Patty keeping awake

Here is party doing some colouring to keep her awake she says - its been a busy day!

Just testing

We now have an iPod and this is an experiment ...to see how easy it is to update the blog! this is a picture of my laptop, with essential supplies to keep me going!

 

the ipod was a prize from SIMPLY UNITE to Mount Ephraim House for winning 'HOME OF THE YEAR' award and its only taken me about 6 weeks to get the hang of it!  we can take photos of the residents and instantly send them to their relatives too... if you have an ipod/ipad or iphone..let us know and we can send photos etc directly to you.

all aboard....

...on the Kingfisher;

perfect day for a trip on the river.
today it was the turn of Lucille,Joan, Doreen,Hester, Eileen and Sheila b
plus mary, di and Sheila and Hilary, with help from Joan & Doreen's daughters'
the crew supplied the tea and Sheila and Di brought homemade cakes!

au revoir to vera...

vera's last day today, after a week of respite care - her cousin came to collect her and brought in her little dog, Millie, to meet everyone.  while vera said her goodbyes, patty was left charge of millie, which i think she was very happy about!

hoping that vera will return soon, as a 'day girl' - she will be missed by the residents at meh, having settled in well and made a lasting impression!

above, patty in charge of millie, phyl coming to help, vera departing (with her bill !)

fun in the sun

these photos were taken yesterday, when we had a heatwave and some of our more adventurous residents came outside!  jean and helen, chatting together on the bench, vera striking a pose (whilst knitting) eileen concentrating on her knitting and mary enjoying a snuzzle with thomas the PAT dog, brought in each week by volunteer Pam.

after lunch, mary enjoyed a game of scrabble with christine.

 

 

friday bingo, and marise very much into her art!

anne and her daughter enjoying the sunshine..

knit and natter...

new group started yesterday- inspired by marie (she couldnt join us today) to get the 'knitters' together.  we are making squares to sew into blankets to sell at the summer garden party.  new lady vera pictured here with eileen, mary and her friend who was visiting today.

              Happy birthday Karen!

We welcome Karen back and wish her a very happy birthday.
Residents and staff sang happy birthday to Karen and enjoyed a lovely  birthday cake made by Daniel together.

hobbycraft re-visited

following a successful visit last year to hobbycraft in tunbridge wells, we decided to arrange another trip, this time with ann, iris, jean, who hadn't been before, and marie and marise who enjoyed it so much last time they wanted to return.

manager Louise, made sure the residents had a very creative time and helped everyone individually to achieve a work of art to bring home!

 

and here are the finished works of art which we shall not only display but make copies of and use to make more greeting cards.

certificates for the 'walkers'

during lunch today, the residents and staff who took part in the sponsored walk on saturday, were presented with a Certificate (hand written by patty) in recognition of their contribution to meh fund raising.

SPONSORED WALK 2013

 

a good turnout of staff, residents and supporters (some in fancy dress!!) for the annual sponsored walk, a Greensleeves Head Office initiative which sees all 17 homes in the group taking part on the same day. pictured here: Tim and his grandson, heidi (aka Alice) Karen (queen of hearts) Gary (white rabbit) sheila, helen, jean, hilary(the knave) marjorie, diana, jenny and family and Philip.

the group walked across the common to the Pantiles, and raised nearly £50 in their buckets with sponsor money to come!  well done everyone who took part and thankyou to all who donated.

along the way, the group bumped into local celebrity Rosemary Shrager, who was happy to pose with the 'white rabbit'- we have invited her to our summer fayre in july....!

after all that walking, it was back to MEH for tea and home-made cakes, courtesy of the lovely Jenny.

peggy 'picasso'

lovely afternoon, chance to put up our new parasol!  tried to encourage the residents to join us on the patio for some sun and fresh air... but while some were happy to watch a film in the lounge, peggy, lucille, eileen and patty were the only ones brave enough to come outside! we were joined by some of the staff, had tea and chocolate biscuits and  peggy  surprised herself by trying some 'modern' art - we framed one piece and started a collage from her original canvas- a work in progress! 

the sun is going down now and peggy has gone along to the salon to have her hair done! lucille offered to wash up the tea cups and patty has gone to watch 'pointless'

end of a perfect day

 

 

 

tuesday treats

 

 

after a busy morning of 'keeping fit' with sue,

lilo sits down with jean to share some time colouring - a very therapeutic exercise - patty certainly thinks so!

eileen starts on a new puzzle - 500 pieces but my goodness its a challenge!
ann had some dear friends visit....

and

the ladies in the lounge enjoyed a relaxing afternoon!

happy birthday Peggy & Marise

may 13th - two birthday girls... Peggy who celebrated at MEH today and Marise who has gone to Eastbourne for the week with relatives and missed out on her cake!

these gorgeous flowers arrived for Marise today; we will have to keep them in water and look after them until she returns from holiday!  maybe her hosts will check the blog!

encaustic art...

just thought i would show the 'encaustic' artwork produced by our residents last saturday, with the help of sheila and di.  really fun art pieces, may be made into greeting cards,,,

end of a busy week...

friday finished with scrabble, quiet read in the library, a visit from Thomas the PAT dog, with owner Pam, fish 'n' chips for lunch, and 'Quartet' film show in the lounge this afternoon (complete with choc ices in the interval!) joan and ann had visitors, iris and patty tried some colouring and peggy bravely sat in the garden!

happy birthday susan

susan celebrated her '21st' birthday again today!  her birthday outing had to be postponed until saturday but she enjoyed a quiet birthday, with cards, presents and the obligatory birthday cake and candles, plus of course a verse of 'happy birthday; from her friends at MEH!

SPRING FAYRE

our spring fayre today was fun and helped to boost the residents amenity fund by nearly £100. grateful thanks to our volunteers, residents, relatives and staff who helped to make it possible.

please note:  next relative's meeting is on thursday 9th may at 1pm
followed by our annual SPRING FAYRE

Look forward to seeing you there!

A TRIP ON THE RIVER MEDWAY

The Kingfisher Medway Trust is a registered charity. It was set up to commission the building of a boat which would provide river trips for disadvantaged people of all ages.
She was designed by a marine architect and constructed to meet all necessary safety requirements and is licensed to carry a maximum of 12 passengers.
A team of qualified skippers and trained crew members, all volunteers, operate the boat on its trips from her berth at Wateringbury on the river Medway.

we certainly picked a good day for a trip down the river!  peggy, mary, denis, ann and marie had a wonderful afternoon with lilo, annie and lara plus John our very helpful driver!  the  crew were amazing - providing tea on arrival, letting the staff help with the locks, and handing over the steering to marie, mary and lilo (we were presented with certificates at the end) who enjoyed the experience.

                    We say goodbye to Jess 

We are very sorry to say goodbye to Jess who has been with us for 5 years.

She will be missed very dearly by residents and colleagues.

She has made a fantastic contribution to our team and a difference to the lives of our residents by  always delivering high person centred care taking time to get to know residents.

Jess is beginning a new career as an enablement officer and we are sure that she will be an asset in her new team.

We hope that she will keep in touch and wish her the very best for the future.

Goodbye.................