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St. Margarets Care Home
November 2017
What’s inside
Latest News 2
Special events page 3-7
Upcoming Events 8
Staff News 9
Birthdays 11
Song of the Month 13
Final Notes and
Feedback 15-16
The Manager’s welcome
It has been an exciting time recently at St Margarets, we have welcomed many new team members to the group who are all absolutely fantastic. I am most excited about our new activities team, they are so creative and inspiring. They have really got the bit between their teeth and are creating busy activities planners daily for all the residents.
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We have been busy with events and bonanzas – please keep your eye on the activities board for details of upcoming events. If you would like to get involved with any, please don’t hesitate to speak to Susana, Mario or Sarah. As always, I like to take every opportunity to thank the teams for all their incredibly hard work – I can’t thank them enough.
Sincerely, Lucy Duffin
Health Investor Awards 2017
Brighterkind won the Residential Care Provider of the Year award recently and a trophy is on display in the reception. A big well-done to our entire staff!
LATEST NEWS We have visits from the
nurseries twice a week –St.
Margarets nursery and
Playdays nursery.
We have a lovely Therapet
called Harley coming to
visit every two weeks on a
Wednesday!
We have started a choir
called the Golden Tones
and hope to perform all
around Edinburgh once
well established.
Opening Hours of Reception
The reception is now open 7 days a week from 9.00am till 6.00pm instead of 10.30am till 4.30pm. The longer hours will help anyone who has inquiries that are unable to contact us within normal working hours. We hope to see an improvement of quality in our customer care with this change.
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Harley the Pet Therapy Dog
Lynne and Harley are our new pet therapy duo, they come and visit us fortnightly on a Wednesday they spend time with the
residents. Harley enjoys getting dog treats, crisps, and attention. We wish a very warm welcome to the team.
ANIMAL LOVERS DAY!
27TH October
Urban Nature came in to see us on the 27th of October bringing a whole host of exotic animals with them to help us celebrate animals in there many shapes and size. Urban Nature delighted the staff and residents alike with everything from bunnies to snakes and even a giant millipede.
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Macmillan Coffee Morning
A lovely time spent with residents and the nursery
kids! Lots of cake and tea!
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MEXICAN PARTY
The residents loved dressing up, dancing along to Mexican music
and more importantly wear moustaches for the day!
An amazing afternoon spent exploring other cultures!
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HALLOWEEN PARTY! The Halloween party was a massive success. The party took place on the 31st of October. Many of the residents agreed to come after hearing a promise of chocolate, and were very excited to eat candy bars and try out costumes. Staff Nurse Narinder commented “This is the most enthusiastic I’ve seen residents in a long time!”
Activities with Oomph!
Oomph stands for: Our Organization Makes People Happy.
It is an award-winning social enterprise and the UK’s largest
provider of fun, inclusive and effective exercise classes for
older people. Their goal is to make millions of older people
over the world happier and healthier and to create a care
sector that puts quality of life before anything else.
Our two PALs Sarah and Susana are now fully qualified to teach
these classes, and will be doing so twice a week! Keep
grooving and let’s get fit!
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The Golden Tones Choir!
Join our friendly choir, every
Wednesday at 11am
(Matthew Lounge).
Everyone is welcome!
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Don’t Forget to Join us in Celebrating
St. Andrew’s Day on November 30th!
December 1 Cats Pyjamas 7PM Christmas Sing-a-
long
December 4 Carols Crafts for
Christmas
5PM at Holyrood High
School
December 6 Communion At 2:30PM in St Margarets
December 13 Magic of Christmas 6PM at St Margarets
December 14 The Nutcracker 2:30PM at the Festival
Theater
December 18 Baking Cookies Day 2:30PM at St Margarets
December 20 Go Caroling Day Out in the Community
December 25 Christmas Day!
Golden Tones Choir
performance
2:30PM at St Margarets
November is Awareness Month!
Please help us draw awareness to the causes
that are closest to your heart!
Upcoming Events and Activities
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Wishing wheels!
We welcome new staff: Khen, Bal, Leonila, Franchesca,
Teodora, Catherine, Siderah, and Hillary!
We bid farewell to our longtime PAL Lesley and thank her for all
the wonderful contributions she has made to the activities
team!
Lastly, we congratulate Claire getting promoted from staff
nurse to Charge nurse. Ricardo, Sara and Juliana for
graduating from the SVQ 3 and becoming Senior carers!
Staff News
A huge thank you to Lauren, Lisa, and Lucy for participating and completing the Brighterkind Wishing Wheels Cycle Challenge and raising £570 for children in need. They cycled over 140 miles from St. Margarets care home to North Yorkshire over three days. Our Regional Manager Bev Jewitt and four others have been invited to the televised Children in Need night as Brighterkind is on track to raise over £17,500 from the Wishing Wheels Challenge.
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‘Food
Glorious
Food’
. Weekly menus are now displayed for everyone to see and review at the
reception as well as in all the dining rooms. In addition to those menus
we have prepared an optional menu which can be found in all dining
areas.
Please feel free to leave your feedback and suggestions!
Bingo FRIDAYs!
Every Friday afternoon there’s a Bingo game in Buchanan or
Matthew lounge at 2.30pm! Come along & win some prizes!
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Residents
We would
like to wish
Happy Birthday
to:
October:
Roderick McLeod (26/10) November:
Joyce Slater (14/11) Ann Mitchell (19/11) Sarah Hamilton (29/11)
Birthdays
this month!
Employee of
the month Sara Wyse – Home trainer & senior care assistant– she achieved her SVQ 3 in record time and has been so dedicated to St. Margaret’s and the continued improvement with training.
Sara always does her job with lots of heart and makes every moment matter. She also won the regional employee of the month, decided by Bev Jewitt.
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Out and About
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RATHO BARGE TRIP!
Regent Gardens Trip
St Margarets hosted a lovely evening for residents and family enjoying a nice glass of wine and cheese to nibble as they mingled with staff and other friends of St. Margaret’s
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Song of the Month
The other night dear, as I lay sleeping I dreamed I held you in my arms
But when I awoke, dear, I was mistaken So I hung my head and I cried
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love
you Please don't take my sunshine away
I'll always love you and make you happy
If you will only say the same But if you leave me and love another
You'll regret it all some day
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love
you Please don't take my sunshine away!
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Therapet visits:
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A final note… I hope you have enjoyed our newsletter and can look forward to an edition every 3
months with the latest from St Margarets. If there is anything you would like to see
more or less of, please let us know.
We have had some wonderful feedback from the residents and relatives of St Margarets;
we really appreciate feedback of any kind. If you feel you would like to speak to us
about any aspect of your experiences at St Margarets, myself, Mary Dick (Deputy
Manager) and Lauren McKinlay Cunningham (Customer relations manager) are here to
talk to. On that note, I will leave you with some of the lovely comments we have
received about our fantastic team and home:
“The excellent staff are all so friendly and it is down to them that my sister recovered as
well as she did”
“Thank the team for the exceptional end of life care and additional support. We were
welcomed as a family to be part of the St Margarets family”
“After a couple of weeks at St Margarets, my mother’s complextion and health
improved. The nurses, carers, facilities food and activities are all excellent and the
change in Mother is apparent.”
Lucy Duffin, Home Manager
Would you like to ‘review us’ on carehome.co.uk?
We’d love for you to share a good experience you’ve
had at St Margaret’s with others. Reviews can be made
by a resident, relative or friend. Simply go online or ask
a member of the team for a card.
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Our Events & Activities
EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY MORNING WE DO OOMPH! EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING- GOLDEN TONES CHOIR
REHEARSALS! NURSERY KIDS VISITS TWICE A WEEK! EVERY FORTHNIGHT ON WEDNESDAYS VISITS FROM THERAPET
HARLEY AND LYNNE. FRIDAY LUNCH CLUB FOLLOWED BY FRIDAY BINGO! As well as baking, arts & crafts, theatre and drama days, adventures and trips in Edinburgh, museum visits, theatre and performance visits, and afternoon shopping trips!
Thank you,
Susana, Sarah & Antonio
If you have any feedback on this newsletter or ideas for
our residents’ activities, please contact:
For feedback and any ideas:
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