November 2019 Newsletter

Welcome to your November  gazette. Plans are currently  underway for the forthcoming festive period and organizing plenty of entertainment for the residents enjoyment.

Voting has been taking place since our last gazette for our Christmas Charity and it was a close call but our final joint winners are the Birmingham Children’s Hopsital Toy Charity and Furbabies Cat Rescue. Followed by Wild Acre Rescue in third place, Black Country Food Bank in fourth and Samaritans Purse in fifth place.

Details of the items requested from the hospital and Cat rescue can be found on page six.

A box will be placed in reception for your donations. 

Please could we ask for all donations to be in by Monday 16th December 2019 so we have plenty of time to drop the donations to the hospital and the cat rescue.

Congratulations to our winners.

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Due to the stunning location of Yew Tree we are surrounded by Woodlands and Farmland. So we get lots of visits from the local wildlife. 

The Home has introduced a nature watch within the grounds and surrounding areas. Within the nature watch we have built a wildlife pond, fitted bird boxes to the trees to include owl and kestrel boxes and lots of bird feeders in the gardens. In areas not assessable to residents we have introduced wildlife trail cameras to see who visits in these areas and we have attached a few videos of the wildlife we have caught so far. 

Welcome to your September newsletter I would like to start by wishing one of our residents a very Special Happy Birthday, on the 28th September Hilda celebrated her 100th Birthday and it was our pleasure to help Hilda celebrate her special day.

Congratulations and Best Wishes Hilda.

The colder months are fast approaching so we are looking towards the many holidays and activities that this season brings. The first holiday is of course Halloween and we will be holding our annual Halloween Fancy dress party on Thursday 31st October 2019 at 2pm in the garden lounge. There will be a prize for best costume so get dressing up and get ready for a ghoulish time. Our Halloween Party is open to everyone to attend and we hope you will join us……….

September newsletter 2019

Some of our brave staff at Yew Tree Nursing Home Limited have agreed to take part in the Sandwell Pretty Muddy Event on Saturday 28th September 2019. They are hoping to raise £800 towards the charity to help in the fight against Cancer. 

A sponsorship form is available in reception or you can sponsor them via the following link:

https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/steph-michelle-and-vicky

They have already raised £120 off line and £175 on the above link bring their total to £295. Well done ladies and good luck. We will update you after the event and provide some photo’s. 

Welcome to your September gazette we are sorry we missed August but we have been very busy in the office and the month just flew by.

We held our annual garden party in July and although the weather wasn’t kind at the beginning of the event by the end of the day the sun was shining and the children (and yes I mean myself, Stephanie, Teresa and Sarah included in this) enjoyed the water activities, although my first dunking in the pool did come as a surprise thanks to Sarah and Stephanie throwing me in……..

 September 2019 Newsletter

Welcome to your June edition of the Yew Tree Gazette. So far the weather hasn’t been very kind to us this year and we haven’t been able to enjoy the outdoors as much as we would like but hopefully the weather will break soon and the sun will finally make an appearance allowing the Activities staff to plan outdoor events for the residents enjoyment……..

June 2019 NEwsletter

I’m sorry for the late newsletter but the month of May just seemed to run away from me.

Renovation works have now completed in the reception area with the delivery of the new settee this week. We hope you like the new look?. Works have also now completed in all of the toilets and bathrooms, and I may be slightly biased, but I think they all look fabulous and I hope you agree. 

May 2019 Newsletter

February Newsletter 2019

Welcome to your February Gazette,  the month of wine, flowers and chocolate’s all the things we haven’t indulged in since, erm, well Christmas ?? but enough about that.  A huge thank you to every one who has completed and returned the questionnaires the results can be found at the back of this newsletter.  We will look at the individual comments made on the questionnaires in the coming weeks but if you would like to speak to Carol or myself in the mean time about your compliments, comments or complaints then please pop into the office when you next visit we are more than happy to discuss these with you. We have also attached a copy of the compliments, comments and complaints policy within the  newsletter. ……

January 2019 newsletter

Happy New Year 
Welcome to your first newsletter of 2019., we hope you had a fabulous Christmas and New Year. 
We would like to take a moment to thank all of the staff who worked hard over the Christmas period and helped to make the residents Christmas so special you are all number one in our eyes…….

December 2018 Newsletter

Welcome to our final gazette of 2018, it feels like we have blinked and the year has gone and here we are at Christmas again. The maintenance team have started the decoration works which will be ongoing for the next few weeks to make the home nice and Christmassy. We also two new guardsmen polar bears by the front door standing watch.  We have lots of activities planned over the next few weeks for all the staff and residents with the final focal point being our Annual Christmas Party on the 22nd December 2018. The party is open for all residents, staff, family and friends to attend. Also all children will receive a goody bag from one of Santa’s little helpers. So don’t forget your party outfits or if your feeling brave fancy dress costumes and get ready to PARTY!!!.  Thank you to everyone who has donated prizes to the charity Tombola and Raffle in aid of the Lifeboat and Air Ambulance you have been very generous. Some of the prizes donated include a lovely Christmas Hamper and 2 Tickets to the Panto at the Hippodrome in January (thank you Hippodrome and Debbie Sangha). ……..