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Hello and Welcome to our

Autumn Newsletter.

I can hardly believe after such

a glorious summer that we are

now in the process of arranging

Christmas celebrations.

Those of you that visit Marriott’s

regularly will notice that our ongoing renovations

are still marching on, we have had new windows

and doors fitted along the main corridor, and it

has all been redecorated in preparation for the

new carpet to be laid throughout the ground

floor communal areas. This will be a welcome

addition to compliment the work that has been

completed in the dining room.

I hope you will also join me in welcoming Marie

Forrester who is my new deputy, Information

about Marie and many other articles can be

found inside….

Please enjoy!

Theresa Shell General Manager

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Marriott House and Lodge, Tollhouse Close, Chichester West Sussex, PO19 1SG | Tel: 01243 536652

100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRAT IONS

On Monday 6th October, Chris Sellwood celebrated her 100th

Birthday surrounded by her family and friends. We celebrated with

Chris and a singer called Shuri and we had a lovely birthday cake and

sang the afternoon away!

STAFF NEWS We are delighted to welcome Marie Forrester as our new Deputy Manager here at Marriott House and Lodge, Marie has been a registered nurse for

18 years and 13 of those years in a care home setting.

Her role at Marriott House & Lodge is to support the General Manager Theresa, and to ensure

the high quality nursing care that our residents receive is maintained.

The well-being of our residents is extremely important to her and for them to feel happy and safe here at Marriott’s, as this is their home, will always be her priority. We also Welcome Sindhu and Lydia , registered nurses and Conor who is

working in our Kitchens to our Marriott’s Family, we wish them all the success and look forward to getting to know them well in the coming months.

PROMOTIONS In other news we are delighted to announce

promotion within the Marriott’s team, Beckie Napier-Raikes joined the company 6 months ago as a hostess in Marriott Lodge. She quickly developed

excellent relationships with the residents in the lodge and we recognised that she had more to offer,

so Beckie is our new Activity Coordinator in the lodge and she is over the moon. This does mean that Justine has also moved on, Justine has been

promoted to Head of Activities and Marketing, and is working with Beckie and Kim in the house

ensuring that all residents have a great time here at Marriott House and Lodge.


Summer Fete On Saturday 6th September we held our

Annual Summer Fete. This year we decided to

have a 1940s theme.

We were blessed with the weather and

entertained by Becki Short who sang all the

1940’s hits and came dressed as an American

service woman.

The afternoon was very well attended and

we raised over £775.00, which will be used to

finish a wheelchair access vegetable garden.

CHARITY EVENTS We are always keen to be involved in Charity Events. Over the summer we are sure you were aware of the ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ to raise money for the Motor Neurons Disease charity. We never to do anything by halves at Marriott House and Lodge so Staff decided to take part in a huge Ice Bucket Challenge and raised over £40 for the cause.

In September we once again participated in the Annual Macmillan Coffee morning. residents, relatives and visitors joined us for a morning or fundraising, we raised over £75.00 for Macmillan.

Thank you to everyone that supported us with these events.


NEW DAY CARE SERVICE

Due to popular demand we are now

offering a new service exclusively to

previous residents of Marriott House &

Lodge.

Daily Respite Service

Care available from 9am to 3pm

as and when you need it.

Join in with any of the in house

activities provided by our team

of activity professionals.

Enjoy a well-cooked lunch,

prepared by our highly skilled

chefs.

Enjoy the luxury of an assisted

bath with the help of our

excellent care staff.

Relax in the company of old and

new friends in comfortable safe

surroundings.

Our daily respite service has been

created to provide a safe environment

for our former respite residents as and

when they need us*. Perhaps your main

carer is in need of a break, or is

unavailable for the day or you are just

feeling like a change of scene and

would like to have some different

company with old and new friends. Our

day care service costs just £40.00 per day

and includes a delicious lunch and all

our available activities, should you wish

to take advantage of our assisted

bathing service for an additional £10.00

our dedicated care staff would be

happy to help. *booking is essential as

places are limited.

Welcome to all new residents at Marriott House

and Lodge

GARDEN SUCCESS

We are pleased to announce that Marriott

House and Lodge has once again been

rewarded for our beautiful gardens in a

national competition this year. For the third

year running we are pleased

to announce Success in the

Royal Horticultural Society,

South and South East in

Bloom competition.

This year we once again received the highest

accolade –a level 5 -“Outstanding”. Justine

Cowell (Home services advisor) attended an

awards ceremony in Brighton to collect the

award in the “It’s Your Neighbourhood”

category. This was presented by Chris

Collins, celebrity gardener. This was a

reflection of the time and dedication paid to

providing beautiful relaxing and engaging

outdoor spaces for our residents to enjoy.

We are also pleased to announce that we are

also finalists in the Barchester in Bloom

Competition in three categories.

These included ‘Best Garden’, Best hanging

baskets and ‘Best Floral or vegetable

display’. We will be attending the awards

ceremony at Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens

in November and will keep you posted with

the outcome.

We would like to take

this opportunity to thank

our fabulous maintenance

team and everyone that

has helped and supported

us in the garden this year.

Seaside Day Over the bank holiday weekend in August we

transformed our dining room

into a seaside scene. In the

weeks leading up to the day,

residents made decorations

during activity sessions.

The residents enjoyed

traditional Fish and Chips

wrapped in newspaper, candy

floss and Ice cream.

Activities were arranged throughout the day with a

seaside theme.

This day was such a

success that the

residents have

requested their fish

and chips come in

newspaper every week!!

Winnie Visits

One sunny afternoon in July, the residents

of Marriott House and Lodge were

visited by a Shetland pony called Winnie.

Winnie even visited the residents in there

rooms, even if we did get some funny looks when a horse

was trotting up the stairs!!!

SUMMER SCRUFFS

In July we held our

bi-annual Dog Show.

This year we had more entries than

ever from both staff and residents

families. We were lucky enough to

hold the event in our beautiful

garden.

The judges for 13 categories were

both staff and residents.

All of the winners received a rosette

and certificate.

MIKE HAMMER ENTERTAINS

In July we were entertained by the

brilliant talents of Mike Hammer. We

enjoyed an afternoon of singing,

dancing comedy and much more!

RECENTS

EVENTS


REGULAR ACTIVITIES

Each month we have some

wonderful resources available to us,

one of the residents’ favourites’ is Alive Activities.

Craig from Alive comes to the house or lodge each

month and we have a variety hour with Music,

Poetry, Singing, Exercise, Reminiscence and all sort of

things for us to enjoy, we really look forward to his

visits each month!

The other great thing that Alive do is training so a

number of staff have been on their training courses

which develop activity skills, approach to

reminiscence and technology in the care home

which the staff can use with the residents.

NOVIUM MUSEUM VISIT We were really lucky to have the Novium

Museum come and visit and give the residents a

wonderful talk on roman artefacts which they

brought with them for us to view, it was so

interesting to learn about the items that had

been found so close to where we live! We hope

to have them back for another talk soon

COMPUTER ACCESS AT

THE MARRIOTTS We have our a computer and ipad

for residents to use.

Marriott house has limited

wifi in the top lounge

We have set up an email address

so that residents can receive and

send emails to friends and relatives.

The activities staff are available to

Individuals respond to emails etc

The email address to send emails to is:

[email protected]. We have also set up SKYPE, if you

would like to use this to speak

to your friend or family

member please contact us

via the above email with your SKYPE address.

Our SKYPE address is MARRIOTTHOUSERESIDENTS

If you would like to receive future copies of

newsletters or information about forthcoming

events please send an email to

[email protected]

SERVICES AVAILABLE LYNDA AND TRACEY the hairdressers are available on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

THE MANICURIST/ BEAUTICIAN is available

on a Monday

STRATA WELLBEING: Tony and Rachel will be available to visit the home for a range of complimentary therapies, including hand, foot massage, aromatherapy, Reflexology and much more.

SPECSAVERS OPTICIANS will be providing Domiciliary visits as required

The Chiropodist visits every 6 weeks or as needed.

Visiting dentists can be arranged if needed.

More information on any of the above is available via a member of staff!!

We are always looking for Volunteers to help with the activities within the home. The role of the volunteer may include coming out on outings in the minibus,

driving the minibus, playing games and enjoying one-to-one chats with the Residents.

Any volunteer is subject to a Criminal Records Bureau check, the cost of which would be covered by

the home.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Sarah Harding or Justine Cowell.


INFORMATION

SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR

CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!

Thursday 18th

December 2014

MARRIOTTS CHRISTMAS FAYRE

Thursday 4th December 2-4pm

Please come along on Thursday the 4th

December for our annual Christmas fayre, each

year we have a wonderful fayre with stalls and

gifts to buy for Christmas, we also have a

wonderful Raffle on the day raising money for

the residents activity fund. Any donations for this

raffle would be gratefully received!

mailto:[email protected]


CHICHESTER PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP.

The local Chichester & Bognor Regis

Branch of Parkinson’s UK now hold their

monthly informal meetings at Marriott House

on the 2nd Monday of the month. Carers

normally have their meeting separately from

People with Parkinson’s For more information

please contact Alan Mee, Chairman on

01243 788539

MEETING ROOM FACILITIES At Marriott House and Lodge we are very fortunate to have beautiful surroundings and facilities which we are very proud of. We are very lucky to have a meeting room which is suitable for groups of up to 10 people around the meeting table, or up to 20 in a theatre style layout. Tea and coffee facilities are available as are buffet luncheons. If you are interested in hiring out the space please speak to Theresa shell or Justine Cowell for further information on 01243 536652 or [email protected] or [email protected]

MEETING ROOM FACILITIES At Marriott House and Lodge we are very fortunate to have beautiful surroundings and facilities which we are very proud of. We are very lucky to have a meeting room which is suitable for groups of up to 10 people around the meeting table, or up to 20 in a theatre style layout. Tea and coffee facilities are available as are buffet luncheons. If you are interested in hiring out the space please speak to Theresa shell or Justine Cowell for further information on 01243 536652 or [email protected] or [email protected]

The Chichester Carers Support West Sussex Group is a small group of carers that meet up for a cuppa and a chat on a monthly basis. Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month at 11.00am at Marriott House and Lodge. Please contact Carers Support West Sussex on 01243 537011 [email protected]

for more information

Marriott House and Lodge are keen to involve themselves with the local community, bringing them into the home and also taking

our residents out to it. We offer free meeting facilities to local

groups where they can meet in a private and comfortable environment.

If you are interested in discussing our community facilities, please do not hesitate to contact Theresa Shell to arrange a coffee

and a look around.

MARRIOTTS BREAKFAST CLUB! We continue to hold a breakfast club on the first Friday of the month from 8am. This is an opportunity for care professionals and

representatives from various organisations who play a key role in the community to meet. If you would like to attend please contact [email protected]

If you would like to receive future copies of newsletters or information about forthcoming

events please send an email to [email protected]

If you need to contact us for any other reasons please use the following emails

[email protected] or [email protected]


Community News









OCTOBER

NOVEMBER


DATES FOR

YOUR DIARY

Friday 24th October

We invite you to a PURR - fect Tea Party from

2pm please swish by for a cup of tea and a delicious cake to help raise money for

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home

Friday 31st October

Join us for an afternoon of spooky fun and games, including special afternoon tea

THURSDAY 6th NOVEMBER We invite you to WEAR IT PINK to help us raise money for Breast Cancer Care. Come along to a special afternoon The afternoon will include Raffle, special afternoon tea and much more!!

Join us for our Annual Balloon

release to remember all those lost

in conflict.

Tuesday 11th November

Balloons will be released at 11am

during the national two minutes

silence

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM!

WEDNESDAY 26th NOVEMBER

BOSHAM OLD TIMERS

Will be performing their

Annual Show in the House

dining Room from 2pm

TUESDAY 21st OCTOBER

MITCHELL ARMSTRONG

Come along for a special

Sing along and afternoon

of entertainment.

FRIDAY 14th NOVEMBER

Join us for an afternoon events to raise

money for this brilliant charity!!

DECEMBER!!

We will be sending another dates for your diary in late

November when we have finished arranging some every

special events in December!!

Centenarians glam it up for David Bailey

photo shoot

Stylish centenarian, Emily, 103, lives at

Barchester’s Cheverton Lodge Care Home. Emily

and her sister, Edith, 106, were delighted when

they heard they had been invited to be

photographed by David Bailey, the famous

fashion and portrait photographer.

They spent a day at his studio, posing for the

photos and talking to a journalist about their lives.

The pictures were used in a Guardian Weekend

piece celebrating nine amazing centenarians.

CHARLIE DIMMOCK TO UNEARTH

GREAT CARE HOME GARDENERS

Care homes across the UK are waiting eagerly to

hear who is the cream of the crop of this year’s

Barchester in Bloom competition.

There are so many talented gardeners living and

working at Barchester homes across the country

and the competition rewards the best of the best in

six different categories.

This year's winners will be announced at an awards

ceremony on 6th November in Birmingham. The

day will be hosted by celebrity gardener, Charlie

Dimmock.

Your Care Rating survey

Thank you to everyone who took the time to

assist in the completion of the Your Care Rating

survey, which helps Barchester assess the quality

of its services.

Look out for the Relatives’ Survey, which goes

live this autumn and gives relatives of residents

the chance to let us know what we are doing well

and where we could make improvements.

John Sergeant to host Older People in

the Media Awards 2014

Independent Age and Barchester Healthcare are

thrilled to announce that renowned journalist

and broadcaster, John Sergeant, will be hosting

this year’s Older People in the Media Awards.

The awards are to be held on the 13th November

in London. They seek to shine a light on

coverage which has either positively portrayed

older people or sensitively highlighted the

issues they face.

John Sergeant, said of the awards: “Older

people are not a homogenous group, and no

one, including the media, should make

assumptions about them based solely on their

age.

“I am proud to be a part of this year’s Media

Awards, which recognise those in the media

who are working so hard to highlight just how

astonishing older people can be, and who,

through their work, are recognising the

importance of the issues they face.”

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