Activities at Middletown Grange Care Home

Coinciding with the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, International Nurses Day, held on Thursday 12th May, is a day to celebrate nurses and care staff around the world. Residents and staff were happy to get involved by giving praise to the nurse team here at Middletown; Jane, Jevita and Jemimah.

In 2022, the International Council of Nurses is seeking to focus on the need to protect, support and invest in the nursing profession to strengthen health systems around the world. International Nurses’ Day is a day to give thanks for the dedication of care givers everywhere, who go above and beyond the call of duty to deliver extraordinary care and support.

Clemence Heriman, General Manager at the home, said: “We are very proud of our nurses and staff for their hard-work, dedication and passion about caring for others, the teams compassion and commitment has shone through even more over the past two years. They continue to work tirelessly, and I’m proud of the professionalism and duty of care they uphold. All their efforts are focused on delivering the best possible care for our residents, so it’s nice to take this time to show our appreciation in return.”

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Today we were all entertained by the wonderful high energy Tickled Pink Productions who transported our residents back to the 'Wonderful West End'.

With short-story shows from Rogers & Hammerstein, Cole Porter and Gershwin. We were captivated from the start, and enjoyed a good sing-along to songs from South Pacific, The Sound of Music, and Kiss Me Kate.

Our residents and staff had tremendous fun, and were amazed at the performers quick costume changes and enthusiasm to entertain us all. Thank you so much for a super day Tickled Pink Productions

Celebrations have been in full swing at Middletown Grange as the first of our two lady residents reached her centenary in style!

Frances Paintin was joined by staff and her fellow residents as she received a telegram from the Queen in recognition of her landmark birthday along with over 100 birthday cards from the local community, and people from all over the UK thanks to our Facebook campaign to make Frances’ day extra special.

A champagne reception was held at the home and guests enjoyed a special birthday cake made and decorated by the home’s second chef Jadwiga Phipps. Frances' room was filled with cards, gifts and balloons as she wore her very own ‘Birthday Queen’ sash and crown.

The birthday girl, said: I couldn’t believe the amount of cards I received, beautiful handmade ones from school children, and cards from people I don’t know, I feel so loved… It’s been fun turning 100 I might do it again!

Clemence Heriman, General Manager of Barchester Middletown Grange added: “We’re delighted to be celebrating a truly remarkable woman as she reaches this amazing milestone. Frances is such a popular resident, we have always treated her like a queen and today she shone as bright as a diamond! We look forward to continue being her loyal subjects as she breaks into her next century.”

We’d like to thank everyone who reacted so positively to our Facebook campaign, we’ve been inundated with fabulous cards for Frances and her fellow centenarian; Pauline who turns 100 on the 25th April. We are blessed to have these two amazing women living, and thriving within our home.

The mountain of cards we have, and continue to receive for each lady has warmed our hearts. We will be sure to read each and every one to the lady’s.

The weekly rota to keep our feathered friends happy is working well. This week several of our ladies took charge in replenishing all the community feeders.

We have so many little visitors, they should really enjoy the choice of suet, seeds and nuts (no doubt the local squirrel squad will have their fill too!).

Thank you ladies for all your hard work.

We're all getting very excited at Middletown Grange as April brings us not 1, but 2 centenarian birthdays! Two of our wonderful lady residents will turn 100 this month; on the 6th, and 25th April 2022 respectively.

We would love to make their birthday's extra special with your help, if you can spare the time to send them a birthday card, we're aiming to flood them with birthday wishes for such a landmark celebration.

Please post to:
100th Birthday Ladies, Middletown Grange Care Home, Middletown, Hailey Nr Witney, OX29 9UB

We can't thank you enough for spreading the love!

Our staff and residents took time to 'face their fears' courtesy of the ZooLab team who visited our home bringing many different mini-beasts and small creatures; full of legs and slime!

We had a wonderful time learning about all different kinds of animals and insects, their preferred food and their habitats. The snake, giant snail and tortoise were our residents favourites.

Even the tarantula with its hairy legs was (apparently) a delight to hold!