Activities at Overslade House Care Home

Acknowledging World Environmental Day and National Fish and Chip Day, residents took a trip to Stratford upon Avon and enjoyed fish and chips by the river Avon. Resident Dot said she was going on the Big Wheel afterwards.

Upon finishing lunch we visited the lovely butterfly farm which was very tropical in all senses and a hidden gem, with many rare and beautiful butterflies of all colours, set in lovely tropical surroundings. 

Stratford upon Avon is a favourite place to visit for our residents as they take in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and passing boats and swans and just lazing about on the river, as the saying goes.

Well what a fabulous time we had at our Spring Fair on May Bank Holiday Monday.  Thank you so much to  The Alpaca Pals, who stayed for 2 hours and visited all of our residents in their rooms as well as joining us outside for a dance later on, Little Boss Jewellery, Proper Job Crafts (who also gave our residents a little talk on leather crafting), CSJ Embroidery, Zambuko Ra Jehovah Trust selling items made by orphaned African children and author Christine Sepahi selling self-penned books.

Gemma Richen  entertained our residents, getting everybody clapping and singing along. Our Chef Dario Mozzettini  provided delicious hot dogs and cakes.

We also managed to raise money for the Barchester Charitable Foundation. The weather was kind and a fabulous afternoon was had by all.

General Manager Violeta Baesu said "it is so wonderful to see families, friends and the local community together, enjoying themselves in our beautiful gardens, our doors are always open with a warm welcome."

Residents John, Nathan and Pam said "we have had a wonderful time, it was such a lovely afternoon, meeting the Alpacas and being entertained."

Also a lovely compliment from one of our stall holders who also had a little dance "You are talented for making people at ease and be comfortable. It was a lovely experience meeting happy residents singing away beautiful songs. We enjoyed every minute of it. Well planned. Well done

Good team work.

Have more of these family fairs."

Residents paid their respects to those who fought or were lost in the D Day landings 80 years ago today.

The D-Day operation of June 6, 1944, brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history.

Residents had a service conducted by Gift of Years and sang some beautiful hymns, after watching D Day services. The room was decorated with memorabilia and also mini parachutists made by our Memory lane residents.

In the afternoon residents were entertained with songs from shows relating to lost soldiers and also war songs on the piano.

This was followed by the Movie, The Great Escaper.

To finish residents enjoyed a beautiful cake made by our chef Dario Mozzettini with pork pies and sausage rolls. Resident Dot said “Everything was perfect it’s been a lovely afternoon, thank you .”

Residents commented on how heavy the uniforms were and couldn’t imagine how heavy they were in the sea. A relative of one of our residents said “yes they were such good quality, my father was in the armed services and I remember how they used to clean their gold buttons.”

Ladies from some of our local WI’s joined residents at Overslade House on World Cocktail day on the 13th May.

Alison Elliott, President of Deerings Regent Daytime WI and Catherine Duffield-Smith, along with Meryl Gregory from Hillmorton Paddox WI visited Overslade House, to donate a beautiful crocheted blanket to the home.

Alison Elliott, President of Deerings Regent Daytime WI and Catherine Duffield-Smith said “we are delighted to be donating this blanket to Overslade House and every ounce of love and hard work has been put into this blanket by many ladies of the WI’s.

Meryl Gregory from Paddox WI and also Rugby Phoenix Ukulele band said “I love this home, you are always made to feel so welcome and everybody is so well looked after, if ever I am needing to be in a home this is the place I will choose!”

Celebrations included a fashion show from Wanda’s Fashions in Dunchurch, Rugby, and also cosmetics from Tropic Skin care were on display. Cocktails, from Mojitos and Daiquiri’s to pink gin were served to all of our ladies and delicious cakes were made by our Hospitality Team.

To mark Dementia Action Week, staff and residents at Overslade House were delighted to be gifted beautiful branded memory boxes filled with retro Cadbury chocolate bars.

Staff and Residents at Overslade House Care Home used the Cadbury Memory Bar boxes by having sensory tasting sessions, they also took part in a quiz and virtual documentary with Cadbury and reminisced about their favourite chocolates.   Many residents remember the gold and purple wrappers, but did you know the original wrappers were red and mauve?

International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world on May 12th, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth.

It provides us with an opportunity to recognise, acknowledge and celebrate all Nurses for all you do all year round. Overslade house would like to say a massive thank you to our wonderful nurses who look after not just residents but staff also.

Violeta Baesu, General Manager at the home, said:  “At Overslade House, our nurses and staff are hard-working, dedicated, and passionate about caring for others, and that compassion and commitment has shone through even more over the past year. 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.  It is also lovely to celebrate our residents Daphne, Lynda and Iris who were nurses themselves and thank them for all the hard work they did during their careers.”