NEWS
ANCHOR CARE HOME TAKES A NOVEL APPROACH TO NUTRITION
Nutrition and hydration stations are to be installed at Buckingham Lodge, Anchor’s new residential care home in Aylesbury, which welcomed its first residents this week.
Anchor, a not-for-profit provider of housing and care to older people, is installing the stations at Buckingham Lodge as part of an initiative that will eventually see them fitted in all Anchor care homes.
SPONSORS OF SKYDIVING DAWN DIG DEEP
FOR DAYTRIPS Activity funds for residents of a care home in Rugby took a giant leap, quite literally, from a plane.
Dawn Hulley, who works at Willow Tree Nursing Home, raised £600 for residents to go on day trips by doing a sponsored skydive.
The 48-year-old is the Activities Co- ordinator at the 47-room home, set over an acre of private grounds in School Street.
The sponsorship money is going towards taking residents on outings to the Cotswold Wildlife Park, Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Park and Twycross Zoo, as well as helping them to bond with each other and enjoy an enhanced quality of life.
Dawn’s family, friends, colleagues and resident’s relatives all dug deep to sponsor her to do the dive at Hinton Airfield, Brackley, Northants.
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The stations will be stocked with a variety of snacks and soft drinks to enable residents to graze all day, ensuring everyone in the care home is hydrated and well fed at all times.
Wendy Luck, Home Manager at Buckingham Lodge care home, said: “Loss of weight is a real issue for older people nationwide, whether they are living in a care home or in their own homes. These new nutrition and hydration stations will encourage Buckingham Lodge residents to remain hydrated, especially on hot days.
“They’re also particularly beneficial for people living with dementia, many of whom like to wander; the stations provide easy access to food and drinks throughout the home so that
residents can move around freely, maintaining their independence and receiving the nutrients they need.”
Buckingham Lodge will be the first Anchor care home to feature the nutrition and hydration stations. However, the company intends to include the stations as standard in all of its new care homes, including Moore Place and Clayburn Court which are due to open later this year.
Richard Herne, Anchor’s Catering Manager, commented: “These nutrition and hydration stations are a fantastic development, which reflects Anchor’s ethos of giving residents as much control as possible over their day-to-day decisions.”
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Trisha Judge, Home Manager, said: “Dawn really has gone above and beyond the call of duty with this. It’s not many people who are so passionate about what they do they’d jump out of a plane. This isn’t just going the extra mile, it’s going 3,500ft straight up. We’re so proud of
Dawn and the money she’s raised will make an enormous difference to the residents who will get to enjoy some great activities as a result.”
The home specialises in caring for elderly patients requiring personal, nursing and dementia care.
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