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 …
Biscuit the owl enjoyed a flying visit to Redcroft in April. Not quite knowing what to do with all the attention when he should be sleeping, Biscuit winged it but was very well behaved! Overall, it was an owling success! Birds of prey have for hundreds of years been a source of interest and wonder, but most of us rarely have the opportunity to get up close and personal with them. Connecting with nature, in the way that this visit enabled, in our view offers an experience that is therapeutic, educational and most of all fun! …
