Activities at Overslade House Care Home

Here at Overslade House, residents spent a lovely afternoon with family and friends. They enjoyed virtual live theatre from the Barn Theatre in the Cotswolds, with a performance of 'Some Mothers Do Ave Em'.

Residents enjoyed fresh popcorn and tasty ice cream during the interval and there were lots of belly laughs. The actors playing Frank Spencer and Betty were absolutely brilliant!!

Keep your eyes peeled for more of these events soon...we already know we have A Christmas Carol from the Old Vic Theatre London in December and we can't wait!

World Animal Day is celebrated yearly on October 4th to align with the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology and animals. So here at Overslade, we decided to arrange a little visit to the home.

Residents here at Overslade were thrilled to meet the The Alpaca Pals again, who stayed with us for a whole 2 hours.

The Alpacas visited residents in their rooms and lounges and some of the residents were able to feed carrots to Dante, the cream Alpaca and Hagan, the chocolate Alpaca.

The Alpacas behaved impeccably again and we're already looking forward to the next visit!

Staff and residents Overslade House, were treated to a virtual tour of the wonderful world of The Cornish Seal Sanctuary in Gweek, Cornwall, hosted by Education & Guest Experience Supervisor, Rebecca Langston. Residents in Memory Lane enjoyed creating their own seals with pebble painting and colouring and learning interesting facts about seals. 

The Cornish Seal Sanctuary is a charity that rescues seal pups in need of help from around the Cornish coastline and nurses them back to health, ready to rehabilitate them back into the wild.  Their mission is to provide expert care for sick, injured or distressed seals or other marine creatures in need of help who are found around our shores.  The Sanctuary strives to release all animals back into their natural environment when they are back to full health, or to provide a permanent home and ongoing care for those that cannot be released. 

Our residents loved seeing the seals up close and learning about the incredible work the sanctuary does to protect them and other wildlife in Cornwall as well.  A big thank you to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary for the fantastic live virtual event everyone truly enjoyed the experience!

The Senior General Manager, Violeta Baesu, at Overslade House has received a prestigious 20 Year Service Award in celebration of working at the home for 20 years.

Violeta has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years, and has vast experience coming from a background of Care and Nursing.  Regional Director, Clare Mudge, staff and residents held a party for Violeta to celebrate this achievement.

Violeta Baesu, started at Overslade House as a carer in 2004 and was very quickly promoted to senior carer.  Violeta then completed her 6 month adaptation period in Northampton to become a RGN in 2008.   Following this she completed NVQ 3 and NVQ 4 in Leadership and Management and became Head of Night Shift in 2011. 

In 2012 Violeta become Head of Unit on days and in 2014 was promoted to Deputy Manager at Overslade.  Violeta studied at Wolverhampton University for 2 years and completed her degree in nursing and then completed her NVQ 5 in leadership and Management.  Violeta became General Manager in 2015 and then Senior General Manager in 2020. 

Violeta Baesu, General Manager of Overslade House said: “I am delighted to be celebrating 20 years of service with Overslade House and I’m looking forward to many more years of managing the home.”

Residents at Overslade House Care Home in Rugby, Warwickshire celebrated the International Day of Charity on September 5th and also Emergency Services Day on September 9th. 

Staff and residents enjoyed reminiscing about all of the charities they had supported over the years and the different things they had done to raise funds.

Residents Marjorie, Betty, Peter and John went with the Activities Team on a minibus trip to deliver cakes made by our Head Chef Corey Leake, to Hope4, Rugby, for the homeless.  Next stop was to the Salvation Army, Rugby, followed by The Myton Hospices, Rugby, Finally we paid a visit to Hospital of St. Cross, Rugby who were thrilled with the cakes.

Emergency Services Day (also known as 999 Day) in the United Kingdom is an annual event on 9 September each year to promote efficiency in the UK Emergency Services, to educate the public about using the emergency services responsibly, and to promote volunteering across the emergency services. 

Rugby Fire Station Red Watch were invited to visit the home and it was touch and go as 15 minutes before they were leaving they had an emergency call out. 

Thankfully Firefighters came to visit residents the following day to talk about Fire Safety in the home and received cakes and goodie bags as a huge thank you for their time. 

Marjorie, a resident at the home, commented: “There are so many wonderful charities that do such fantastic work and we could not do without our emergency services, it was lovely to be able to celebrate all the good things that people do to help others and give something back, we also had a scenic drive around the surrounding countryside afterwards which was wonderful”

Resident, Graham Stead, at Overslade House Care Home was a champion speed skater in his youth and wanted to revisit a roller arena once again, so staff at the home made his wish a reality.

Graham has lived at Overslade House Care Home for 2 years and staff at the home were delighted to be a part of making his wish come true, as they knew how much it meant to him, and they all wanted to be there to see the smile on Graham’s face when his wish was realised.

Staff first found out about Graham’s wish and were dedicated to helping him achieve it, by arranging a visit to Midland Roller Arena in Lutterworth.

In response to this wonderful surprise, Graham, said: “I really enjoyed it”, whilst pointing out the very good skaters and especially those with flashing lights on their wheels.   When asked if one skater would make the grade Graham replied in his own way,  “He’s alright” 

. Living just a stone’s throw away from Birmingham Embassy Roller rink Graham visited frequently and was a relatively late comer to speed skating when he joined the NSA in 1950

By 1953 Graham was recognised as one of Britain’s top skaters and it was that year that he won his first British Championship medal finishing a close second.  By January 1954 Graham had taken no fewer than 5 major medals in his skating.