today karen announced the most popular names as voted by the staff and residents; the six names chosen are as follows:
andrew chose mount ephraim to do his work placement and today was his last day before returning to school next week. he has worked well and enthusiastically in all departments of the care home - from serving tea to residents, changing lighbulbs and helping tim to collecting the eggs from our new chickens. a big thankyou is due to andrew and we wish him well for the future. we will miss having him around.
today angie from reed care visited meh to present sarah with her framed nomination for carer of the year and a bouquet of flowers in recognition of her achievements. karen introduced angie to the residents and angie made the presentation.
a manager's job is never done...from radio interviews to cleaning the chickens out, there is never a dull moment at meh!
wednesday morning is dance class with becca -karen joined in today taking joan for a spin round the floor! doreen was having a great time - she loves dancing.
...and the circle is getting larger each week; seems half the residents are on a get fit regimen!
a bouquet arrived from our friends at 'simply unite' to thank us for helping with the recent PR for the company. if you check their website you will see some familiar faces from MEH!
...margaret and patty sketching on the patio, joan, sheila and pat just relaxing.
Jacqui came today to perform a saxophone recital to our residents - she played for two hours to a packed lounge and it was certainly well received.
patty asked for some garden scissors today to chop some of the over-hanging plants which needed a trim. she was assisted by phyll who collected the cuttings in a black sack! still havent got a hoe for patty - next on the list...
making the most of the fine weather, anne held the monthly book club meeting in the garden today, all under sun shades of course! again, i noticed a distinct lack of books but plenty of chatting and laughing!
...taken when we went for a stroll out at eridge rocks looking for bluebells.
we had a visit today from Lesley (far left) who follows our blog in new zealand where she been living for the past few years. she met the new chickens, admired the veg garden and met some of the residents. little seth (who was off school due to the teachers strike) came too.
the mount ephraim chickens arrived yesterday and were introduced to their new home in the garden.
annual trip to the seaside today - this year it was st leonards on sea and we visited AZUR on the seafont. http://azurmarinapavilion.com/index.html highly recommended!
john. doreen, robert, susan, sheila, jean, marise, lucille and hester assisted by hollie, olivia and volunteer ivy, enjoyed a day at the seaside today. although quite breezy out on the front it was a beautiful sunny afternoon and everyone got some sea air. our destination was AZUR a lovely restaurant/bistro on marine parade. the staff looked after us so well.
val was teaching computers today - iris was doing very well - we helped her to send an email to her son. marie was interested in google and susan howard smith looked up some interesting sites on russia - a country she visited some years ago and loved. the theme today was again involving food and val did some reminiscing with residents on what sweets they used to like and researching their origins on the internet. we had bought some old fashioned sweets to prompt the memory (and taste buds) and we had flying saucers, sherbet dabs and cough candy to name a few.
