Wellbeing

Lapis Care

Prioritise You The new year can often bring us a time for reflection, selfimprovement and all those new year resolutions. Self-care being one of the most common tendencies, many of us our focusing on what we really need.

Have you thought about future proofing? Ensuring you know what you want or your family might need if you should ever need care? This is something everyone should know a little bit about in case you should ever need to, its much better toa be prepared.

Top 5 things about choosing care: • Identify your wishes and preferences

Your care is exactly that: YOURS, ensure to document your wishes and appoint someone to make decisions for you (if needed) using a Lasting Power of Attorney and a

‘Respect’ form • The costs

Can you afford private care? Are you entitled to public funding? If you have savings of over £23,250, care will need to be self-funded. • Would like to stay at home?

Would you be willing to make adaptations to your home?

How is your mobility? How many visits per day would you require? • Do your research

Choosing a care company can be confusing with many different options. The Care Quality Commission is a great place to start. Read their CQC reports, look for good or outstanding ratings, this will be clearly displayed on their report, website or literature.

Most reputable care companies can also be found on the governments ‘Trading standards’, giving their ‘Buy with Confidence’ approval to all their customers. Homecare.co.uk is also another great place to research care, it provides a detailed profile of the company and what they can provide, as well as customer reviews.

• Get talking

The best way to start thinking about these plans is to talk about it. Talk to your family, friends, your support network.

You can also call care companies about any of your queries and they will be happy to discuss with you. The more you know about what you want and what would work best for you, the easier your decisions will be.

Call us on 01489 890016 to see how we can help you, or email: contact@lapiscare.com Your Local Home Care Provider & Consultancy Service, Owned and Run by Registered Nurses

Our experienced and highly skilled team offer bespoke packages enabling you to remain safely in your own home. This can include Personal and Palliative Care, Social Visits and Domestic Duties.

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Want to be part of a fantastic team and really make a difference? Lapis believe that: Cared for staff = Cared for clients Call or email us now for more information

Call us on 01489 890016 to see how we can help you, or email: contact@lapiscare.com

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Do you have skills in writing and editing, graphic design, public relations, marketing and want to make a real difference? We are a small charity run entirely by volunteers to provide FREE emergency life saving skills training in schools, in the community and to the general public.

Check out our website for more information about what we do at www.heartstartmeonvalley.co.uk and email: sarahberry55@gmail.com to find out more

Help us expand our marketing and promotion activities so that we can reach more people and help save more lives.

Feeling more isolated and anxious during lockdown? are you having trouble hearing TV or talking on the telephone? WE ARE STILL OPEN

Bishop's Waltham Town Team Event Summer 2021

A Free Exchange Stall

You give things you no longer need and you take things other people have given … It is that simple. There will be five differently themed stalls once a month from June through to October. The free exhange stall with be located in the vicinity of the Bishop’s Waltham High Street, details to be confirmed as will be the date and time, currently we know it will be on Saturday afternoons.

Put these dates in your diary now! June 26th - DIY and Garden tools, Equipment and Materials July 31st - Toys, Games, Books and Clothes for under-11s August 28th - Small Household items and Entertainment September 25th - Arts and Crafts October 16th - Miscellaneous

This event is organized by the Bishop’s Waltham Town Team and is funded by Hampshire County Council’s Waste Prevention Community Grant Fund with support from Solent Design Studio. Look out for further information from Mid-May onwards on posters and fliers around the town, on www.lovebishopswaltham. com and on our Facebook Page: Bishops Waltham What’s On. Email www.bishopswalthamtownteam2@gmail.com for more information.

Help us to reduce waste in our town!

Curdridge Amateur Drama Group

Great news… we are back!

It might seem rather early to start thinking about our November production of Cinderella, but there’s much to do before then!

Auditions, Casting and Rehearsals of course, but costumes, scenery, music and lighting all have to be planned well in advance

and we are starting now! For those of you who have been ‘locked down’ for so many months, the effect on yourself may well have been difficult to cope with. By joining a Drama Group, you can begin to rebuild your confidence and selfesteem and even surprise yourself with your hidden talents. We aren’t all needed for the stage but so much happens ‘off-stage’ -whether it be helping at the stage door, designing and making costumes, helping with scenery and makeup or perhaps helping with the bar or ice cream sales- that there will always be a place for you.

Looking even further ahead, we already have plans to stage our longawaited “Shadow Factory” next Spring, so why not join us via our website www.curdridgedramagroup.co.uk or phone 01489 895 170 for more personal information.

www.bishopswaltham2020vision.co.uk Virtual exhibition April 1 - August 31

38 photographers 1,100 images one historic year

Zoom Lecture by Kitt Power

Napoleon died on the remote Atlantic island of St Helena exactly 200 years ago. Why he was there, what happened while he was there and how his body finished up in Paris is one of the most extraordinary stories of the 19th century.

Kit Power visited the island in 2017 and has made a study of Napoleon’s final years which he will describe in this illustrated “Zoom” lecture, supporting Warnford Church. To apply for the link, please email: napoleonlecture@gmail.com to receive full details

Celebrating 50 years in Nursing

This month one of Spire Southampton’s experts is celebrating 50 years as a registered nurse.

Lin started Nursing in 1971 at Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital in Alton. Now closed The Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital in Chawton Park Road, Alton, was threatened with closure in the 1970s, but survived to serve the community until 1994. Recently interviewed for a “Care Heroes” segment Spire Southampton’s Surgical Sister has been at the forefront of patient care at Southampton since 2004. “When I put on my uniform and was introduced to the ward I would work on I realised that Nursing was the career for me and it has never ceased to provide me with new experiences every day. When I first started, nursing student nurses were seen but not heard and even as a junior Registered Nurse, the Ward Sister was approached only through a senior nurse. Matrons were very much in attendance and would wander the wards trying to catch staff out by questioning them about their patients.” A year ago, Spire Southampton committed to support to the NHS in tackling the pandemic and put its colleagues, facilities, services and equipment at the disposal of the University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust. Since then, it has provided urgent care for cancer and critically ill patients. Supporting the Chemotherapy and Haematology Service as well utilising Spire Southampton’s critical care facility for critically ill cancer, cardiac and thoracic patients. Most of these patients visit received care on the surgical ward under Lin’s leadership. “When the COVID lockdown was announced, we were very fortunate to be offered the chance to continue major cancer surgery as we are closely linked with the Southampton University Hospital Trust. We had many admissions during the last lockdown and this lockdown, we have all gained experience, and I have felt very honoured to provide care to Hampshire and parts of Dorset. As a team, we have welcomed the challenge to be able to provide this type of care and I am sure Spire Healthcare are proud of the whole team at Spire Southampton for stepping up to the challenge.” “We were able to reduce the length of stay for major urinary surgeries; we have received positive feedback from the Trust. All our staff are aiming to motivate our patients from operation day to help them recover safely which enables us to reduce the patient’s length of stay. We have also had to provide other holistic support to our patients as no visitors were allowed. The staff have almost become surrogate families to the patient in for long spells and that was special to see.” Spire Southampton is now fully open again to private patients, who are either self-paying or insured. It will also continue to provide care for NHS patients and help reduce waiting times and the size of the overall waiting list. Thankfully, Lin will remain a big part of Southampton’s future “I have no plans for retirement yet but who knows what the future may hold. I now have a wonderful team of Nurses who support me as much as I support them. My Consultants have developed a mutual trust with the team and me; this helps us provide a level of care that helps the patients recover in a comfortable environment. It takes time to create but it is a rewarding place to be.” Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom, with 39 private hospitals and eight clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. Working in partnership with around 7,500 experienced consultants, Spire Healthcare delivered tailored, personalised care to almost 750,000 in-patients, outpatients and daycase patients in 2020, and is the leading private provider, by volume, of knee and hip operations in the United Kingdom. The Group’s well located and scalable hospitals have delivered successful and award-winning clinical outcomes, positioning the Group well with patients, consultants, the NHS, GPs and Private Medical Insurance (“PMI”) providers. 90% of Spire Healthcare’s hospitals are rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC (or the equivalent in Scotland and Wales). In recent months, the Group has placed its facilities at the disposal of the NHS to support efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

To learn more, visit www.spiresouthampton.com For further information contact 023 8077 5544