5 Xmas Activities for All Generations

Christmas this year will undoubtedly be different. With smaller gatherings, social distancing, and the challenge of showing loved ones you care, whilst still protecting them, it might feel really difficult.

Breezie

This tablet device helps seniors to stay in touch with friends and family, giving them access to information and entertainment. It has been specially designed for seniors by a company called Breezie. Our client is also going to use it for virtual talking therapy. #stayhomeinstead

Vaccines

Huge thank you to Tavyside Surgery for administering our Director Lynn Roddy's vaccine today. Fantastic organisation and so lovely to be looked after by Cathy and Jonathan. All the CAREGivers are being offered their vaccines now.

Christmas Jumper Day!!

Today is Christmas Jumper Day, we had lunch & Gifts, thank you Lynn & Mike, and then Secret Santa.

Have you seen Stanley and Christine?

Stanley & Christine's story is now being shown on TV, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky. It is such a moving story and goes to show there is no place like home!

Silver Stories

Home Instead Senior Care Tavistock are excited to announce their new partnership with Silver Stories, a nationwide charity which pairs together seniors and children, getting the child to read a story or a poem to an elderly person on the phone.

Virtual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy

Home Instead Senior Care Tavistock, Tavistock Dementia Alliance and Tavistock Memory Café have partnered with Memory Matters South West to offer new Virtual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy sessions for people living with dementia in the Tavistock area.

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Our CAREGivers go Above and Beyond

Our CAREGivers always go Above and Beyond for our Clients

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World Diabetes Day - 14 November

World Diabetes Day

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World Kindness Day - 13 November 2019

Let's spread some kindness

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Living Wage Week

We are proud to be a Living Wage Employer

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Bringing a smile

Children at Mt Kelly school in Tavistock send greetings to our clients

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World Food Day

World food Day - home cooking is best

Arthritis

Spotlight on Arthritis

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UK Malnutritionn Awareness Week

We are aware of nutrition

New Satchels for our CAREGIvers

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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World Alzheimer's Month

September is World Alzheimer's Month

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Professional CARE Workers week

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Professional Care Workers Week 1-4 September

Next week it's (1st – 4th September) is Professional Care Worker’s Week when the social care sector will come together to celebrate and recognise care workers and the fantastic contribution they make to the lives of so many people. Home Instead UK CEO, Martin Jones, is a Trustee of The Care Workers’ Charity who organise the week. Martin will be taking part in a (virtual) panel discussion on Tuesday 2nd to talk about the really important issue of recruitment and retention in home care and look at how care workers have risen to the challenges presented to them during the pandemic. Our team local have been fantastic as always. Speaking about Professional Care Worker’s Week, Martin said, “I am delighted to have the opportunity to take an active role in the Week. Our CAREGivers and carers across the UK have, without doubt, gone above and beyond during the pandemic. “There has never been a better time to celebrate and recognise the work that they do.” The overall theme of the week is ‘Respect and Recognition’.

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Woman's Equality Day

Today we reflect on who has inspired us

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Proud to be Disability Confident Committed

So proud of receiving our Certification that Tavistock and Tamar Valley are Disability Confident Committed. Disability Confident organisations play a leading role in changing attitudes for the better. They’re changing behaviour and cultures in their own businesses, networks and communities, and reaping the benefits of inclusive recruitment practices.

Finalist Again for Lynn

Lynn is a finalist in the English Veteran's Awards in the category the Leavers to Leaders Award. Fingers crossed for October 20 for the awards ceremony

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Finalist - Lynn Lifetime Achievement Award

Finalist in Lifetime Achievement Award- British ex-forces in Business Awards

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Happy Friendship Day

We celebrate our CAREGivers and Clients friendships

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Local young students bring joy to Seniors

Letters from Students at Mount Kelly bring joy to Seniors during lockdown

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Our CAREGivers bring a smile

Sam with a smile everyday - everywhere

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We appreciate our CAREGivers

Everyday, Everymoment - we appreciate our CAREGivers

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Wonderful work space - We are cared for

We were treated in the office by our lovely Owner Lynn Roddy to lunch - yummy ?? Thank you Lynn Take aways of course !

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Cupcake day for Dementia

What is Cupcake Day? On Thursday 18 June, people across the UK will get together to raise money for people affected by dementia and we knead all the help we can get to make this year bigger and batter than ever. Cupcake Day is for the bakers, the fakers, the buyers and the bringers. No matter how you host your day all that matters is you have some tasty treats (home-made or shop-bought, we’re not fussed!) and raise some ‘dough’.

Looking After our CAREGivers

During this time, it’s so important to us that our CAREGivers feel confident and happy to be able to do the wonderful job they are doing caring for older people. So we carried out a survey to do a quick sense check of how they were coping at this time.

We are in the Top 20!

It is so important to us that we provide the very best care in our community. So pleased to be in the Top 20 of home care providers in the South West

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Singing because we Care

Singing to lighten those in self-isolation

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Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness

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World Dance Day

It's World Dance Day - let us turn on our kind of music in our own homes and enjoy the beauty of dance

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Thoughtful Community Kindness

Wow, how lucky we are! Thoughtful kind gestures come in the shape of sticky buns today - Kiera baked sweet sticky buns this afternoon and knocked on our door. What a sweet surprise - thank you Kiera.

Cornwall Scrubs and Masks

Masks!

Happy Easter to our CAREGivers

Easter eggs for our CAREGivers.

Sandra in the Daily Mirror

Our lovely Sandra appeared in the Daily Mirror last week. She does and amazing job and we are very proud of her. Here is our Care Manager with a copy of the newspaper.

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Have you seen Stanley & Christine around Tavistock?

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Happy Mother's Day

Plant a Flower Day

Plant a Flower Day - celebrate this day every year either indoor /outdoor to mark the near-end of winter

Home Instead in Bude

We completed the training or some new CAREGivers in Bude recently and we are out supporting clients locally. We are based out of the Neetside Centre.

We are Outstanding!

We have been rated Outstanding by the CQC. If you would like to read our report please follow this link: https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-5868324822

Cycling Without Age

Lynn our owner is a trustee fo this charity and is fundraising to bring tri-shaws to Tavistock and Launceston.

PPP 3 in 1

It's comforting to know that when Home Instead aren't with you or your loved ones, they can still get help.

Team Player of the Year

Sandra Anstey was awarded Team Player of the Year at our recent Christmas Party.

Our CAREGiver of the Year

Although all of our CAREGivers are wonderful it is nice to mark outstanding service.

Our Christmas Party

It is lovely to get together as a team and to say thank you to everyone for their hard work. We celebrated at The Kitchen Cafe in Tavistock with yummy canapes and bubbly

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#BeASanta to a Senior

Christmas is round the corner and we’re all getting into the festive spirit. It is important to remember that lonely older people might not get the same enjoyment out of this time of year, which is why we are organising #BeASanta to a Senior! #BASTAS

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Unretire yourself

Unretire yourself - feel valued. Join our CAREGivers Team

It's Selfcare Week 🎁

It’s #selfcareweek and Home Instead Tavistock and Tamar Valley want to remind you to take care of your physical health and mental wellbeing. Get out for some fresh air, or take some time to reflect and relax. Any time spent on you is time well spent!

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Cycling without Age

Cycling without Age is a nationwide initiative that offers free bike rides to local nursing home residents on a speciialy designed trishaw, tackling loneliness and isolation. Lynn Roddy, owner of Home Instead Senior Care, based in Tavistock, is Trustee for West Devon and East Cornwall.

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World Kindness Day - 13 November 2019

Make the world a better place - celebrate and promote good deeds and acts of kindness to all.

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World Pneumonia Awareness Day - Tuesday 12 November

Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs. The air sacs may fill with fluid or pus (purulent material), causing cough with phlegm or pus, fever, chills, and difficulty breathing. A variety of organisms, including bacteria, viruses and fungi, can cause pneumonia.

Have you seen Stanley & Christine around Tavistock?

Proud of our New branded car A huge thank you to Tavy Signs for the great work on our car. Let us know when you see Stanley and Christine around Tavistock and the Tamar Valley.

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Lest We Forget

We remember our Veterans with reverence, gratefulness and respect.

Plymouth University Jobs Fair 2019

We had a lovely day chatting to students about becoming CAREGivers. We were really impressed by their enthusiasm and interest.

Music Mends Minds Launches in Tavistock

Tavistock Rotary in collaboration with Home Instead, a Tavistock based Home Care Company are launching a Music Mends Minds group in support of those living with Dementia, Parkinson’s, acquired brain injuries, PTSD, or those living with the after effects of a stroke. This will be the first time this programme has been run in the UK. Music Mends Minds originated in the US and has proven to be a very successful programme supported by the Rotary clubs. Music has been proven to soothe, stimulate, and even unlock long-forgotten memories in people living with neurological conditions. We have all experienced that feeling of being transported back to a place or time from our past through a piece of music or a song, but for people with neurological conditions that experience can be particularly magical. Research has also shown that memories of popular songs can activate very specific areas of the brain, which seem to be particularly resistant to the damaging effects of dementia and other neurological conditions. This means that people who struggle to recognise family members, or even remember their own name, can often recall all the words to their favourite songs. The launch of MMM takes place at 2pm on 6th March at the Methodist Church Hall in Tavistock, and will run the first Wednesday of each month following. Norrie Philip- President of Tavistock Rotary said “We are delighted to be the first Rotary club in the UK to introduce this wonderful community project to Tavistock. We welcome you to come and make music with us and bring joy and happiness back into your life! Come and join us, sing songs, play instruments and enjoy a cup of tea. We thank Home Instead, for agreeing to work in partnership with us. For more information call Chris Ellis on 01822 616507 or visit https://www.homeinstead.co.uk/tavistock-tamar-valley

Be a Santa to A Senior

Home Instead had a great day at Tavistock Morrison's. The community were incredibly generous gifting to our Be a Santa to a Senior. Thank you so much to everyone!

Dickensian Evening

Home Instead Senior Care joined the celebrations at Dickensian Evening Friday 7th December 2018. The weather was kind, with the rain clearing for the evening. It was great to share some Quality Street with the community, dress up in some Victorian attire and accept donations for Be a Santa to a Senior.

Dementia Friendly Organisation with Tavistock Dementia Alliance

Dementia Friends

Home Instead Senior Tavistock and Tamar Valley are very excited to be moving towards becoming a Dementia Friendly organisation. Lynn is a Dementia Champion and Heather and Sandie trained recently. All the CAREGivers will be trained shortly and will be given extra training from the Tavistock Dementia Alliance.

Tovertafel or Magic Table Comes to Tavistock

Tovertafel came to Tavistock recently for a demonstration, hosted by Tavistock Memory Cafe and the Tavistock Dementia Alliance. Lynn Roddy of Home Instead has championed this technology and funding bids are in! It is hoped that the Tovertafel will be our community in the New Year and be available in our local libraries and The Anchorage Centre.

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