A unique tour bus is rolling into the Midlands based, award-winning care home, The Old Vicarage in Clay Cross 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 The Old Vicarage Care Home will be among the first to hop on board the specially equipped bus with Dementia Manager, Karen Middleton leading the way.
Residents at local care home, The Old Vicarage, in Clay Cross, Derbyshire enjoyed a visit from the local children of the 1st Tupton Beavers for an Easter Egg Hunt in the garden.
Young and old enjoyed the fun of an Easter egg hunt after the children of the 1st Tupton Beavers, Chesterfield Scouts were invited to the care home for a grand search in the care home grounds hosted by the world-famous Easter Bunny.
Residents at The Old Vicarage Care Home in Chesterfield were surprised by two fluffy Alpaca visitors during their afternoon tea in the garden. The loveable and curious animals which traditionally originate from Peru and are known for their beautiful soft fur, were met with cheers, gasps, laughter and even a few surprised faces when they took a guided tour around the home’s grounds and mature gardens. In fact, resident, Florence (91) said, “aren’t they just amazing, what beautiful and unique animals!“
Natalie Smith, Lifestyle & Activities Lead, who supported the dedicated team in making the special visit possible said, “it was so wonderful to see the joy on each and every resident’s faces when they got to meet the alpacas, feeding them carrots and feeling how soft their fur is. What a memorable experience had by all!”
Colin Barnett, a relative said” It’s so lovely seeing all the great things you do for your residents. Thank you so much for looking after them so well.”
Home Manager Lynn Bennett said, “The residents, their families and the team thoroughly enjoyed it and it was an absolute delight to see the reaction on the resident’s faces when they met the alpacas. A day to remember! Our lifestyle and wellbeing program is designed around our residents and their passions. Here in the Derbyshire dales a lot of our residents have fond past times of animals and farms and this was truly special for them.”
Bob, (Robert Jessup, 94) said “it was such a lovely surprise and so nice to have such wonderful visitors, they are so fluffy and soft, they would make great jumpers” as he chuckled.
The Old Vicarage Care Home in Clay Cross, 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 that continue to drive the sector. Area Manager, Kirsty Carter surprised the residents and the team with the exciting news at the Old Vicarage.
Continue reading “The Old Vicarage Care Home Receives High Commendation in Prestigious National Care Home Awards”The Old Vicarage Care Home in Clay Cross 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. Area Manager, Kirsty Carter surprised the residents and the team with the exciting news at the Old Vicarage.
“It’s fantastic that our hard work has been recognised, these remarkable achievements have been driven by an unwavering commitment to ensuring our care homes are environments where residents and team members are able to flourish,” said Joe Lock, Communities Director for Adept Care Homes and The Old Vicarage.
“I can’t believe anyone is more deserving of this award than the team at The Old Vicarage. As part of the resident’s committee, we want to say thank you for all their hard work and for making our home a superb place to live,” – said Mona, a Resident.
Area Manager, Kirsty said “We are absolutely thrilled to have won this achievement two years in a row. This has been an extraordinarily difficult year for the care sector and our team has performed superbly. These awards are a fitting reward for all their hard work and dedication to our residents, their loved ones, and the communities we serve. I couldn’t be prouder of them.”
One Judge said: “A superb entry, shows care, love, and innovation – everything is truly about the residents.”
The Old Vicarage Care Home is partnering with award-winning Oomph! Wellness to engage residents and team in a holistic world of enriched wellbeing.
The Old Vicarage Care Home, Clay Cross Derbyshire provides high-quality, person-centred care, where each resident is treated with dignity and respect whilst offering a fun and engaging social program so that residents can continue to enjoy past interests and try new activities. Families and friends can join in with the daily activities offering reassurance that residents’ happiness and well-being is at the heart of everything they do.
Oomph! On Demand, which is Oomph!’s new digital platform, provides a multitude of ‘evergreen’ engaging exercise and activity content, 365 days a year. Providing a diverse range of topics, meeting a range of varied interests and abilities and allows the team to deliver safe, meaningful and most importantly, fun, wellbeing sessions that residents love.
Continue reading “The Old Vicarage Boosts Residents Wellbeing with All-New, ‘Singing and Dancing’ Partnership.”The family-run home in the heart of Clay Cross has been welcoming new residents as the home sees a glimmer of normality following the global pandemic. Meet Beryl, one of the new residents at Old Vicarage.
“I moved to Old Vicarage as I was finding it increasingly difficult to manage at home but since moving, I have been so happy and had the best time.” explained Beryl.
Activities Coordinator, Natalie Smith and her son Olly (9) are attempting to climb Mount Snowdon on July 10th 2021, to raise funds for the resident’s social fund at The Old Vicarage Care Home, Clay Cross.
Natalie works as part of the designated activities teams and wants to enhance the already dynamic activities and social program, by raising money, her aim is to increase the number of tailored outings, activities, and entertainment which are purposefully designed to be meaningful to each individual resident already living with dementia at The Old Vicarage.
Continue reading “Local Care Home is ‘Climbing Mountains’ for Its Residents.”With veganism becoming one of the UK’s fastest-growing lifestyle movements and with an estimated 7,000 vegetarians and vegans in residential and nursing care homes, Hospitality Manager, Rebecca Lambert decided to introduce residents to the plant-based diet by holding a vegan festival during the month of January, or better known as ‘Veganuary’.
Continue reading “Residents go vegan and discover there is far more to Veganuary than ‘meats’ the eye!”Kenny brings with him a wealth of experience and extensive knowledge following 7 years working alongside Adept Care Homes as Relationship Director with RBS and later, as Senior Director, Health & Social Care with CYB (Clydesdale & Yorkshire Bank).
Continue reading “Kenny Nelson newly appointed Business Director at Adept Care Homes”Request a brochure
