It’s Team Meeting Day! Always noisy, always caffeinated and always brimming with exciting ideas to make our services even better! …
The month of June sees our Dorset care home, Apple House, supporting British Red Cross. Holding a scrumptious tea party on June 6th, we are proud to fundraise as part of British Red Cross’s ‘Show Some HumaniTea’ initiative. …
It’s been a busy weekend here at Summerwood 🙂 Solar lights have been added to our sensory garden, which have been a hit with all residents. We also have our hanging baskets up and the veg patch planted with courgettes, peas, beetroot, green beans and tomatoes. Strawberries and two herb planters are thriving despite a ferocious attacks from slugs! –John Caslake, Registered Manager. …
Access to gardens can enhance focus and attention, as well as reducing anxiety and boosting self-confidence. Additionally, the garden can be considered a dynamic environment offering diverse opportunities for learning. –[‘Green Spaces – Outdoor Environments for Adults with Autism’ by Katie Gaudion and Chris McGinley.] At Apple House care homes we know that our outdoor spaces are as vital as indoor space for those who reside at our services. For many years we have actively encouraged residents to take ownership of their garden space, to use it in a way meaningful to them. At Apple House care home residents enjoy …
We’re excited to be adding a new dedicated activities space to Summerwood care home in Hampshire. Who doesn’t love the snug feel of a log cabin? The cabin will be installed this summer and will offer a versatile area for art, performance such as dance and fitness, sensory technology and so much more! Redcroft in Dorset will also be seeing the installation of their own all-year-round cabin in the autumn. …
Apple House care homes are proud supporters of local and national charities. We are delighted to now be supporting Alzheimers Research Uk. Receiving no government funding for their research, they are completely dependent on the generosity of supporters to fund their pioneering research programme. “Alzheimer’s is a disease that causes dementia. It is the most common cause of dementia, accounting for about two-thirds of cases in the elderly”–Alzheimers Research Uk. Typical early symptoms of Alzheimer’s include: Regularly forgetting recent events, names and faces. Becoming increasingly repetitive. Regularly misplacing items or putting them in odd places. Confusion about the time of …
Across the group, we now have one vacancy at our New Forest home, Summerwood. Summerwood is a specialist residential home for up to 8 adults with learning and physical disabilities, who may also have complex needs and/or needs associated with the autistic spectrum. Summerwood offers extremely flexible accommodation which can be utilised as either a stepping stone to more independent living or for a high needs service. We now have available one delightful en-suite first floor bedroom with garden view. Located in Ashley, a small hamlet close to the thriving town of New Milton, the home is close to the …
We are now recruiting an experienced support worker for our Hampshire care home, Summerwood. Apple House Ltd is a friendly client focused company established in 2004 and is one of the most highly regarded local independent care providers, offering a wide range of care and support within our homes and the wider community. We are looking for a reliable and friendly individual to help support positive outcomes for service users with a variety of care needs which include autism, complex and challenging support needs, physical and learning disabilities. We work to positively reable service users; promoting independence and dignity underpins all that …
We are incredibly proud of Apple House care home’s registered manager, Jayne Jackson. Jayne recently completed her Level 5 in Health and Social Care. We asked Jayne how she felt about her amazing achievement, here’s what she told us: “Attaining Level 5, Health and Social Care, has been enormously important for my personal development. I challenged myself to complete the course in eighteen months, and chose subjects that I particularly wanted to expand my knowledge base in such as operational aspects of managing a care service alongside the day to day delivery of the service. I also really enjoyed my research project which …
We advocate the profound benefits of pets visiting our homes. We are delighted, therefore, to now receive regular visits from dogs, guinea pigs, rabbits and now owls too. Pet therapy, or more correctly, Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a type of therapy that involves animals as a form of treatment. The goal of AAT is to improve a person’s social, emotional, or cognitive functioning –Wiki. In Apple House care homes, AAT is used as part of an holistic approach to care and support. Touch, social integration, sight, scent…the benefits of pet therapy are too numerous to list. The smile on our residents’ faces …
