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Kelly Toasts 2018 as Bowood Employee of the Year

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Christmas has come early for the care manager at Bowood Court & Mews.

On being officially named as the home’s Employee of the Year and scooping a £100 Christmas bonus, Kelly Bates from Bowood Court & Mews said: “I am very proud to be part of the great team at Bowood Court & Mews. I really enjoy my role as Care Manager as I assist our lovely residents to remain safe and independent whilst being well cared for,”

“Many congratulations to Kelly. As part of our aim of being a superb place to live or work, we operate a monthly Employee of the Month scheme. Each of our care home managers chooses to recognise the work of an employee and then at the end of the year, we select the overall winner at each home. This year, we also surprised our team with prizes for the ‘Best Dressed’ amongst them at our glittering awards and Christmas party!” explained Adept Managing Director, Dave Lock.

Care Home Residents Go to Office Christmas Doo!

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Their working days may be over, but thanks to a local accountancy firm, care home residents have enjoyed being part of a work’s Christmas party once again!

“It was fantastic, everyone was very friendly. I didn’t expect to attend another work’s Christmas party, but how lovely of them all to invite us along to theirs,” said Brian Beech, from Kiwi House Care Home, Derby.

PKF Cooper Parry decided to invite residents from Kiwi House Care Home to its staff Christmas lunch, which also saw a festive choir performance, a tombola and all guests received a present!

“I have had a wonderful afternoon. I enjoyed every part of it but my favourite was the choir,” said Dave Waldie, a fellow resident at Kiwi House who attended the Christmas Party at PKF’s offices on Thursday 13thDecember.

PKF Cooper Parry, People Engagement Manager, Laura Hill explained: “We are passionate about the communities in which we operate. Our focus on social isolation in particular prompted us to invite local care home residents to our Christmas party. It’s a lovely time of year and we wanted to include other members of our community in our celebrations. It was lovely to see everyone having such a great time!”

Former teacher Judy connects with local school children

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Judy Pass, 73, a former school teacher has enjoyed meeting young people once again, thanks to an intergenerational social club with her care home and Birchensale Primary School.

“I used to be a teacher in the local area and it was absolutely great to have the school children visit the home to entertain us. I loved playing games with Leah, we had lots of fun,” said Judy a resident at Bowood Court & Mews Care Home in Redditch.

Judy and Leah met at Bowood’s new social club which sees residents and children come together to have fun and socialise doing everything from playing games to singing and baking!

“At the care home it was really nice and we all had a great time. We got to play Bingo and made cakes with some of the residents, some of the others did arts and crafts. The residents were really nice to talk to and we enjoyed spending time with them,’ said Leah.

“The visit to Bowood Court & Mews provided a unique and fantastic experience for our children. It was great to see two different generations interacting and conversing in such a positive way through activities in which all could access and enjoy. As our school and the care home are so close it was great to build this link into the wider community and share the caring and welcoming nature of our pupils with others. The children haven’t stopped talking about the visit since and can’t wait to go back in the future,” added Mr Crooke from Birchendale Primary School.

Dawn Leaver, Bowood Court & Mews Manager concluded: “It’s so wonderful to see the children and the visit was such a success we plan to add this club to our existing list of social clubs that areso popular with our residents.

“The children are not shy at all and happily speak and interact with the residents. Our residents find it so rewarding and it shows that there are no age boundaries when it comes to making friends. The children bring their joy, laughter, and innocence into the home and their visits encourage residents to share their own parental and sometimes childhood memories. It’s just so heart-warming to watch and is a fantastic way to ensure our residents continue to interact with our local community,”

Choral Christmas Delight in Care Home Competition

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Residents from Chetwynd House Care Home, Chilwell, performed to a packed audience of relatives and loved ones at St Catherine’s Church, Burbage as part of a care home singing competition.

Each choir performed two of their favourite songs including a Christmas classic and together the five choirs taking part all gave a rousing performance of We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Whilst also fun, the choirs were judged by an experienced panel with four members and the leader of St Catherine’s church choir. The resident choirs were treated to a fish & chip lunch before the awards were presented. Chetwynd House picked up the Best Overall award!

“It was a lovely day out, it was so much fun, I really enjoyed myself,” said Audrey Johnson. “It was fantastic. I love singing and I sang my heart out,” added Brian Johnson.

Adept Care Homes Managing Director, Dave Lock said: “Singing is a much-loved past time for our residents and we have all enjoyed months of practice along with today’s final performances. The church has been a great setting and with performances of Jingle Bells and Winter Wonderland, we’re definitely feeling festive! A huge congratulations to everyone involved in delivering something truly special for our residents.”

Choral Christmas Delight in Care Home Competition

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Residents from Moat House Care Home, Burbage, performed to a packed audience of relatives and loved ones at St Catherine’s Church, Burbage as part of a care home singing competition which saw 5 midlands-based resident choirs take part.

Each choir performed two of their favourite songs includinga Christmas classic and together the five choirs taking part all gave a rousing performance of We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Whilst also fun, the choirs were judged by an experienced panel with four members and the leader of St Catherine’s church choir. The resident choirs were treated to a fish & chip lunch before the awards were presented. Moat House picked up the award for Best large Choir!

Phyllis Wormleighton, aged 93, said: “This was such a good idea as it is great to do things with residents at other care homes,” Moat House resident, Sheila Ann Ward added: “I never thought I would do anything like this!”

 Adept Care Homes Managing Director, Dave Lock said: “Singing is a much-loved past time for our residents and we have all enjoyed months of practice along with today’s final performances. The church has been a great setting and with performances of Jingle Bells and Winter Wonderland, we’re definitely feeling festive! A huge congratulations to everyone involved in delivering something truly special for our residents.”

Father Andrew, of St Catherine’s Church concluded: “Singing brightens your life! It was a great pleasure having Adept Care Homes here, it was a highlight for us,”

Choral Christmas Delight in Care Home Competition

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Residents from Kiwi House performed to a packed audience of relatives and loved ones at St Catherine’s Church, Burbage as part of a care home singing competition.

Each of the 5 choirs performed two of their favourite songs including a Christmas classic and together the five choirs taking part all gave a rousing performance of We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Whilst also fun, the choirs were judged by an experienced panel with four members and the leader of St Catherine’s church choir. The resident choirs were treated to a fish & chip lunch before the awards were presented. Kiwi House picked up the award for best small choir.

Marie Hopkins Resident at Kiwi House said: ”I had a lovely day, it was nice helping each other. The fish and chips were hot and lovely. The whole team worked very hard. It was a really nice day out!”

Adept Care Homes Managing Director, Dave Lock said: “Singing is a much-loved past time for our residents and we have all enjoyed months of practice along with today’s final performances. The church has been agreat setting and with performances of Jingle Bells and Winter Wonderland, we’re definitely feeling festive! A huge congratulations to everyone involved in delivering something truly special for our residents.”

Choral Christmas Delight in Care Home Competition

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Residents from Douglas Court performed to a packed audience of relatives and loved ones at St Catherine’s Church, Burbage as part of a care home singing competition.

Each of 5 resident choirs performed two of their favourite songs including a Christmas classic and together the five choirs taking part all gave a rousing performance of We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Whilst also fun, the choirs were judged by an experienced panel with four members and the leader of St Catherine’s church choir. The resident choirs were treated to a fish & chiplunch before the awards were presented. Douglas Court was awarded Best creative choir.

“It was a lovely day out, I really enjoyed it. You need toget out now and then and mix with other people,” said Douglas Court Resident, Madge Kemm. 

Adept Care Homes Managing Director, Dave Lock said: “Singing is a much-loved past time for our residents and we have all enjoyed months of practice along with today’s final performances. The church has been agreat setting and with performances of Jingle Bells and Winter Wonderland,we’re definitely feeling festive! A huge congratulations to everyone involved in delivering something truly special for our residents.”