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The New Close Open Day – 18th April
April 17, 2012. Filed in: The new Close.
On Wednesday 18th April 2012 The New Close Care home at Coyngham Lane Bridge opened its door to visitors to come along and see what the home has to offer.

The New Close has recently opened its new Kingfisher and Nightingale suites which boast beautifully designed en-suite bedrooms specially designed and equipped to provide a safe, welcoming and stimulating environment for residents with dementia. The interior of the suites have been designed to stimulate the senses, particularly through the use of striking and highly original colour schemes and textures. Many of the rooms have an added luxury of patio doors leading out to the secure gardens surrounding The New Close.

Many health professionals visited on the day to enjoy a tour of the home and to enjoy a light refreshment of Pimms and Canapés as well as a visit from the Sheriff of Canterbury, Hazel McCabe.

The open day also included a prize draw raffle and music which entertained our guests and residents throughout the day.

The New Close provides 24-hour care and support for people living with dementia.

The team of qualified and trained staff at The New Close focus on putting the ‘person first’ with person-centered care being at the heart of the service delivery.

For more information on The New Close or to arrange a viewing please call 01795 597431

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Court Regis Monthly – March
April 17, 2012. Filed in: Court Regis.

Hello friends and family of Court Regis,

Please find attached our new newsletter from March. (Sorry its bit late). Also, attached you shall find an invite to a very exciting fundraiser that we are holding on Saturday 28th April. ‘I’m from Court Regis…get me out of here!’ It’s based on the TV show and promises to be an event you shan’t forget in an hurry.

As always, if you know anyone who would like to be added to our mailing list please pass their details on to me and I shall add them. Alternatively if you would like to be removed from our list please let me know. Also, if you would like any photographs of your loved ones or have messages to pass on to them or to the staff at Court Regis, please just let me know.

We all look forward to seeing you at Court Regis soon,

Best wishes,

Ash.

I’m from Court Regis…Get me out of here!

The Court Regis Monthly March
Dementia Cafe – Alzheimer’s Society
March 27, 2012. Filed in: Amherst Court Care Home.
Come and join us at:

The Calypso Cafe

Amherst Court

Palmerston Road

Chatham ME4 6LU

A friendly and supportive monthly café for people with dementia and their carers.

Light lunches and refreshments will be available at reasonable rates.

Second Friday of each month 1pm – 3pm

10^th February 2012

9^th March 2012

13^th April 2012

11^th May 2012

8^th June 2012

For more information please contact Sylvia Wolfson on 07557 111060 or email Sylvia.wolfson@alzheimers.org.uk

The Dementia Café at Amherst Court supported by Avante Care & Support.
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Northbourne Court Quiz Night
March 8, 2012. Filed in: Care Home Northbourne Court.

Northbourne Court Quiz Night

A TEAM OF BETWEEN 4 -6 PEOPLE

Saturday 31/03/12

Admittance – 7:00 p.m. AT THE PIAZZA

£ 5.00 / person —-INCLUDING ONE GLASS OF WINE OR BEER

Raffle tickets £ 1.00 a strip

Everyone is welcome!!!

Raffle and quiz night tickets are available at the reception and in the café bar please contact Northbourne Court for more information
Court Regis receives new mini bus
March 7, 2012. Filed in: Care Home Court Regis.

Court Regis receives new mini bus for residents to enjoy day trips out.

Emma Hodges and the team at Court Regis have been desperately saving hard for funds for a mini bus for the residents to enjoy day trips out on a regular basis.

‘Many events have taken place over the last year or so such as raffles, quizzes and tea parties to help increase the mini bus saving fund’, says Home Manager, Emma Hodges.

Clever thinking staff at Court Regis also spoke with the Sittingbourne Society regarding their fund raising for a mini bus which then lead to the Society offering a grant of £2000 being donated very kindly from the John George Jordan Bequest.

On the 7th March Joyce Fuller, Treasurer of the Sittingbourne Society presented staff and residents with a cheque for £2000 to go towards the mini bus for Court Regis.

Well done Court Regis for your excellent fund raising efforts.

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Award winning care staff, Amherst Court
November 29, 2011. Filed in: Uncategorized.
Maureen Callaghan, receptionist from Amherst Court, Avante Care and Support care home in Chatham has won The Ancillary Worker Award for the Great South East Care Awards.

Maureen was short listed in October for the award which included being interviewed in Brighton by several judges, providing examples of initiatives and excellence in her work. This process then led on to the awards dinner which took place on Friday 25th November. Maureen and 9 other colleagues from Amherst Court attended the dinner at the Brighton Dome, which was hosted by Jeff Brazier, which is where Maureen was announced as the winner.

The award recognises excellent person centered service to clients, demonstrating dignity and respect through ancillary services.

Maureen has worked for Avante Care and Support for over 3 years.

This is a fantastic achievement for both Maureen, Amherst Court and Avante Care and Support as a whole.

Maureen Callaghan will now automatically go through to the National Great British Care Awards in the New Year which will be held in London.

http://www.care-awards.co.uk/awards-events/south-east
Making dreams come true for one Court Regis Resident
November 18, 2011. Filed in: Uncategorized.
On Wednesday 26th October Tracy Creasey and Ashley Roberts, staff from Court Regis Care home helped to make a dream come true for one resident.

They all went to see Sir Cliff Richard in concert at the 02.

The resident had spoken on many occasions of her dream to see Sir Cliff in concert and would often be heard throughout Court Regis humming or singing along to her favourite tunes. So when the concert was seen advertised Ashley decided a visit to see Sir Cliff was a must!

Ashley says; ‘We all had such a great evening and the positive emotional connection it has had on the resident during and after the concert is just incredible. The resident is living with a dementia that affects her memory yet since she has come back from the concert she has spoken about her concert trip on several occasions and is often seen showing her concert souvenir programme and exclusive Cliff Richard cushion to other residents and staff in the home. I myself am not one of the biggest Cliff Richard fans but I am so pleased that I went and was part of this great night out!’
Village Enjoys Tea Party at The New Close Care Home
October 10, 2011. Filed in: Uncategorized.
TWO pub landlords have had fun judging 18 Victoria Sponge cakes during a community tea party.

The Big Tea Party took place at The New Close care home in Bridge on Tuesday, 14th June.

During the event the landlords from two local pubs, The White Horse and The Plough and Harrow, had fun tasting and judging the cakes which had all been made by local residents.

Matthew Wood, Assistant Manager of the care home, was delighted at how the event went.

Mr. Wood said: “We have put on summer fetes before but this was the first community outreach event and I think it went really well and everyone enjoyed themselves. This is a family home and we wanted to show everyone is welcome.”

Around 50 people attended the event in Conyngham Lane, Bridge, and not only enjoyed tea and cake, but were also entertained by a group of young singers from Northbourne Park School, Deal
£400 Raised for Pilgrims View Snooker Table
October 10, 2011. Filed in: Uncategorized.
Daryl’s grandfather John Sutton is a resident at Pilgrims View and on regular visits to see John the conversation of snooker would always be a popular one between themselves and other residents, and from this, it lead to an idea of an actual snooker table being bought and set up in the home for all residents and families to enjoy.

Without further a do, Daryl decided he wanted to help with this great idea by raising the money himself.

Daryl said, ‘I thought long and hard about how I could raise the money for this great cause, and then it suddenly dawned on me, my beard! So many people commented on my beard and how it looked like a Brillo pad attached to my chin, so I thought if people want to see the beard go then they can give donations for me to shave it off!’

Daryl spent a lot of his spare time raising funds for the snooker table and with his excellent efforts Daryl handed over £400 to Jane Wiltshire, Home Manager at Pilgrims View, on the 30th September to buy a snooker table for the home.

Jane Wiltshire said: ‘We are all so grateful for Daryl’s excellent efforts of fund raising for the snooker table, it will be a wonderful addition to the home for the residents to enjoy and I am sure it will only be a matter of time before residents and staff will be setting up snooker tournaments!’

Avante Partnership would like to say a big thank you to Daryl!
And the Blooming Winner is… Barton Court Care Home
September 22, 2011. Filed in: Uncategorized.
On the 19th September Home Manager Dawn Lowin, Peter Larkin, Lesley Clark, Beverly Savage and two residents from Barton Court, Christine Gull and Mabel Davenport attended the ‘Minster in Bloom Awards’ at Minster Abby Hall.

Over two hundred people attended the event which was opened with a brass band and presented with refreshments on arrival.

Barton Court Care Home had been short listed back in the summer for the ‘Community Garden in Minster Award’ so the home was invited to attend the event on Monday to see who would finally scoop the first prize.

The Mayor of Swale Ben Stokes also attended the event presenting awards to all of the deserving winners. There were four award categories on the evening with Barton Court coming first in the ‘Best Community Garden in Minster’ award.

Home Manager Dawn Lowin said: ‘It is such a great achievement for all of us at Barton Court to win this award. I know that residents and staff gain so much enjoyment maintaining the gardens; we have also now introduced chickens to the gardens which the residents thoroughly enjoy too! To be recognised as best Community Garden in Minster is certainly something that we are all proud of and we will be displaying our award plaque for everyone to see!’