Azalea Court Newsletter
Twinglobe Care Ltd
June 2014
Contents
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Welcome
Staff Update
Activities
Summer Fete
Projects
Outdoor Living
Welcome
Sky TV
Welcome to the fourth edition
a wealth of experience to the
of our newsletter.
role from her previous
This issue features all the
latest news and information
from Azalea Court including
staff appointments and dates
for you diary.
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Hairdressing
positions as a Home
Manager.
Following a successful
Feedback
Birthdays
recruitment campaign we
have employed several new
carers and we would like to
Azalea Court
welcome them to the team.
58 Abbey Road
new appointments since our
Other new appointments
Bush Hill Park
last newsletter
include Simona who was the
Staff Update
There have been a number of
Unit Manager on Astor from
Janet, who has worked at
2012 and she is now the
Azalea Court for the past
Night Manager.
seven months, is our new
Home Manager. Janet brings
Enfield
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Summer Fete
Elsewhere Veronica has
during activities so why not
joined our team as the
come along on the day, join in
Activity Organiser.
the fun and remember to
This year our Summer Fete
Veronica’s background is in
bring a hat.
will take place on Saturday
activity management and she
will be responsible for
overseeing activity provision
at Azalea. Veronica can be
found in the Activity Room
on the second floor where
Kathryn, Daisy and Danielle
are also based.
Poppy now has a ward clerk.
Naomi is working to achieve
her apprenticeship in
administration and we hope
this new role will prove
successful.
And Natalie has joined our
team as our new Receptionist.
August 30th at 2pm.
Our party is taking place as
part of NAPA’s Best Tea Party
There will be a variety of
Ever and we are a member of
stalls and games in the garden
NAPA, the National
and we will welcome singer
Association for Providers of
Lynda Styan for the first time.
Activities for Older People.
She will perform classic songs
The organisation runs training
from the 1920s, 30s and 40s
events and activity
during the afternoon.
competitions throughout the
year including the Best Tea
Party Ever contest. We will be
submitting photos after the
event so look out for our
camera on the day.
There will also be some great
prizes up for grabs in our
raffle. We would like to thank
everyone who has donated
prizes to us in the past and if
you would like to donate to
If it decides to rain the Tea
our next raffle please speak to
Party will be hopping into the
the Activity Team.
Lounge on Astor.
Projects
We would like to wish
Looking further ahead,
everyone the best of luck in
Tickled Pink will be back on
The Quiet Lounges are
their new roles.
at Azalea Court on Thursday
currently being given a
July 31st with their show Swell
makeover by the Activity
Activities
Party featuring classic songs
Team.
Don’t be late for our very
B Goode and Rock Around
important date - Friday June
The Clock.
20 – when our garden will be
Moving into August and
into a library to create a place
transformed into the world of
Brian Shaw will return on
where residents can relax with
Alice in Wonderland for our
Tuesday August 5th with his
a book or have a book or
Mad Hatter’s Themed Tea
show Cockney Capers while
paper read to them.
Party. From 2pm there will be
singer Jodie Stone will be
games, music from singer
wowing us once again on
Anna Jolley, food and, of
Wednesday August 13th.
th
course, hats. Residents are
currently making their hats
from the 1950s such as Johnny
Each room has been given a
theme and on Astor the
lounge will be transformed
Meanwhile on Lavender a
reminiscence room is being
created and the lounge on
Poppy will be turned into a
cinema room.
We would love for you to get
Sky TV
involved. Maybe you have
prices. From June 1st there will
be a £1 rise for some of his
some sports equipment you
We are delighted to inform
cuts and treatments. A full
no longer use or records you
you that you can now have
price list is displayed on the
no longer play. If you have
Sky TV in your room. Thanks
hair salon door. Please speak
anything which you think
to our partnership with Sky
to Activities for more
could enhance any of our
we have secured an excellent
information.
lounges then please let the
rate and for your convenience
Activity Team know.
payments would be made
directly to us with a notice
We are hoping to establish a
period of just 30 days.
knitting group and welcome
Feedback
We want to hear from you. A
survey has been sent out and
any donations of wool or
There are various packages
we would be extremely
patterns. We also plan to
available and we are currently
grateful if you could take a
create a gentleman’s group for
in the process of finding out
few moments to fill it in.
the men of the home to give
how many residents are
them time to socialise together
interested.
to chat or play card games.
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Your feedback is very
important to us and we will
read all your comments to see
what you think is working
If you have anything which
you think would be of use in
We have some new features
well and how we can make
our activities please speak to
on our website. There is now
Azalea Court even better.
the Activity Team.
a news and events tab where
Outdoor Living
we will be posting
information about the latest
developments at Azalea Court
Our residents have already
enjoyed being out in the
including upcoming events
and our newsletters.
garden this year thanks to the
spells of warm weather. We
Our galleries have also been
always look to hold activities
re-designed to make the
in the garden whenever
photos more accessible. To
possible and we have recently
take a look please log on to
bought a number of outdoor
www.twinglobe.co.uk
games including skittles,
croquet and darts.
For latest news and photos
you can follow us on Twitter
Our hanging baskets are
@twinglobe
nearly ready so there will
Hairdressing
soon be a touch more colour
at the front of the home as
well as in the garden.
Alvaro from Hair Dimensions
is increasing some of his
Birthdays
We would like to wish all our
residents celebrating their
birthdays this month a very
Happy Birthday.