fundraising,colleague of the year, carer of the year, and Home of the year. We are pleased to report that our Nkkita won the innovation award and Dianna got a special presentation for her 40 years service! Gemma received a framed certificate for 'carer of the year' at MEH and Catherine and Dianna received their level 2 diplomas in Housekeeping. Karen was very proud of her team and was only just pipped at the post for the 'manager of the year' award - although to MEH staff and residents she is already!  

Friday - busy bee's

Tuesday

Easter art and craft projects with jenny and Roy - great fun, very creative and good excuse to join in for cup of tea and Jenny's home made cake. Later Joan took a stroll in the garden before supper

Looking back to last week ...

Glitz and Glam as MEH headed out to an awards ceremony to the Lancaster Hotel although no awards were won a fantastic night was had by all.

We look forward to entering more awards  as they are great for MEH and for staff morale.

Residents and staff arranged a birthday surprise for Marilyn.........

Staff and resident's gathered in the lounge to celebrate Marilyn's upcoming birthday.
Marilyn was presented with some beautiful  flowers, champagne, presents, and some cards.
Resident's and staff also shared a chocolate birthday cake.
On this note we would all like to thank Marilyn for all she does at MEH she is a valuable member of our team and we all wish her a very happy birthday!

Jingle Bells?

Saturday's activity revealed resident's hidden talents when Campanology began........

Marie, Eileen, Dawn, Mary, Peggy, Sheila and Di began bell ringing they played Mary had a little lamb & Jingle Bells amongst other tunes.

There was a natural sense of rhythm and Marie in particular produced some great notes.

It was a fun activity and will hopefully happen again very soon.

remembering Win

the beautiful flowers from Win's funeral yesterday  were delivered to mount Ephraim afterwards, and some of the residents helped to arrange them into vases for display around the home; a lovely tribute to a much loved lady who will be sadly missed.

good news friday.................

LOCAL CARE HOME SCORES HIGHLY IN NATIONAL SURVEY OF RESIDENTS

MOUNT EPHRAIM HOUSE, has just taken part in the country’s largest and most authoritative survey of care home residents. The results from the survey have been made public today, performing strongly.

 

The nationwide survey, called Your Care Rating, is designed to give residents a voice, putting

their care at the heart of understanding more about how well care homes perform

 

KAREN COOPER at MOUNT EPHRAIM HOUSE said: “We’re delighted with our results from the 2013 Your Care Rating survey as it demonstrates how fulfilled our residents are.

The survey was compiled by leading research company Ipsos MORI with input from the care home operators taking part, plus the National Care Forum (NCF) and the English Community Care Association (ECCA).

Thursday

Crafty Tuesday .....

Jenny and Roy came armed with goodies today for residents to craft in time for the Easter celebrations .... From painting polystyrene eggs to knitted chicks, there was something for everyone to try

Meanwhile Eileen took a trip to PC world to sort out a new laptop .....

Later, the volunteers from Twgs came along to play scrabble with Marie and Mary

In memory of Helen ...

Helen (aka Lady Helen!) recently passed away peacefully and her funeral was held today; a service of thanks for her life. She was a very happy person, always had a smile and enjoyed life to the full. The residents remembered her today with a tea party in the lounge; she will be sadly missed and our thoughts are with her family

Happy Birthday Joan

Wishing a very happy special birthday to our very dear volunteer, Joan. We had cakes with coffee in the library today during the weekly Monday Club ... The residents sang 'happy birthday' even though we couldn't find any candles for the cake !