Cheese and Wine Afternoon at Footherly Hall Care Home! The residents at Sisters Hospitallers centre in Shenstone have enjoyed tasting wine and cheese from around the world.
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Sisters Hospitalers care home in Shenstone has been fortunate enough to host an Abba musical. Our residents’ faces lit up, with beaming smiles all around. Footherley Hall was elated!
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Deputy Manager Claire Zehe celebrated an amazing 30 years of service Hall Care Home run by the Sisters Hospitallers. We honoured this very special day by presenting Claire with a card, flowers and gifts from us all. In her speech, Claire talked of how she has always been lucky here and has worked with some really good teams of staff.
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Sisters Hospitallers care home in Shenstone had enjoyed a concert. Residents and staff alike were singing and dancing. It was a joy to see such a fantastic afternoon and just what we needed!
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Sisters Hospitallers care home in Shenstone held a Fancy Dress Day. The residents put on a variety of hats and staff dressed up in various outfits. They thought it was fabulous that we had all dressed up and they loved the different costumes. It was heartwarming to see our residents’ faces light up like this.
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Tina Boyland is the Registered Manager at Christ the King Care Home, and she has shared with us the effects of COVID-19 pandemic in the residential care setting. Also, she told us they are getting prepare for a potential second wave. “We have learnt a lot, experienced changes, felt drained, exhausted and emotionally tested but this will have helped to contribute to our preparation for what may be just around the corner.”
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We would like to start September having a walk around Sisters Hospitallers Care Home in Shenstone, and share with you some pictures of the pretty garden. Many thanks to the gardeners for their hard work.
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At Christ the King, Sisters Hospitallers care home in Shenstone, residents and staff had a ‘Daytime Pyjama Party’. Everybody had a lot of fun, and there were bright smiles everywhere!
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At Christ the King Care Home, Friday means Sing-a-Long and the lounge comes alive. Those who aren’t singing are up dancing, while those who are sitting are dancing in their chairs. Definitely, a morning to remember!
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Megan Derry is a senior carer at Christ the King Care Home, Shenstone She has worked for Sisters Hospitallers for 6 years. When Covid-19 was announced, her role changed completely and she became aware of how vital her job was in protecting our vulnerable residents. She said that “I have seen things I have never seen before and been put into situations I never thought I would be put in, but all of this has made me a stronger person”.
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Sisters Hospitallers care home in Shenstone has started allowing one person per family to visit their loved one, this is part of the new normal, as it is wearing face mask all the time. To entertain and cheer up our residents, the picnics outside and walks around the garden are part of our daily life
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Sisters Hospitallers care home in Shenstone has taken advantage of the sunny weather and enjoyed the lovely gardens. And when the weather wasn’t that good, our residents at Christ the King had fun playing Bingo and baking cakes!
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Alison is Christ the King Manager's daughter – Sisters Hospitallers care home in Shenstone -. She has painted a lovely ‘Thank You’ picture. She wants to show how much the community appreciates each member of staff for their incredible bravery.
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Because being in lockdown doesn’t mean we can’t have fun. Sisters Hospitallers care home in Shenstone are doing their best to fill the days with colour and music.
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Sisters Hospitallers care home in Shenstone, Christ the King, felt it is important to recognise and reward the staff for going that extra mile and so far we have given out two certificates: a Certificate for Braveryand and a Certificate of Appreciation.
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In Sisters Hospitallers care homes, the visitors are not allowed, as well as most of our activities have been cancelled. Last month, Christ the King care home had a busy schedule where the music was the main attraction.
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Our residents at Christ the King had an eventful schedule. They celebrated Bonfire Night, they had their usual activities and enjoyed several performances. It was a bit more special the one from Second Chance Cancer Choir, a wonderful group of ladies have all been touched in some way by cancer and got together to form the choir, visiting places and homes like ours performing purely for donations to raise money for cancer charities.
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Christmas is around the corner and at Sisters Hospitallers centres we are working hard to be ready for this time of the year. Let’s the magic begins!
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Sisters Hospitallers cares homes in Shenstone and Addlestone joined Harvest Festival celebration in October. A service of thanksgiving.
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Sisters Hospitallers would like to share some moments and photos of our residents during the last summer days. They were quite busy and made the best of them.
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Summer! Bright days, time to enjoy our garden and get creative. Our residents have been busy this month and didn’t have time to get bored!
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Our Sisters Hospitallers homes in Addlestone and Shenstone have celebrated summer fayres to enjoy a lovely day together with our residents, and also to raise money for our residents’ entertainments and outings.
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Easter has been hugely celebrated at our care homes. Click here to see the photos!
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In March, there were many special days we wanted to celebrate: St Patrick's Day, Pancake Day, Mother's Day... We also participated in many activities and outings and received the visit of many volunteers and entertainers!
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Would you like to know what our residents and hospitaller community have been up to?
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