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Hamilton House Care Home

January 2018

What’s inside Introduction 2

Recreation & activity 3

Wishing Well’s 4

Upcoming events 5

In the spotlight 6

Food glorious food 7

Christmas photo’s 8

New Year’s Day photo’s 9

Birthday celebrations 10

Family photo’s 11

Our events 12

A final note 13

The Manager’s welcome

Welcome on behalf of all of the team to our first edition of our newsletter. Here at Hamilton House we are one big, extended family. We as a team are committed to providing the highest possible standard of person centered care for people living at Hamilton House. Our residents come first. From Stanley Haruzivishe (Regional Support Manager) Elina House (Deputy Manager) Laura Smith (Clinical Lead)

Introduction Welcome to our first edition of Hamilton House Newsletter. We hope to keep you updated with activities in our home and show you what we have been up doing over the last month. If you have interesting news for us, please let Sue or I know. Enjoy reading.

Charlotte

Editor of Newsletter

LATEST NEWS * As you are all aware, our senior nurse Elina House has been promoted to Deputy Manager and

our senior nurse Laura Smith has been promoted to Clinical Lead. Well done ladies.

* We have also had care assistants Amy Preece and Stella Richardson promoted to senior carers.

* We recently had a Christmas fair and thanks to everyone, it was very successful.

* Both the residents, team and relatives had a fun filled Christmas and New Year, thank you to

everyone for making this special time such a magical experience.

* The team at Hamilton House would like to say a huge thank you to everyone for the chocolates,

biscuits, alcohol and Christmas treats that was given to us, it was so lovely and we all really

appreciate your generosity.

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At Brighterkind we believe in living life to the full. That is why we do

our upmost to ensure that our residents have access to a varied

programme of activities to deliver the Magic Moments that will help

them love every day.

Our Magic Moments programme also aims to encourage well-being by concentrating in equal

measure on the mind, through mental agility; the body, through fitness and mobility; and the

soul, through entertainment and personal interests, continued learning and emotional

engagement.

In the pink

Our Activities Coordinators Charlotte and Sue are the people who make the Magic happen here

at Hamilton House. They are there to provide a comprehensive activity programme that will be

loved by our residents and their families.

Our Activities team can always be spotted because of their pink uniforms and the fact that they

are always having fun! You can see all the exciting activities that we are having daily by looking

at our pink activity boards throughout the home.

recreation

& activity

Wishing Well’s

Aileen Geary watching her Sheila Eaton and her husband

Grandson getting married celebrating their 60th wedding

Anniversary

Betty Saving receiving her gardening Tools and indoor garden

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* World Kite Day, Kite making – Monday 15th January at 3pm

* Book Club – Friday’s at 3pm

* Bingo – Tuesday’s at 3pm

* OOMPH – Monday’s, Wednesday’s and Friday’s at 11am

* Buckingham Pantomime – Wednesday 17th January at 7pm

* Stowe School Children – Monday’s at 3.30pm

* Resident meeting – Friday 19th January at 11am

* 12 Questions at 12 – Weekdays at 12pm

* Film Club – Thursday’s at 3pm

* Supermarket sweep – Monday’s, Thursday’s and Friday’s at 12.45pm

* Motivation and Co – Friday 2nd February at 3pm.

* Church service – Sunday at 3pm

Interesting

facts about

this month * 10th January - make your dreams come true day

* 14th January – World Kite Day

* 21st January - National Hugging day

* The Anglo-Saxons called January ‘Wulfmonath’ as it

was the month hungry wolves came scavenging at

people’s doors.

* The Romans named it January after Janus, the God of

gateways.

* According to the International Standard Organization’s

ISO 8601, week 1 of any year is the week including

January 4.

* The only Shakespeare plays to mention January are

Much Ado About Nothing and Winter’s Tale.

A bit of

housekeeping We want to help you look after your clothes.

We have a large pile of clothing unlabelled. If you

think you are missing any items, please let one of the team know.

We would prefer your clothing to be labelled; if you would like some help with labelling your items

please let Paula or another team member know.

Upcoming Events and Activities

In the spotlight…

We want you to know our team, so every month we will be placing one of our team members

in the spotlight so you can find out a little bit about them and their past and their passions.

Jacqueline Wilson Can you tell us a little about yourself?

I am 60 years old; I am on my second marriage to a

lovely husband, we live in a nice house in Buckingham.

I have two wonderful daughters who are my world, two

step sons and 8 Grandchildren. I also have two collie

cross dogs. I am generally a happy chappy.

What are your likes and hobbies?

My family, walking my dogs, holidays, reading, bike

riding and going out to nice restaurants.

What are your dislikes?

Sitting still, being kept waiting and baths.

What are your past job careers?

I used to work in a play-school, shops and factories.

How long have you worked in the care industry for?

Around 11 years now.

What made you decide to join care?

I would have liked to become a Nurse so care was the next best thing.

What do you enjoy about working in Hamilton House?

It is local for me, the residents and the team I work with. They are a good, friendly bunch.

Guess the team members…

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‘Food

Glorious

Food’

Food is a huge part of Hamilton House, we are delighted to say that the

winter menu is going well and the food is of a very high standard.

If you have any ideas or concerns please do not hesitate to speak to the

Kitchen Manager Fiona, Deputy Manager Elina or Clinical Lead Laura

Smith.

WANTED ITEMS..

If anyone has any small musical

instruments they would like to

donate they would be greatly

appreciated

We would be very happy if people

would like to donate bric a brac

Small bingo prizes are also much

required

Bingo Afternoon

We hold Bingo every Tuesday afternoon at

3pm, if you are visiting please feel free to join

in the fun.

Christmas Pictures

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New Year’s Day Party

We held a New Year’s Day Party for our residents where we had a buffet, party

games, bucks fizz and party poppers. Both residents and team members had lots of fun. We especially enjoyed laughing together at our animal charades game.

Charlotte Fenton Charlotte has been awarded employee

of the month for ‘making every moment

matter’ and truly ‘doing it from the

heart’ for making one of our resident’s

wishing wells come true.

Well done Charlotte.

Residents

We would like to wish

Happy Birthday to:

* Barbara Tutt

*Edna Bradbury

* Maurice Bowerman

* June Savage

* Betty Yates

Birthdays January

Employee of

the month

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Santa’s Visit

Family photos

Our Events & Activities

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Hamilton House Care Home

West street, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18

1HL

Tel: 01280 813414

hamiltonhouse@brighterkind.com

www.brighterkind.com/westburycourt

A final note… Hamilton House Care Home strives to provide meaningful activities for our residents.

During our Resident of the day experiences we spend one to one quality time finding out

what your dreams, ambitions are, what you want to do over the forthcoming months, and

we implement these into the calendar of events.

2017 was a good year for Hamilton House and I for one am looking forward to making

2018 even better, pushing onwards and upwards with the high standards of care we

provide.

We pride ourselves on being like a family here and treating all who come into the home,

as we would want our loved ones treated and to help them Love Every Day in a

brighterkind way.

I look forward to seeing old and new faces around the home and am excited to see what

this year has in store for us. Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter.

Charlotte Fenton

Recreation and Leisure Co-ordinator

If you have any feedback on this newsletter or ideas for

our residents’ activities, please contact: Charlotte Fenton Tel: 01280 813414;

hamiltonhouse.activities@brighterkind.com;

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