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LZ 8VgZ id H]VgZ djg CZlh Welcome to the winter 2012/13 edition of our ‘We Care to Share’ newsletter! As always, there is plenty going on, including improvements to our homes, extensions and lots of activities involving our service users and staff. And, yet more awards for our deserving staff! We are constantly working to improve the quality of care and lives of those in our homes and therefore feel it is important to share our achievements, ambitions and knowledge with you.
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Mary Portas touchy feely sensory competition! EHG furthers its commitment to training David Messenger enters into the Social Care Top 30! EHG partners up to improve nutritional support for residents Eton Park introduces computer classes for residents
Climb every mountain EHG reach finals of National and East Midlands Regional Care Awards Healthy Eating Meet the Resident Elias Belfield Get to Know Paul Buck Events from the past few months News Share our Training
CZl VYY^i^dc id :aYZg =dbZh <gdje Elder Homes Group continues to expand with the addition of their 16th home. ERNVALE HOUSE CARE CENTRE, (previously Basford Hurst), in Station Road, Cheddleton, Leek, has been purchased, thereby safeguarding the jobs of 74 full and part-time staff. The 85-bedroom home is undergoing an extensive refurbishment programme and the creation of two smaller male only and female only self-contained units for elderly people with more challenging mental health issues, after Elder Homes Group received financial support from Yorkshire Bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Business Banking Centre in Nottingham. David Messenger, Managing Director, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We originally owned the home from 2001 through to 2007, however a deal came about for us
to buy it back which we did. Yorkshire Bank provided the funding to buy the property as well as funds for a complete refurbishment and building work. We will be redecorating throughout the home and replacing furniture and carpets and creating the two smaller specialist units with their own lounges and dining rooms for male and female residents. This copies a template at other homes in the Group that has worked well. Over the last three or four years, we have redeveloped our homes to cater for people with more demanding dementia so we have developed smaller units within the properties. This means that we will soon be looking to recruit up to 20 new nurses and carers.â&#x20AC;?
Elder Homes Group - Constantly Caring Our Locations - Ernvale House Care Centre; Eton Park Care Centre; Millington Springs Care Centre; Argyll Independent Living Centre; Edensor Care Centre; The Burkitt Care Centre; Carson House Care Centre; Bridge, Burton & Trent Court; Duchess Gardens Care Centre; Rider House Care Centre; Epworth House Care Centre; The Links Care Centre; St Ives Disabled Care Centre; Beck Croft Residential Home Share your thoughts with Alison Messenger - write to her at Head Office, Thorpe House, Harwich Road, Little Clacton, Essex, CO16 9NJ www.elderhomes.co.uk