Housteads Residential Care Home Outside Spaces
Help to get the outside spaces/gardens at Housteads Care home back in order ready for spring and summer
Housteads is a care home for older people including those who are living with dementia . Having an outside spaces that would be attractive would be beneficial to our residents physical and mental welling
Who are Sheffcare
Sheffcare is a registered charity operating across the Sheffield area. The company began operating on a not for profit basis in 1993 when a number of care homes were transferred out of local authority ownership into the ownership of Sheffcare. We are committed to making a positive difference to the lives of the people we care for - providing comfort, companionship and compassion to more than 500 older people, including those affected by dementia As a charity, every penny is invested back into our homes and the training of the people that work within them. We're proud to be able to say that we are consistently praised by the Care Quality Commission for the services we deliver.
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Making a Housteads a Home
Saturday 29th January 2022
Written by Rachel (she/her)
5 Goodgymmers met Charlotte at Housteads Care Home to help spruce up the garden (James we lost en route to a punctured tyre)... in her words to "give it a titivate" (which I always think sounds rude 😜).
Main jobs for the day included weeding and replacing solar-powered fairy lights around the flower beds. We started with the tricky job of identifying what was and wasn't a weed, and moved on to "decking the halls" with lights. After some drizzle-induced hesitance, the sun appeared and we decided it was dry enough to safely teak oil a memorial bench. We'd initially planned to take the bench under cover, but realised it was bolted securely to the ground. Charlotte told us how sadly they have to make sure everything is secured or else it is in danger of being stolen 😔.
We learnt she's been in her role as "activity worker" only since December and that her work is especially important to her because her nannan is a resident here. We talked about the different wings they have for residents with different care needs, some with advanced dementia. We also talked about the impact of COVID - they have a "visiting pod" in the garden that they spend time with loved ones through a perspex screen or they can have room visits, but only in full PPE. We hope that the garden will help brighten their days a little and that they'll soon be able to enjoy them properly with family 🥰
