Welcome to the Ivonbrook and Darley Hall Care Homes – July Newsletter.
Staff Focus of the month
Here is our lovely Katie. She brings such fun and laughter into our homes.
Katie has been working as a carer since she was 18. Whilst enrolled as a student hairdresser, Katie used to work night shifts as a Carer.
When she completed her course, Katie secured herself a job as a hairdresser but missed the fulfilment and interaction from being a Carer.
By 2017 Katie was engaged and Mum to two young children. As if she wasn’t busy enough, Katie joined the Ivonbrook Properties team as a Night Carer once again.
She has been with us ever since and loves the residents as much as they love her. She sees them as family who make her smile and help the day fly by.
Katie is a natural Carer, she is kind, funny and engaging.
Charlotte Wilson, Registered Manager at Derbyshire’s Ivonbrook Care Home, described her as “Absolutely wonderful, a strong member of our Senior team and  a credit to the Homes.”
Italian Day – Bellissimo!
We were blessed with good weather, great food and even better entertainment to raise the spirits in the Home during the Coronavirus pandemic.
With our activities schedules compromised and our external providers no longer able to visit, we’ve taken to exploring the talents on our in-house team.
The whole of Ivonbrook Care Home and Darley Hall Care Homes in Derbyshire were transformed into a Venetian paradise complete with Gondolas.
Activities
| Date | Activity | Time |
| Weds 1st | Sarah Bright – Singer | 2.30pm |
| Mon 6th | Podiatrist | 9.30pm |
| Mon 6th | Art for Wellbeing | 1.30pm |
| Weds 8th | Sarah Bright – Singer | 3pm |
| Mon 13th | Art for Wellbeing – Singer | 1.30pm |
| Tues 14th | Bastille Day – Home Celebration | |
| Tues 14th | Sarah Bright – Singer | 2.30pm |
| Tues 14th | Red House Stables Horses – Animal Therapy | 3.30pm |
| Weds 15th | Steven – Singer | 3 pm |
| Thurs 16th | Sarah Bright – Singer | 4pm |
| Sat 18th | – Singer | 2.45pm |
| Mon 20th | Art for Wellbeing | 1.30pm |
| Thurs 23rd | James – Singer | 11am |
| Fri 24th | Sarah Bright – Singer | 3pm |
| Mon 27th | Art for Wellbeing | 1.30pm |
| Tues 28th | Parrot Man – Animal Therapy | 3pm |
| Weds 29th | Sarah Bright – Singer | 3.15pm |
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