Newsletters
We publish a monthly newsletter called the Lime Tree Court Express. It's aim is to keep everyone up to date with life at Lime Tree Court.
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January 2012
Dear Readers,
Welcome to our second edition of The Lime Tree Court Express.
The monthly journal is intended to give the residents and their families, and for those who work and visit Lime Tree Court an overview of what is going on, and information of future events.
We would welcome any comments, photographs, articles, or any special interests you would like to be included.
May we take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy New Year
Activities
We all enjoyed a great Christmas and it is with thanks that it went off so well. Christmas week was especially busy but very exciting. A big thank you to Mrs Patricia Morgan for the reading of The History of the Christingle. All residents had made, with help, a Christingle. Thanks go to the organisers who were Beverley Cotton, Stacey Bromhead, Sharon Nix and Wendy Freshwater. The rest of the staff were brilliant in making sure everything that was organised went off well. We had lots of food, drink, music and selective programmes from the television. We had a lovely day with Martyn the Music Man and thanks go to Phil Armstrong for leading the singing. His voice is brilliant.
Congratulations
Sue had her baby girl on December 11th. Number 3 in her family. Mother and baby are doing really well. She came in to see us and present Erin to Lime Tree Court a couple of days later.
Congratulations to Pearl on being blessed with her ninth great grandchild, a boy named Samuel on 27th December.
Hannah is going on Maternity leave on 7th January. Her baby is due in February.
Haven't we done well
I am delighted to announce that we have had a report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to say that we are Compliant in all the Standards that have recently been introduced. Residential and Nursing Homes are constantly under pressure to give good quality care with dignity and respect to their residents. The Inspectors are under pressure to raise the standards so they don?t give many ?brownie points? but we had a very satisfactory report and we are extremely proud. We don?t expect to sit on our laurels and will continue to get better If there is anything you think will help us improve our service then please tell a member of the staff and she will document it. You can always e mail me at georgierixon@hotmail.com
Positive Change
Moving from independent living to residential care can be a difficult time. To help new residents and their family?s we have produced a Residents Information Pack. The information sets out to answer questions about the services we provide, and daily life at Lime Tree Court. We hope this will be useful and help support new residents settle in at Lime Tree Court. Please ask for a copy. We also have a complaint?s procedure but we would ask any visitors to speak to the Senior Staff first so we can deal with any complaint as quickly as possible.
Your experience and views of what it is like living at Lime Tree Court is important to us. As part of our continued commitment to improve the service we provide and we plan to send a questionnaire. The questionnaires are a good way of hearing your views and suggestions. Staff will be happy to assist you to complete, the views from family and friends are also welcome. We will publish the findings in our News
Fund raising events at Lime Tree Court
We sent £40 to Cancer Research on wear it pink day
We sent £60 to Children in Need
Lime Tree Court held a Christmas raffle in aid of NSPCC charity. The raffle was drawn on 23rd of December
and 34 prizes were collected. A really nice coffee morning was held to draw the tickets and 26 members of the Staff , Tracey our hairdresser, 3 children of staff members and 5 visitors all had winning tickets. This raised £100 for the Charity and it became £125 as it would have tax relief.
Well done to Beverley and her team for their hard work and thanks to Melanie, from the village, for the beautiful cake she donated and thank you to all those who donated prizes. It was a great day with lots of food and drink to enjoy whilst we were drawing the raffle.
December 2011
Dear Readers,
Welcome to our first edition of The Lime Tree Court Express.
The monthly journal is intended to give the residents and their families, and for those who work and Visit Lime Tree Court an up to date overview of what is going on, and information of future events.
We would welcome any comments, photographs, articles, or any special interests you would like to be included.
May we take this opportunity to wish you all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Activities
The activity ladies have organised and arranged a very varied and interesting activities programme during the festive season. We hope you enjoy the many visitors to Lime Tree Court, and we look forward to hearing your comments, and sharing your memory?s with others in our January Newsletter.
Congratulations
Sue left Lime Tree Court to have her baby on 29th October for her maternity leave, and will rejoin us on 12th August 2012. Sue was presented with a baby shower. All who attended the farewell gathering shared the joy of Sue opening the gifts. We wish Sue well, and she has promised to pop in and show us all her new baby.
Holidays
Georgie the Manager is on a short holiday to America, we look forward to her return on the 30th November and hearing about her adventure in our next Newsletter.
Positive Change
Moving from independent living to residential care can be a difficult time. To help new residents and their family's we have produced a Residents Information Pack. The information sets out to answer questions about the services we provide, and daily life at Lime Tree Court. We hope this will be useful and help support new residents settle in at Lime Tree Court.
Your experience and views of what it is like living at Lime Tree Court is important to us. As part of our continued commitment to improve the service we provide and we plan to send a questionnaire. The questionnaires are a good way of hearing your views and suggestions. Staff will be happy to assist you to complete, the views from family and friends are also welcome.
We will publish the findings in our Newsletter.
Birthdays in December
Happy 21st Birthday to Hannah (staff)
Happy Birthday to Dorothy (resident)
Happy Birthday to Hannah (staff)
Happy Birthday to Phyllis (resident)
Fund raising event at Lime Tree Court
Lime Tree Court is holding a Christmas raffle in aid of NSPCC charity. The raffle will be drawn on 23rd of December. If you would like to buy any raffle tickets, please see a member of staff.