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News and Information from Gorsey Clough
Below is updated news and a selection of articles written by Gorsey Clough Nursing Home.
Gorsey Clough are top of the ChartsGorsey Clough Nursing Home has been rated the top Bury Nursing Home by patients, service users, their relatives and the public for the period July to December 2011 according to Bury Link 'Rate Our Service' website and the overall third best performer across all care care categories including GP Surgeries, Dentists and Hospitals. ...
Residents get connected to ITResidents at Gorsey Clough Nursing Home are now able to connect to relatives and friends from around the world! Having been awarded grant funding to invest in IT, we now have a computer station located in our Memory Room with access to the world wide web. The Home has purchased a webcam, a keyboard with extra large keys for the visually&n...
Management qualifications for senior staffCongratulations to Home Manager Collette Conway, Deputy Manager Janet Cheung and Care Quality Supervisor Susan Harland who have all acheived ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) qualifications.
Collette and Janet have both been awarded the ILM Level 5 Diploma in Management and Susan the ILM Level 3 Certificate in First Line Management...
Gorsey Clough embraces Facebook!With all the talk of social media and Facebook these days, Gorsey Clough has created its own Facebook page and is looking for new Facebook friends. You can find us at:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Gorsey-Clough-Nursing-Home/163708243683553
We'll be keeping everyone up to date with news and upcoming events. You...
Activities Co-ordinator awarded national qualificationCongratulations to Gorsey Clough's Activities Co-ordinator Kelly Sherratt who has been awarded her NCFE Level 2 in Provision of Activities in a Care Setting. After almost a year of study and hard work, Kelly has achieved this much coveted national award.
The aim of the course was to focus awareness on the care of elderly pe...
Dementia Study to take place at Gorsey Clough Gorsey Clough is taking part in the Right Time Place Care Research Study which aims to improve the health service for European citizens with dementia.
Funded by the European Union and based at the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Manchester, the aim of the study is to look at the best ways of meeting the needs of ol...
Wii love playing games!Residents of Gorsey Clough Nursing Home are now playing catch up with the younger generation with the purchase of a Nintendo Wii games console.
The Home’s Activities Co-ordinator Kelly Sherratt says “It‘s a great addition to the many activities we already offer to our residents and it‘s vitally important for older people to...
Royal Wedding CelebrationsThe Residents of Gorsey Clough Nursing Home celebrated the Royal Wedding with their very own party. Bunting, patriotic fervor and scones and jam were the order of the day. A special wedding cake was baked and we even had our very own Prince William and Kate Middleton in the form of Lee and Sima and what a lovely royal couple they make!&nb...
Gorsey Clough Unveils Therapeutic Use of Doll Therapy in Dementia CareAs part of our ongoing commitment to improving the quality of life of our Residents, Gorsey Clough Nursing Home has adopted a new approach to dementia care - Doll Therapy.
At Gorsey Clough, we have found that dolls calm and reduce agitation in our female Residents with later-stage Alzheimer's Disease. The Home's Manager Collette Conway says &...
A fond farewell to Joan After twenty four years of loyal service, our friend and work colleague Joan Lawton has decided to retire. We wish Joan a very happy retirement and one that has been truly deserved following a lifetime of work, caring for animals, and working as a founding trustee of her local branch of the RSPCA.
Here are some words from all your friends...
Commitment with Bury College Business Solutions pays offGorsey Clough Nursing Home has been working with Bury College Business Solutions for over two years and this partnership has been celebrated in the latest edition of the College's Business Solutions Newsletter. Please see below for the feature!...
A big woof woof for Maisy!Maisy the Great Dane came to visit residents the other week. She made a very big impression on everyone. And her appetite meant she made an even bigger impression in the biscuits tin!
Pictured with Maisy are: Care Assistant Paula Hardman, Maisy, Maisy's owner and Deputy Home Manager Janet Cheung ...
Managers embark on degree level coursesHome Manager Collette Conway and Deputy Home Manager Janet Cheung have both commenced working towards Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) qualifications.
Collette is working towards the ILM Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Leadership and Executive Management which is the equivalent of a Masters Degree q...
Residents remember Memory Room After many months of consultation with our Residents, Relatives and Staff, Gorsey Clough Nursing Home are enormously proud to unveil our new Memory Room.
Filled with items donated by Relatives and Staff, the Memory Room is designed to encourage Residents to remember memories from their past, help stimulate, and also to make them feel les...
Thousands of pounds of grant money awarded to improve IT accessGorsey Clough Nursing Home has been awarded £14,600 in grant funding from the Get Connected Investment Project to improve access to IT for its Residents, Staff and Visitors. The Home now boasts it's own IT suite where online learning will take place. Courses will range from IT for beginners to...
Award for commitment to Training and DevelopmentGorsey Clough has been presented with a special award in recognition of its ongoing commitment to training and develoment by Bury College Business Solutions. The award was presented to the Training Manager Janet Dawson at a ceremony held at the Woodbury Centre in Bury. Janet said "this award recognises our excelle...
Gorsey Clough appoints Activities Co-ordinatorKelly Sherratt has been appointed Gorsey Clough's new Activities Co-ordinator. Kelly has spent the past 11 years working at the Home as a Carer and is looking forward to her new role. Kelly said, "I can't wait to get stuck in. I've just enrolled on the NCFE Provision of Activities in a Care Setting Course and...
Head Chef is Learner of the Year 2010Congratulations to Denise Metcalfe who has been awarded the Learner of the Year in the Workplace ICT catagory by Bury Council's Arts, Libraries and Adult Learning Division.
The award is in recognition of Denise completing her ECDL or European Computer Driving Licence qualification. What makes this award all the more special is that Denise had...
Collette Wins Bury Manager of the Year Award 2010 Many congratulations to Collette Conway Home Manager of Gorsey Clough Nursing Home who has been awarded the Bury Manager of the Year 2010 Award at a glitzy ceremony held at the Village Hotel in Bury.
Collette collected her award at the first Bury Adult Social Care Awards from the Mayor of Bury in recognition of her outstanding work, devotion to he...
A new Training Room at last! Having had a lack of useable space we can now proudly boast a dedicated and brand spanking new Training and Meeting Room. What was once a room in the attic used as a dumping ground for odds and sods, Gorsey Clough now has a state of the art facility to deliver onsite training, staff meetings and workshops.
We unfortunately forgot to take...
Gorsey Clough is an 'Excellent' Home! Gorsey Clough has been awarded a maximum three star 'excellent' quality rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the body that regulates care services in England. A three star rating is the highest quality rating for a care home provider to achieve and is equivalent to a five star quality rating in the hotel and hospitality industry!
Qual...
Gorsey Clough makes the Skills PledgeGorsey Clough has made a commitment to the Skills Pledge in supporting our employees to develop their basic skills and to enable them to work towards relevant, valuable qualifications that will contribute towards making the nation's workforce, world leaders in skills.
The Skills Pledge is a partnership between the Government and businesses and...
Gorsey Clough establishes social work student link with Salford University Gorsey Clough has been working with students of the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of Salford. The Home now provides 30 day placements to its first year BA (Hons) Social Work Studies students. Wendy Walling is the first such student to complete her placement - which has been judged a success by Wendy and Staff alike - and we lo...
Birds fly the nest! Tawny Owl chicks have been discovered in the wooded copse!
We didn't know we had residents of the fluffy kind until a few weeks ago when we were presented with this picture taken of these Tawny Owl chicks by the Barn Owl Trust in the wooded copse at the Home shortly after they had flown the nest. According to the Trust we have several families...
New garden gives sensory help to Residents Residents are having a blooming good time reminiscing about years gone by with the help of our new Sensory Garden. Green-fingered Susan Harland, the Home's Health and Safety Manager has created the garden to help Residents suffering from dementia remember good times and boost the well-being of Residents with other serious age-related health pro...
Picture Gallery has been updatedThe Image Gallery has now been updated with pictures from our recent photoshoot. The photographs unveil the new look of the Home after months of refurbishment (and a little bit of upheaval along the way!). We hope you like the improvements we've made that demonstrate our continued commitment to quality and high standards throughout Gorsey Clough Nu...
Gorsey makes front cover of the Nursing Standard!Gorsey Clough is this week's front cover story in the Nursing Standard Journal magazine!
The Nursing Standard Journal magazine - the leading bi-monthly publication for nurses and healthcare professionals - can be found nationwide on the shelves of leading supermarkets and it was just a little bit of a surprise to find Collette (the Home's M...
Gorsey Clough completes £100,000 refurbishmentGorsey Clough undergoes a major refurbishment.
We have finally realised our plan to refurbish the majority of it's communal areas. And it's only taken 18 months!!! The work includes: a comprehensive revamp of the dining room, library and lounges; the installation of state-of-the-art entertainment facilities in the library and lounge areas; and...
Gorsey Clough features in leading publication Gorsey Clough features in leading publication for the care home industry.
The full page story reports on SPECAL (Specialised Early Care for Alzheimer's) at the Home. They also feature the Clougher Bluffers in a short article and such exposure will mean a nationwide tour is now in the offing!!!...
Top animal award for Joan Domestic Assistant and animal lover Joan Lawton has received one of the RSPCA's highest awards which is in recognition of her long and distinguished service to the Society and Bury, Oldham and District Branch.
Joan will receive her award - the RSPCA's Queen Victoria Silver Medal - at the Society's Annual General Meeting in Westminster in June....
Care in hard times Counsel and Care has published Finding and financing care in hard times, which discusses the top five issues that older people, their families and carers contacted its advice service about in 2008.
Counsel and Care is a charity giving advice to older people, their relatives and carers across the UK....
Age Positive in the workplace Gorsey Clough is fully committed to supporting Age Positive, the Department for Work and Pensions scheme to remove age discrimination in employment. We believe that a workforce that is age diverse has real benefits for any business. Harnessing the skills, experience and enthusiasm of people of all ages creates a working environment that encourage...
All GPs to get dementia training All NHS GPs in England are to be trained to spot the early symptoms of dementia, under government plans.Government ministers also want to set up "memory clinics" to help the growing number of patients live as normally as possible. The Department of Health says it will ensure appropriate training is provided to health professionals and create more c...
Gorsey Clough hits the headlines Gorsey Clough appears in the Manchester Evening News today! The Newspaper reports on the implementation of SPECAL (Specialised Early Care for Alzheimer's) at the Home and interviewed both Collette, the Home Manager and Mr. Eric Dalton, the husband of Mrs. Vera Dalton who is one of our Residents for the story.
The article outlined how our S...
We are SPECAL! Gorsey Clough has become the first care home in the North West to adopt the SPECAL (Specialised Early Care for Alzheimer’s) programme.
SPECAL takes a holistic approach to Alzheimer’s and dementia care and we have embarked on this innovative training programme for the care of our Residents suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia. SPECAL advocates...
Times gone past! Some recently discovered photographs taken of the Home circa 1990.
How times have changed!
The Supervised Lounge.
Former Administrative Manager Diane Watt in her first role as a Care Assistant at the Home. I know, we didn't recognise her at first either!
The car park area....
BBC launches 'Care Calculator' The BBC has introduced an online 'care calculator' giving you information on social care provision for adults based on average figures for England.
The site contains:
a Care Questionnaire where you can contribute your views about the future funding of social care.
A Care Map, with links to Social Services and organisations across...
A new guide to choosing a care home publishedThe Alzheimer's Society has published a new guide to choosing a care home. Putting Care Right.pdf - your guide to choosing a care home features the essential issues to consider when deciding on a care home for a person with dementia. It lists questions families can put to care home staff and includes blank pages for notes on the places they visit....
Clougher Bluffers are top of the popsGorsey Clough's very own cabaret troupe feature in the Bury Times. Word has been spreading fast and the Clougher Bluffers have hit the headlines with their themed shows. Performing to an audience of young and old alike (but mostly old), the group are in great demand and give a very entertaining experience. Book early to avoid disappointment! Pl...
The great escape!Three childhood friends have been remembering their time spent as war time evacuees at Gorsey Clough and the story has found it's way into the local history books and also into the Bury Times.
The three friends were reuinted for the first time in 50 years and reminisced of their time at Gorsey Clough Farm - now Gorsey Clough Nursing Home. Sh...
Housekeeping team clean up with NVQsMany congratulations to Tracey and her team for their hard work which has finally paid off. They all now hold NVQ Level 2 qualifications in Houskeeping and Cleaning Services. Well done!
Pictured from Left to Right are: Tracey Roughley, Angela Palk, Carol Smiley and Nural Hardman....
A big woof for Ted!A friendly Greyhound visited the Residents at Gorsey Clough for the first time on Saturday. Ted, from charity Pets as Therapy (PAT) made a big impression with everyone at the Home and the Residents are missing him already. Nurse Anne McKendrey thought 'what a big softie he was' and Resident Mary Barlow said how much she enjoyed spending time with...
What's on in the next few months at Gorsey Clough What’s coming up at the Home:
ISO 9001 Quality Management accreditation
The Health and Safety Manager attaining her NEBOSH qualification
The Home's Management working towards their Level 5 and Level 7 Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) qualifications in Management, and Strategic Leadership and E...
Gorsey Clough's brand new website has gone live!After many weeks of planning and development Gorsey Clough Nursing Home is proud to unveil its new look website.
The wesite is packed full of new features including an Image Gallery, News and Events Section, downloadable reports and documents relating to care of the elderly and much more. There's even a route planner to find us! With many thank...
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