Emily Jackson Echo

Inside this issue

• Visit from Singer, Mike Smiler • Spanish Club for children and residents • Woff, from PAT dog Claudia • Sisss! hello from a Corn Snake visit from ZooLab Animal Experiences • Mother’s Day, flowers • Real chicks for Easter – come and see real chicks hatching in Ground Floor Lounge

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Emily Jackson Care Home

Emily Jackson Close, Eardley Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1XH

Tel: 01732 743 824 • www.barchester.com

General Manager

Judy Addison

News in and around Emily Jackson Care Home

Real Chicks for Easter

On Monday, 26 March we will have some real chicken eggs coming into Emily Jackson Care Home. The ten eggs will arrive in an incubator and we shall keep them in a nice cozy corner in the lounge on the ground floor. We will number the eggs and have a sweep steak to see which eggs hatch out first. Residents and visitors will get the chance to see Mother Nature in all her glory as ten tiny chicken peck their way out of their eggs. Once hatched out we shall feed and water the chicks for several days including over Easter until they are about 8 days old and then they will go back to the farm where they came from. If anyone would like to adopt any of the chicks then talk to Keli or Keeley about this opportunity.

PAT Dog

The residents enjoying saying hello (or woof in doggy language) to Claudia, our PAT dog. She is so gentle and loves all the cuddles and attention she gets from residents. Claudia visits us regularly with her owner, Mary. Claudia, was a rescue dog and she is also a sausage dog.

Spanish Club We are pleased to welcome Rosa, a native Spanish speaker to run her Spanish club for children at Emily Jackson Care Home. On Friday morning we have lots of toddlers and babies joining in with residents with singing Spanish songs, and learning Spanish phrases. Ellen in particular is a big fan of baby Isobel. See picture below:

News in and around Emily Jackson Care Home

Ssss it’s a Snake!

Happy Birthday to: Happy 80th Michael R on 23 March Marie R on 22 April John M on 23 April May R on 1 May Jean M on 14 May Ivan S on 20 May Sylvia R on 23 May Ruth B on 30 May

Mother’s Day This Sunday, 11 March was Mother’s Day and all the female residents got a primrose potted flower and we took their photo to celebrate this special day. We are printing up the photos for them to share with friends and family. Here is Daphne with her flowers.

We recently had a visit from ZooLab an organisation that visit care homes with rare and exotic animals. We got the chance to hold a giant African Snail, a Corn Snake , a white rat and a Madagascan cockroach. The zoo keeper who bought all these amazing animals was very informative about them, so we learnt lots as well.

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We regularly have staff from the Emergency Services to visit the care home, especially the Ambulance Service. All emergency Services personnel are very welcome to help themselves to free tea/coffee and cake if they would like to have a break and sit in the reception area.

Allan Vigor is our resident poet. He has published a beautiful book of poems called Verse for Life. He has written it for his grandchildren, as he wanted to pass on to them, some of his life experiences. Here is an excerpt from Afterthoughts For Pat, (Pat was Allan’s wife for 46 years)

“But as time passed I felt that she, Was really trying to comfort me,

In a way a spirit could reveal, Having no power of touch or feel, That she exists on another plane, And we are sure to meet again.”

Singer, Dave Smiler got his first big break into being a professional singer at Emily Jackson Care Home about a year ago. His diary is now fully booked with care homes across the Kent

area. He is a great performer and full of happy songs to get our feet tapping. Lots of the residents really got in the party mood and were dancing in their seats.

Singer: Dave Smiler

Remembering Pat Emergency Personnel Visits

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Barchester Care Awards Nominations will soon be open for the 2018 Barchester Care Awards – our annual celebration of the special people working and volunteering in our homes and hospitals.

There will be a range of categories, so if you know a Barchester staff member who does an outstanding job and goes above and beyond their normal day-to-day duties to help residents, patients and their loved ones, please do let us know!

To nominate a member of staff, please complete the form on our website or pick up a paper form from any Barchester care home once nominations open.

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A big thank you to our volunteers Our volunteers are wonderful people who give up their free time to improve the lives of others. FRIDAY, 20th APRIL is Volunteer Recognition Day, so Barchester would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to every one of our volunteers. We will be hosting a 3 course LUNCH for our volunteers at 1pm AT EMILY JACKSON HOUSE, in the Conservatory. Please book at the office if you would like to book a place. If you would like to volunteer, please speak to the General Manager at your nearest Barchester home or hospital or visit: www.barchester.com/our-people/volunteers