Hello and Welcome! What a wonderful summer we’ve had. The World Cup and Wimbledon were

avidly followed by many of our residents. Read the rest of the Sparkle for

details of our summer picnic and the many other activities we’ve enjoyed,

together with details of lots of fun yet to come.

As always at Southerndown Care Home the emphasis has been on Care and

Home. Our residents are cared for in all senses of the word and we make

every effort to ensure that they see this as their home and their families

consider us a home from home. Our dedicated staff work hard through heat

waves and frozen winters to maintain the highest of standards without ever

losing the personal touch. Our residents and their families are our friends.

Friends whose input is very much appreciated. Our recent residents

meeting was an amazing success with many suggestions made and opinions

voiced. It was a pleasure to hear so many people fully participating in the

life of the home.

It’s nearly a year since the WOW project refurbished various areas in the

Elderly Frail Unit and the 10-60-6 project improved the decoration and

much more in Memory Lane. The new café area in Elderly Frail has proved

to be popular with visitors who are now able to help themselves to drinks

and delicious cakes and chat to family and other visiting relatives.

So now we look forward to cooler days and cosying up in our comfortable,

homely lounges. Before we know it the Festive Season will be upon us and

we all know the excitement that brings.

As always myself and my team are available if you, as relatives, have

anything you wish to discuss. We, as always, will do everything in our power

to keep your relatives, our residents, safe, happy and well cared for.

Remember - at Southerndown we keep Sparkling!

Southerndown

Sparkle

Inside

This Issue

Summer Picnic

Visit from

in2cultures

Congratulations

Graeme

G.E.M.S.S

Pre School Visit

Carers Week

Introducing

Amy

Upcoming

Events

A few words

from Barchester

Southerndown Care Home

Worcester Road, Chipping Norton, OX7 5YF

Tel: 01608 644129 • www.barchester.com

Mandy Vettraino

Senior General Manager

News in and around

Southerndown

Summer Picnic Thank you to everyone who came

and made this day so special and to

the Activities team who worked so

hard!

Visit from

in2cultures Everyone here at Southerndown

really enjoyed the African

Drumming and singing afternoon.

G.E.M.S.S

Garnering Emotions Memories and

Support at Southerndown

G.E.M.S.S is a get together group for

family and friends held here at

Southerndown Quarterly

These get togethers can offer us help

support and advice

Our next G.E.M.S.S meeting is Friday 5th

October Meeting in Elderly Frail

Reception

Congratulations

Graeme on becoming a

Care Practitioner

Chipping Norton Pre School Visit

News in and around

Southerndown

In July residents from

Southerndown visited

Chipping Norton Pre School,

to join in with morning

activities.

It was a treat to make so

many new friends and we are

looking forward to our next

visit.

News in and around

Southerndown

Theatre Trip With it being the 40th anniversary of Grease we

are heading to Chipping Norton Theatre to

watch a relaxed screen performance of Grease.

Monday 8th October 10.30am

If you would like to join in on the fun, please

speak to Julie or Stacey

Introducing Amy

Amy is our new Volunteer who will be joining

us on Mondays.

Amy Joined us firstly as a part of her NVQ

level 2 work placement, she enjoyed working

at Southerndown so much she decided that she

wanted to stay.

Amy will be assisting with activities, and

joining us on trips out.

Carers Week – An opportunity to say thank you

News in and around

Southerndown

Fundraising for

Barchester Foundation

Thank you very much to everyone who

donated money supporting Natasha

Lazovic in the ‘Team Barchy’ London 10K run

We’re very pleased to announce that total

money raised by Southerndown was £100

bringing the total money raised to over £3500

Well done Team Barchy!

Events coming up Tristian singing 23rd August

Robert singing 24th August

World’s biggest coffee

morning for McMillan 28th of September

G.E.M.S.S Friday 5th October

Trip to Chipping Norton

theatre to watch Grease Monday 8th October

Residents and Relatives

meeting Wednesday 10th October

World Food Day Tuesday 16th of October

Bonfire Night Monday 5th of November

A few words from

Barchester…

Barchester Care

Awards

Thank you to everyone who nominated a member of

staff for the 2018 Barchester Care Awards. Nominations

are now closed, but we are delighted to announce that

we received over 1,500 in total – beating out the

number from last year by almost 200!

The divisional winners will be decided over the summer,

and each of them will be invited to a special celebratory

lunch and awards ceremony at The Midland Hotel in

Manchester on 11th October.

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Barchester Blog

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home blog offers news and insights about the

healthcare sector, in addition to a glimpse

into working life at Barchester and help &

advice for older people.

Learn about ‘A day in the life of a Barchester

carer’ and the right ‘Questions to ask when

looking for a care home’ – plus much, much

more!

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Press’ section at the top of the page, then

click ‘Care Home Blog’.