We were delighted to celebrate Blessing passing her Croft OSCE exams.

The OSCE exam is an assessment of clinical competence which all nurses have to complete in order to receive a PIN number from the NMC and we are delighted that Blessing will be one of the registered nurses here at Croft House.

We are so proud of her achievement at the home and all of the team at Croft House wanted to say a huge Congratulations. 

 

Many of the people who live with us are green fingered and have very fond memories of tending to their gardens and allotments. While the weather is not quite blessing us to get outside for long periods of time, we turned our trowels to some indoor plants! 

Kath, a lifestyle team member, kindly brought Spiderettes from her own Spider plant to share with those living here, to repot and spread around the home!

A million loves songs later...

 

There is no better way to round off our Valentine’s Day celebrations than inviting family and loved ones for a wonderful concert, performed by Katalin and Stanley from the lifestyle team.

 

Valentines is all about bringing people together and celebrating the relationships we have, yesterday was certainly an example of that. 

 

We enjoyed a trip to the local pub this month at Willowdene Care Home.  

It was Friday afternoon and the people who live with us fancied a trip out to one of the local pubs called the Dun Cow in Sedgefield.  

We ordered a taxi and went to the pub for lunch picking our favourite things from the menu.  

Everyone had a great Friday afternoon, and we went back to the home, tired and sleepy from a lovely lunch but not too full we couldn’t enjoy a cup of tea and cake when we got back.  

We enjoyed a lovely afternoon in January playing the parachute game.  

Not only do the people who live with us love the game, but it also encompasses our “More” programme which embraces all elements of mind, body, and soul.  

We always play their favourite songs which always encourages singing and lifts the soul and then hand coordination engages the mind and movement the body.  

This month we enjoyed getting back out into the local community and went round to the local PCP to grab a cup of tea and some biscuits.  

Before COVID our residents went to various activities at the PCP including garden club, coffee mornings and craft events and it was great to get back into the community and enjoy some tea and treats with the team at the PCP.  

Charity has always been close to the heart of staff and residents at Field View Care Home and this year is no exception.  

We have started collecting for the Hartlepool Baby Bank Charity, a local charity close to Field View who are collecting nappies, clothes, toiletries, bed pads, baby gates for the charity as well as supplies for the new mums.  

Each year the home nominates a charity which means something to either the staff or residents and to benefit the local community .  

We were delighted to start up our coffee mornings in February and in preparation, our Chef Moira baked the most glorious carrot cake.

The people who live with us and family members met to enjoy a cuppa, cake, and catch up and chatted about what was happening in the news now and future events our lifestyle team have planned this morning including Valentines Day and Shrove Tuesday.  

We look forward to more people coming next time to our coffee morning and joining us for one of Moira’s gorgeous cakes.

Last month our lifestyle team, Jay, and Aimee, thought they would repurpose an old medication trolley and make their very own musical tuck shop which they could take around the units here at Astor Care Complex.

First, they decorated the outside to create something more vibrant and livelier for the residents and then they stocked the inside with flavoured coffees, crossword puzzles, sweets, chocolates, and toiletries and added some music to the trolley and some funky shades.

The people who live with us loved it and everyone wanted a turn of the shades.

We are incredibly proud to have been nominated as a Finalist for the Pinders Healthcare Design Awards 2023.

A huge congratulations to the team behind our beautifully designed home!