Activities at Stamford Bridge Beaumont Care Home

We had a fabulous afternoon on Wednesday; we had a lovely visit from Carla who came to sing and dance for residents. Carla really puts everything into her performances and gets residents involved with singing and dancing. Carla sings songs thats residents know and love, which means they enjoy joining in with her.

A few weeks ago we, were very excited to receive an invite to the Stamford Bridge Junior School Harvest Festival. When we arrived at the school, we were showed to our tables and the pupils served us home-made soup, which they had helped to prepare, and fresh rolls that were absolutely delicious. We also enjoyed tea, coffee and cakes. The children and staff looked after us and made us feel so welcome - it was an honour for us to be there. The children and the community choir also sang for us, which was a lovely treat.

We would like to thank the school for a lovely afternoon.

We had a fabulous visit from Matt Jones here at the Beaumont recently. Matt is a new singer that we hired, and he just overflows with confidence; he sings songs from the rock and roll times, and residents just love to sing along with him. Matt also brings musical instruments along for residents to play. We all had such a fun afternoon!

We recently celebrated cupcake week; our kitchen staff made some delicious cupcakes and we delivered them around the communities. Residents commented on how nice they looked and tasted. As cakes are a favourite here at the Beaumont, they were very much enjoyed.

We've been celebrating since 4 of our staff members and our Memory Lane Team were named as finalists in the National Care Awards and Great British Care Awards. The individuals have been selected for their outstanding commitment to delivering the very best services to the people they care for

Care Apprentice, Gemma Sedman, has been named as a National Care Awards finalist in the Care Apprentice category for excelling in personal and team roles, and for exhibiting enthusiasm, professionalism, confidence and a dedication to her on-going career development. Gemma has been invited to attend a gala dinner event on 25th November 2016, where the winners will be announced.

At the Great British Care Awards, Care Practitioner, Louise Storey, has been nominated for a Dementia Carer Award for delivering services sensitive to the needs of older people with dementia. Both Amy Young and Steph Bates are finalists in the Good Nurse category for promoting the emotional, physical, psychological and social health of the people they support; and Team Memory Lane at Stamford Bridge are in the running for a Care Team Award for demonstrating a shared vision with agreed goals and excellent communication. 

Good luck to all of them!

We had an excellent visit from Zoo lab recently. They bought some very exotic animals in for us to take a look at, including an African land snail, a giant African millipede, a Chilean rose tarantula and many others. We all enjoyed learning about them, and George and Hannah were very knowledgeable and told us some great facts about these beautiful creatures. We had a lovely afternoon - thank you for your great visit.