Hyne Town House

2011-03-07T03:59:00.001-08:00

Hyne Town House Newsletter

Winter Edition 2011

The New Year is now well underway but I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a healthy and prosperous 2011

Hyne Town House had a fun packed schedule of events leading up to Christmas and I hope both residents and their families enjoyed the entertainment available, A big thank you to Jean for organising such a wonderful festive season.

The Endsleigh Garden Centre Trip.

One of the highlights of the festivities was our day trip to Endsleigh Garden Centre. The event was arranged by Annie Morgan who, as part of her apprentership training, was asked to fund and organise an outing for the residents.

Annie began by organising a jumble sale in Strete Village Hall to raise money towards the cost of the trip. She then hired a minibus and along with other members of staff took the residents for a very enjoyable day out.

Although the weather was cold, a number of residents enjoyed a walk around the indoor areas of the garden centre which had beautiful displays of Christmas trees and decorations.

The trip ended with afternoon tea and delicious mince pies.

The Tree of Light.

Hyne Town House was asked by Stoke Fleming Church to supply a Christmas tree to be displayed in the church leading up to Christmas.

Helen Drury, our resident activities coordinator, organised for the residents and staff to make their own decorations for the tree.

The name of the tree “The Tree of Light” was chosen by one of our residents. The residents, families and members of staff all contributed and an enormous amount of fun and laughter was generated whilst making the decorations.

Christmas Gifts

I hope the suggestions of gift ideas for the residents proved useful when choosing Christmas gifts. We are still trying to put together memory boards and photograph albums for the residents. Any help or contributions would be most welcome.

Extension Work to Hyne Town House

The much heralded project to build a 1^st floor extension above part of the existing single storey west wing now looks likely to commence at the end of April / beginning of May.

As previously outlined, the extension will provide 9 new bedrooms, a new 1^st floor lounge overlooking the sea, an improved ramp at the entrance of the home, a larger entrance hall, a new bathroom on the 2^nd floor and upgrading to all the existing bedrooms. These upgrades will include the replacement of night storage heaters with conventional radiators, more electric sockets in the west wing, improved lighting in bedrooms, a pressurised hot water system on the 1^st and 2^nd floors in the main building in line with the rest of the home and much more.

Inevitably this will mean that some residents will need to be temporarily relocated in other rooms while the work is being carried out. However, we have deliberately retained enough empty rooms to ensure that any disturbance is kept to a minimum.

The project, divided into 3 phases, is expected to take about 30 weeks although the longest period that any resident is likely to be effected is phase 1 which is scheduled to take 14 weeks. (See attached Schedule)

Interestingly, whenever we have carried out building work in the past, residents have enjoyed watching the activity taking place and the comings and goings of the builders.

Needless to say, the comfort and safety of our residents will be our priority throughout the work.

The Firs

As some of you will be aware, we applied for planning permission to convert The Firs (the property to the left of the driveway as you come into the car-park) into 2 separate assisted living apartments at the end of last year. I am delighted to say that the planning consent has now come through and work will commence to convert the property and increase the size of the car-park during the next few weeks.

Unfortunately, for safety reasons, the car-park will not be available to visitors while this work is taking place.

Whilst it was never envisaged to be this way, it is now inevitable that the 2 projects will run concurrently.

When the project is finished we will be able to offer:

Hyne Town House: 38 places in 37 bedrooms, all of which will offer en-suite facilities

The Firs: 2 assisted living apartments for up to 2 people each and

The Lodge, an assisted living bungalow for up to 2 people

Happy Birthday to You…………………………

Residents:

Anne Wreford-Brown 21^st February

Yolanda Ball 6^th March

Staff ; Jane Webb 24^th January

Erik Struben 1^st March

Anna Ebong 11^th March

Forthcoming Events

Friday 18th February 11am Happy Times with Pauline Carter

Tuesday 8^th March 3pm Cream Tea with friends and family

Friday 1^st April 11am Happy Times with Pauline Carter

Wednesday 13^th April 3pm Music Concert with Mark Patten

Thursday 14^th April 11am Coffee Morning & raffle. Friends and family

Welcome

Sunday 24^th April 3pm Easter Bonnet Parade with cream tea

Contributions for the newsletter from residents,

staff and families are always welcome.

Yvonne Mould

Newsletter Autumn 2010

2010-11-16T02:34:00.000-08:00

Hyne Town House Newsletter

Autumn Edition 2010

http://www.hynetownhouse.co.uk/

We have had a busy summer of activities at Hyne Town House which I hope you have all enjoyed.

The Marie Curie Tea Party was a big success and our Summer Garden Party proved to be a fun afternoon for all despite it clashing with the England Football game. The Dementia Awareness talk, held in The Village Hall, was well supported with over 20 people attending.

Marie Curie Tea Party

Specialist Activity Workshops

Our specialist activity workshops will be starting in late September. We will be designing stimulating activities, tailored to each person’s individual needs, with the aim of improving their quality of life and encouraging independence. This will help to reduce confusion, encourage social interaction, restore self esteem, regain basic life skills and generally have fun.

Helen Drury, who is taking on the role of Activities co-ordinator, was a Community Psychiatric Nurse In her previous life. Helen is, therefore, well qualified to make sure the activities are tailored to the resident’s needs.

Christmas Shopping

Hard to believe I know but our focus is now turning to Christmas!

We thought the residents’ families might like some ideas for Christmas presents and Jean has given me a shopping list of useful suggestions:

Bath robes, nightwear (it is advisable to get a size larger than normally worn as it is less intrusive when someone is helping to dress) soap, toilet bags, costume jewellery and scarves. A portable DVD player with favourite films or music or CD player with talking books or favourite music.

Books of interest, whether it be a previous hobby, about an area they lived or a person they admired. It is best to contain a small amount of text and lots of pictures.

What can be really helpful both for the residents and carers are multi- picture photo frames with the photos labelled or a digital photo frame. This provides a conversation point for the carer. Similarly a book containing messages and photos from the family, perhaps including drawings from grandchildren is a very personal gift.

A life history of the person, put together by the family, is a special gift as it provides many happy memories for the resident to be shared with carers and family alike.

Planning Application

They say everything comes to he who waits, and boy did we have to wait for our planning application to finally get approval. However, nearly 2 years after submitting it we finally got approval early in September.

Our plan is to build 9 new bedrooms above the ground floor west wing which runs parallel to the driveway. Because we are required to provide a minimum of 4.1M2 of communal space per resident, a couple of existing bedrooms will be converted into a new lounge/activities room on the 1^st floor, overlooking the sea.

We are also taking the opportunity to upgrade the existing facilities within the home for the benefit of all. These include:

All bedrooms will have en-suite facilities
All bedrooms will exceed the requirements of the Care Standards Act 2000
Upgrading the heating system throughout.
Installing a pressurised hot water system in main building
Widening the entrance and re-aligning the slope to make wheelchair access easier
Increasing the size of the entrance hall.
Increasing the size of the laundry
Creating a new medication room.
Creating a new shower room on the 2^nd floor.
Upgrading the wet room on the ground floor, etc etc

The net result will be that the home’s maximum number of residents will increase from 33 to 38.

Inevitably there will be some disruption during the project but we will do our best to keep this to a minimum. We have deliberately kept rooms empty to allow us to temporarily move residents to areas away from the building work ensuring they remain in a safe and comfortable environment.

We hope to commence the work in January 2011 and, if anyone is interested, we would be delighted to show them the plans and to discuss the project in detail.

It has always been our ambition for Hyne Town House to be the best care home in Devon and these improvements will go a long way to help us achieve that goal.

Forthcoming Events

First Thursday every month Music Concert with Neil from True Care

Tuesday 26^th October 3pm “A Trip Down Memory Lane “

Musical Entertainment with Martyn Paddon.

Afternoon Tea and Raffle.

Monday 20^th December 3pm Christmas Concert

Wednesday 22^nd December 3pm Christmas Party.

Sherry, mince pies and musical entertainment

All friends and families welcome.

As always we will have a full diary of entertainment throughout December.

Happy Birthday To you….

Phyll Cudd 27^th October

Phyllis Teage 22^nd November

Paddy Davis 26^th November

Patricia Cannon 15^th December

Staff

Lynne Turner 5^th October

Mal Thomas 12^th October

Jean White 15^th October

Penelope Foster 17^th October

Shirley Friend 11^th November

Scott Caple 11^th November

Samson Esplago 15^th November

Gemma Caple 4^th December

Cheralyn Owens 9^th December

Finally………

Phyllis Teage wanted to share this with you…

The Thoughts of a Gold Fish

As I wander around my bowl many thoughts cloud my tiny brain.

Errrr……now then what was I saying again? (By Andrew Jagger.)

The next Newsletter will be the winter edition which will be published early in January. If you would like anything included please leave it in the office marked for my attention.

Yvonne Mould

Dementia Awareness Talk, Strete Village Hall

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In association with National Dementia Awareness Week, Hyne Town House held a talk in Strete Village Hall on 28^th July 2010.

The speakers were introduced by Yvonne Mould, the owner of Hyne Town House and her husband Stephen gave a presentation illustrating the number of people affected by the disease. The audience were astonished to learn that that there are over 700 people in the South Hams, over the age of 85, already suffering from Dementia and that this figure is expected to rise to 1400 within 16 years. (According to figures extrapolated from The Office for National Statistics). This compares to the number of Dementia beds in South Hams of 274.

Heather Brooks, a Care Supervisor at the home went on to describe the different types of Dementia followed by Jean White, the home’s Manager, who outlined ways to recognise the signs, respond to needs and adapt the home.

The audience of over 30 people included volunteers from Dartmouth Caring. Wendy Curtis, a Dartmouth Caring Trustee, described the charity’s plans to open the Dartmouth Memory Cafe in September and described how Dartmouth Caring can help people suffering from Dementia and theirs carers.

It was very much a community affair with ladies from Strete WI generously donating their time to serve teas, coffees and cakes following the presentations.

The owners of the Hyne Town House have now been approached to see if they would be prepared to give a similar presentation to other groups within South Hams and they readily agreed. “Of course we will be delighted” said Yvonne Mould, “We are enthusiastic to be a part of any initiative that helps raise the profile of Dementia, dispels the myths and stigma associated with the disease and informs suffers and their carers“.

Devon Life Editorial

2010-11-15T08:14:00.000-08:00

Making the Right Choice - Expert Elderly Care

Discovering an elderly relative or friend needs residential care is hard enough, finding the right home to provide the dedicated care they require can be even harder.

With an aging population and families becoming dispersed more of us are faced with the responsibility of finding first class care for our family members and friends.

Nestling in the delightful South Hams village of Strete, between Dartmouth and Kingsbridge, HYNE TOWN HOUSE Residential Care Home provides the answer.

The house, an attractive Georgian period vicarage, nestles behind the Parish Church and commands spectacular views of the sea and the surrounding Devon Countryside. Extensively refurbished in 2005 it offers extremely comfortable accommodation for up to 33 residents.

Yvonne and Stephen Mould acquired Hyne Town House in 2002. Stephen began his career in Banking and is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute by qualification. For 16 years prior to taking over Hyne Town House Stephen was a Regional Director in the highly regulated Financial Services Industry. Yvonne has broad experience in public relations and marketing and ran a successful restaurant for a number of years. “ We are committed to making Hyne Town House one of the finest residential care homes in Devon “said Stephen “Our philosophy of care is simple; if our parents needed residential care, what would we want for them?”

The home is managed by Jean White B.Sc.(Hons) who has held senior management positions in residential care for 12 years. Prior to joining Hyne Town House Jean was a Group Manager for a large care organisation in the South West. Jean also specialises in dementia care. Jean works closely with the residents and staff to ensure a “home from home” atmosphere which is very much in evidence from the moment you walk through the front door. It is, as Jean explains, “Very much resident led, we provide activities and comfortable lounges where residents can socialise. However, for those wishing to enjoy the privacy of their own room they can choose to do so”

Hyne Town House offers 30 bedrooms, 27 of which enjoy en-suite facilities. The rooms are large, bright and individually decorated and furnished to a high standard. A magnificent Garden Room enables residents to enjoy spectacular sea views over the garden. Under-floor heating and high levels of insulation ensure this is a very comfortable room throughout the year.

Adjacent to the Garden Room is the Dining Room where excellent traditional meals are enjoyed. The cooks prepare locally sourced produce in the new state of the art kitchens to meet individual needs and tastes.

The decision to choose residential care for a loved one is difficult. A visit to Hyne Town House can help to make that decision for you.

Hyne Town House, Strete, Nr. Dartmouth, Devon. TQ6 0RU

Telephone Jean White on 01803 770011

Fax 01803 770307

Email info@hynetownhouse.co.uk

Web http://www.hynetownhouse.co.uk/

Hyne Town House new Blog goes live

2010-11-13T01:02:00.000-08:00