Life at Apple House care home really is plain sailing… We are thrilled to be able to benefit from a quite remarkable charitable organisation called New Forest and District Sailability. NFDS state on their website: New Forest and District Sailability (NFDS) is based at Spinnaker Sailing Club, Ringwood and enables people with disabilities to enjoy the exciting sport of sailing. You can learn to sail a dinghy, sit back and relax whilst someone else takes you for a trip, take part in races. All this within the safe confines of our beautiful lake in the heart of the New Forest. …
International Nurses Day 2017 We would like to say a huge thank you to all of our nurse colleagues and our own nurse team members on this special celebration day. Thank you for all of your dedication and commitment, thank you for all the study you have undertaken to excel in your field and thank you for being a master of so many skills, you are truly appreciated. You can see more about some of the events and initiatives taking place by visiting the Royal College of Nursing site: HERE — Romaine Lawson, Director of Operations. …
The National Learning Disabilities and Autism Awards will take place on 14th July 2017 at the ICC, Birmingham. About The Awards: The National Learning Disabilities & Autism Awards celebrate excellence in the support for people with learning disabilities and aim to pay tribute to those individuals or organisations who excel in providing quality care. About Apple House care homes: We aim to provide a service which is tailored to meet the individual needs of residents and is driven by the following four key principles: Rights Independence Choice Inclusion We believe that everyone at Apple House care homes should be able …
Summerwood Care Home in New Milton, Hampshire, is the venue for our forthcoming Careers Open Day on Thursday, 11th May. If you are an experienced support worker who is seeking a new challenge with a progressive, forward-thinking company, then we would love to welcome you to our team! Why not pop in for coffee, an informal chat, tour and to meet our team? You will be given a warm welcome, an employment pack and a Golden Ticket which could net you a very cool £100! Clear your diary and don’t miss this exciting event! …
After a short blog break, we are now back and hope that you had a peaceful Easter. Behind the scenes, there has been a veritable hive of activity at our homes and HQ! We’re excited to share news updates and articles with you in forthcoming posts, so stay tuned. …
Congratulations to two of our wonderful team members who have recently been promoted to Deputy Manager! We were thrilled to welcome Carly to our management team at Summerwood Care Home, New Milton and Mandy to our management team at Redcroft, Bournemouth. Carly joined our organisation in 2013 and Mandy in 2015. Both joined us as support workers, quickly demonstrating their professionalism and outstanding commitment to their roles, their teams and to the people they supported. It was no surprise then that they achieved promotions to senior support work roles. Having subsequently undertaken ‘acting deputy manager’ roles, both Carly and Mandy …
How Creative Minds artists make a real difference within Apple House care homes: In October 2015, I joined Creative Minds, a social enterprise set up to make art accessible to everybody, including people in care homes and residential homes for adults with learning disabilities. I am based in New Milton and deliver regular art sessions in the surrounding area including Lymington, Christchurch, Lyndhurst and Ringwood, and there are other Creative Minds artists delivering art sessions all around the country encouraging people who find it hard to access other art and craft courses by taking the sessions directly to them. I still …
Apple House care group are delighted to now be listed as participants of ‘John’s Campaign,’ following our family friendly pledge which can be viewed on their website HERE What is ‘John’s Campaign?’ “John’s Campaign is named after Dr John Gerrard, who died in November 2014 after a catastrophic stay in hospital. Shocked at how much damage disconnection can wreak on people with dementia, his daughter Nicci Gerrard and her friend Julia Jones co-founded the campaign with a single, simple principle: We should not enforce disconnection between carers and those who need care. When someone with dementia is hospitalized, the medical staff should do …
Joint Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England webinar Learning Disabilities and End of Life Care. We were lucky enough to secure one of the limited 250 spaces for the Skype and phone webinar held on Wednesday 27th March 2017. The Webinar presentation team consisted of Nicola Bowtell and Professor Gyles Glover, Co-Director, Learning Disabilities Observatory Team PHE, Irene Tuffrey-Wijne Associate Professor in Intellectual Disability & Palliative Care from Kingston and St George’s and Louise Corson and Clare Price from NHS England. By joining, the aim from the speakers was to ensure that the audience would:- Find out what it …
Tomorrow, March 24th, is RED NOSE DAY and we’re cooking up some fun! Summerwood care home will be holding a cake sale in aid of Red Nose Day and World Autism Awareness Week (which is next week but hey, CAKE!) plus there is a sweepstake underway. Redcroft care home are holding a LEGS ELEVEN bingo afternoon on Sunday 2nd April also in aid of the above charities. Apple House care home are holding various fun activities this coming Saturday. As a company, we always match pound for pound any money raised for charity. …
