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We had some really fascinating WW1 memorabilia and interesting discussions. Do you know about Trench art? A brass shell case has been turned into a beautiful vase. Everyone found it fascinating. A big thank you to the kind gentleman on ebay who sold it to Anne, our activities co-ordinator,...
Lorna Turner | September 22nd, 2020
Thank you to all the staff
It was great to have a staff get together yesterday afternoon to say thank you for all their hard work and commitment over the past few months. They've done an amazing job! THANK YOU!! Well done to Alyson for managing to get a chocolate strawberry cake to hold together in a heatwave....
Lorna Turner | August 12th, 2020
Admissions
We are welcoming new admissions if we have a vacancy and have assessed that the person is someone that we can care and support. There are protocols in place to ensure safety for all concerned which we will happily explain if you are interested in finding out more about Court House. Safety of...
Lorna Turner | July 8th, 2020
Safe Visiting
We appreciate that seeing loved ones is really important for us all. We are supporting safe visiting of relatives through use of the patio and suitably distanced garden furniture outdoors and following feedback from family members, we now have Sonido headphones, microphones and ear loop to...
Lorna Turner | June 20th, 2020
Letters from schoolchildren
It's incredibly touching to be receiving letters from local primary school children for our residents. They write about their lives in lock down and they are concerned about how it is for the residents. How lucky we are to have such a caring bunch of young people living near us. Thank you from...
Lorna Turner | April 23rd, 2020
The elephant in the room…
Whilst not wanting to dwell on the elephant in the room too much, the virus has caused upheavals in the workings of Court House as everywhere else during the last few months. Starting with the lockdown, changes to housekeeping and care routines, daily temperature checks for all, the extended...
Lorna Turner | April 23rd, 2020
Coronavirus – update
On Friday, we asked that all friends and family members refrain from visiting in all but the most critical of situations with immediate effect and recommended that phone or FaceTime calls and possibly Skype calls be made as an alternative, but that we would need to “book” these calls in to...
Lorna Turner | March 15th, 2020
The first 2020 ‘Star Employee’
Our latest Star award was to Natalie Dignum. Natalie has not been at Court House long but her friendly positive attitude and caring personality won her the award. Well done Natalie!
Lorna Turner | February 1st, 2020
Caring for the Earth
Once again, one of our residents, Dorothy has offered a lovely quote which is featured in our quarterly newsletter. This is from Chief Seattle, a famous leading figure amongst the native American people in the early 1800s. This is timely for us at Court House as we are looking for ways to...
Lorna Turner | January 31st, 2020
‘Parrots’ café – now open
It’s fabulous to have our new café, Parrots’, open. The story behind the name? Well, if you haven’t visited you won’t have spotted the very large parrots on the curtains. A rumour went around that it was going to be called ‘Parrots’ so, decision made! It was great to have the Resident’s...
Lorna Turner | January 15th, 2020
