Resident’s and team are delighted to be awarded the carehome.co.uk ‘Recommended Top 20 UK Care Home’ Award for 2023
Kiwi House, part of Adept Care Homes has received a Top 20 Care Home Group award which is based on over 265,000 reviews from care home residents as well as their friends and family.
A Local Care Home is proving to be ‘a cut above the rest’ as they recreate the traditional barber shop experience for the male residents at Kiwi House Care Home in Derby.
Residents at local care home, Kiwi House in Alvaston, Derby enjoyed a visit from the children at Local School, Landau Forte Academy Moorhead for an Easter Egg Hunt in the garden.
Young and old enjoyed the fun of an Easter egg hunt after primary school pupils from Landau Forte Academy Moorhead were invited to a care home for a grand search in the care home grounds.
Residents at Kiwi House Care Home in Derby are crowned as Best Contemporary Choir in Company Wide Regional Christmas Choir Competition.
The residents who form the ‘choir club’ of Kiwi House Care Home rejoiced as they were crowned one of the winners of the annual company-wide Christmas Choir Competition.
Continue reading “Kiwi House Care Home Rejoices in Winning Regional Christmas Choir Competition.”Joyce Fearn (81) who has lived and worked in Derby her whole life and now resides at Kiwi House Care Home in Alvaston, has had her dream come true as part of the Adept Care Homes’ ‘Make A Wish’ program as she gets back in the saddle after almost 60 years.
Residents at Kiwi House Care Home in Alvaston, Derby, could be found ‘horsing-around’ on a residents-chosen day trip to Wenlo RDA (Riding for the disabled).
Among the resident was Joyce Fearn (81), who enjoyed many years as a passionate horse rider in her youth. Joyce’s family owned horses during her childhood and adolescence and now living at Kiwi House Care Home, she told the activities coordinator “my wish has always been to be around horses again.”
Joyce poses for a photo with her favourite horse at the Wenlo RDA
The visit offered not only fun, laughter and comfort but, for those with dementia, memory recall, stimulation and mood enhancement.
Continue reading “Kiwi House Care Home Ensures There Are No ‘Long Faces’ When Its Residents Visit Local Riding School”Residents at Kiwi House Care Home in Alvaston, Derby, gathered to handover their generous donation to local charity, The Lewis Sewell Memorial Trust and Rainbows Hospice. The cheque was presented to Bruno Gambini from The Rainbows Charity on behalf of Gillian Sewell, on this special occasion.
From Left to Right: Mark, Activities Lead, Eileen, Ann, Emma Philpott (Kiwi’s Operations Director), Bruno Gambini (rainbows Charity)
Continue reading “Kiwi House Proudly Makes Donation to Local Community Charities”A unique tour bus is rolling into the Midlands based, award-winning care home, Kiwi House in Derby to provide care workers with a virtual experience of what it is like to live with dementia, this Dementia Action Week (16-22 May).
Team at the Kiwi House Care Home will be among the first to hop on board the specially equipped bus with Dementia Manager, Karen Middleton leading the way.
Kiwi House Care Home in Derby, part of family-run Adept Care Homes, has been recognised with a High Commendation as Outstanding Small Care Provider for the second year running.
The Care Home Awards is one of the most highly regarded accolades available in the UK’s health and social care sector which celebrates the good work, innovative thinking and excellence in care which continue to drive the sector. Manager, Tracy Taylor surprised the residents and the team with the exciting news at Kiwi House.
Continue reading “Kiwi House Care Home Receives High Commendation in Prestigious National Care Home Awards”Kiwi House Care Home scooped two awards for Team Commitment and Lifestyle and Wellbeing at the annual Adept Excellence Awards Gala Night.
The home who prides itself in providing ‘a superb place to live or work’ was recognised for its efforts over the past 12 months.
“We are also proud that we have achieved the lifestyle & wellbeing award. The wellbeing of our residents is always paramount in everything we do, and life at Kiwi House is designed to provide a full range of enriching physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. The sense of community and companionship offered by all our social areas and communal activities helps promote their independence, choice and dignity,” Tracy Taylor, Home Manager.
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