Nestling behind the Parish Church in the delightful South Hams village of Strete, between Dartmouth and Kingsbridge, Hyne Town House, one of the finest care homes in Devon, provides spectacular views of the sea and surrounding countryside.
The house, an attractive Georgian period Vicarage, has been extensively refurbished and offers extremely comfortable accommodation for up to 33 residents.
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
From Monday 15th October the residents of Hyne Town House will be able to enjoy the company of Daisey the highly trained Pets As Therapy dog
Pets As Therapy is a national charity founded in 1983. It is unique in that it provides therapeutic visits to residential care homes. Since its beginning over 20,000 PAT dogs have been registered into the scheme. Currently there are over 4,500 active PAT visiting dogs at work in the UK.
Our residents will be given the opportunity to interact, cuddle and talk to with Daisey, under closely supervised conditions, to enjoy the companionship and well documented therapeutic benefits of petting an animal and receiving unconditional love in return.
Following an unannounced visit this morning from The Food Standards Agency, Hyne Town House has been awarded the top Food Hygiene Rating score of 5 (Very Good).
This is a superb achievement and reflects the importance the Home places on producing a choice of excellent meals from locally sourced produce in modern, state of the art kitchens to suit individual needs such as vegetarian, diabetic and low fat diets.
Congratulations go to Michelle and Antra, Hyne Town House's cooks, for this superb achievement.
According to
the Office for National Statistics (2001 census) there were 2,393 people over
the age of 85 living in South Hams. Of these 30% (718) are likely to suffer
from dementia and require care. This figure will double within a generation.
It seems counterintuitive therefore that over the 11 years since the
census was completed more care homes have closed in South Hams than have been
opened leading many people considering residential care in the future to ask
themselves where, within a reasonable travelling distance, are they going to
find a suitable home?
Yvonne and Stephen Mould have long been committed to making HYNE
TOWN HOUSE one of the finest residential care homes in Devon. They recognised
the growing demand for high quality residential care and have recently
completed a comprehensive refurbishment and extension of their highly regarded
home in Strete, between Dartmouth and Kingsbridge. The
extension provides 9 new bedrooms all of which enjoy en-suite facilities,
satellite TV and under-floor heating. The rooms are large, bright and
individually decorated and furnished to a very high standard. They have also
created a new quiet lounge on the first floor, in addition to the 2 lounges on
the ground floor, with glorious sea views.
HYNE TOWN HOUSE currently employs over
30 local people. The extension will create additional opportunities for those
with experience and, as a recognised training provider, new recruits who wish
to take advantage of the excellent training provided to become highly qualified
care support staff.
The project incorporates 2 purpose-built Assisted
Living apartments which have been designed to encourage occupants to remain as
independent as possible but with the reassurance that expert help is
immediately at hand should the need arise. Each apartment is finished to an
exacting specification reflecting the ethos of the Home and will provide
luxurious surroundings for up to 2 people in each apartment. The generous
accommodation includes private entrance, living room with dining area, fitted
kitchen incorporating an oven, hob, fridge and washing machine, double bedroom
and large bathroom with shower. A large wall mounted flat-screen TV is
installed with satellite service provision.
With an aging population and families becoming ever
more dispersed, many of us are faced with the daunting responsibility of finding
first class care for family and friends. 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. A visit to HYNE TOWN HOUSE
will help to make that decision for you.
Douglas Derry Celebrates his 93rd Birthday with Friends at
Hyne Town House
Monday, 3 September 2012
More images of residents with the Olympic Torch.
(Can you spot the odd one out?)
Olympic Fever (Article in Dartmouth Gazette)
The Olympic torch made its way to HYNE TOWN HOUSE in Strete. Near Dartmouth.
The torch was kindly brought into the care home by Gill
Knight 49, from Galmpton. Gill said she was thrilled to be chosen to carry the
torch through Dartmouth.
Residents at the Hyne Town House have enjoyed "Olympic
fever", and have followed the competition on the television said Jean
White, the Home's Manager.
Pictured with the torch are Muriel Schroeter a resident at
the Home and Lynne Turner one of the care support workers.
Monday, 7 March 2011
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 EndsleighGarden 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 StokeFlemingChurch 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 1st 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 1st floor lounge overlooking the sea, an improved ramp at the entrance of the home, a larger entrance hall, a new bathroom on the 2nd 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 1st and 2nd 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:
HyneTown 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-Brown21st February
Yolanda Ball6th March
Staff;Jane Webb24th January
Erik Struben1st March
Anna Ebong11th March
Forthcoming Events
Friday 18th February Happy Times with Pauline Carter
Tuesday 8th March Cream Tea with friends and family
Friday 1st April Happy Times with Pauline Carter
Wednesday 13th April Music Concert with Mark Patten
Thursday14th April Coffee Morning & raffle. Friends and family
Welcome
Sunday24th April Easter Bonnet Parade with cream tea
