Latest news from Pinewood Residential Home
Double First class honours at Pinewood.
From care and kitchen assistant to first class honours, two members of the team at Pinewood Residential Home have recently graduated from university with the highest of degrees.
Over the last 4 years, both Christina Ward and Sam Pester have worked long and hard to achieve their degrees, juggling the demands of college work and the difficulties faced in care homes during the covid pandemic.
Christina has worked at Pinewood for a number of years, whilst also undertaking a degree in Adult Nursing. Starting as a care assistant when Pinewood was a nursing home, progressed on to become a senior and now, following her first class degree success, will continue her career as a District Nurse. As a part of her new job, she will be running a pain clinic in Exeter.
Similarly, Sam started working for Pinewood when he was 17 years old in our kitchen. In fact, he used to visit the Home with his primary school choir to sing to the residents! He eventually went off to university to study French and German and has worked for Pinewood as bank staff during the holidays. Sam will for the moment continue to work for Pinewood full time whilst he considers what he is going to do with his degree.
Philip Sadeghi, Managing Director at Pinewood Residential Home said “We are immensely proud of both of them. We will be sad to see Christina leave but wish her all the best in her new role, we know she will be fantastic. We are pleased Sam will continue to work with us for the time being as a valued member of the team.”
“Over the weekend, we decorated the lounge in a fun graduation theme and held a little celebration for them both alongside other members of the team who they have worked with over the years. We had a number of special gifts for them including a professional stethoscope marked with the Pinewood logo for Christina and a bottle of his favourite vodka for Sam.
“Huge congratulations Christina and Sam. We are very proud of you and all of your hard work”.
Residents from Pinewood were the first to try out new beach wheelchairs on Exmouth Beach.
Residents from local residential home were the first to try out new beach wheelchairs on Exmouth Beach.
Carers and residents from Pinewood Residential Home in Budleigh Salterton were given the opportunity to test drive Exmouth new beach friendly wheelchairs recently.
The new wheelchairs have been by purchased Exmouth Town Council and through generous funding by The Chiefs Foundation, the Clare Milne Trust, the Devon Super Team, plus crowdfunding community donations, of which Pinewood has been a big sponsor.
Four of Pinewood’s residents were lucky enough to access and enjoy the beach whilst trying out Exmouth's new beach wheelchairs over the Easter holidays. They were joined by the Lord Mayor of Exmouth Councillor Steve Gazzard, Councillor Pauline Stott who has been instrumental in this amazing initiative for Exmouth, plus members of the team from Pinewood.
The Town Council initiative aims to provide disabled people with greater access to the beach through the provision of specially adapted, all-terrain wheelchairs which will be hired out free of charge from their new premises on the beach front.
Philip Sadeghi, Managing Director at Pinewood Residential Home said “Our residents have thoroughly enjoyed being out and about on the beach again today. It’s great to be able to offer people with accessibility requirements access to the beach in Exmouth, the beach should be for everyone to enjoy.
“We are proud to have been a sponsor and supporter of this fantastic initiative and are looking forward to going back in the summer when the weather is warmer and having a proper dip in the sea with the beach wheelchairs”.
Carers and residents from Pinewood Residential Home in Budleigh Salterton were given the opportunity to test drive Exmouth new beach friendly wheelchairs recently.
The new wheelchairs have been by purchased Exmouth Town Council and through generous funding by The Chiefs Foundation, the Clare Milne Trust, the Devon Super Team, plus crowdfunding community donations, of which Pinewood has been a big sponsor.
Four of Pinewood’s residents were lucky enough to access and enjoy the beach whilst trying out Exmouth's new beach wheelchairs over the Easter holidays. They were joined by the Lord Mayor of Exmouth Councillor Steve Gazzard, Councillor Pauline Stott who has been instrumental in this amazing initiative for Exmouth, plus members of the team from Pinewood.
The Town Council initiative aims to provide disabled people with greater access to the beach through the provision of specially adapted, all-terrain wheelchairs which will be hired out free of charge from their new premises on the beach front.
Philip Sadeghi, Managing Director at Pinewood Residential Home said “Our residents have thoroughly enjoyed being out and about on the beach again today. It’s great to be able to offer people with accessibility requirements access to the beach in Exmouth, the beach should be for everyone to enjoy.
“We are proud to have been a sponsor and supporter of this fantastic initiative and are looking forward to going back in the summer when the weather is warmer and having a proper dip in the sea with the beach wheelchairs”.
Merry Christmas.
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We hope you are all having a lovely day, we certainly are.
Remember, remember the 5th of November ...
This year due to Covid, we were not able to hold our formal firework display where we invite the public to join us for the evening. However, we still wanted to do something for our residents, so we arranged a small display from within Pinewood gardens. We had a lovely evening with resident visitors (who are involved in our PPE and Covid Testing regime), Pinewood staff and of course our wonderful residents. All topped off with a buffet, hot chocolate and mulled wine.
For more photos and videos, visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/pinewoodonline
Halloween fun for all ...
We've just enjoyed having lots of creative fun for Halloween this year. Instead of carving pumpkins, we painted pumpkin glass table decorations. We think you'll agree they look fantastic and will last much longer than a pumpkin ðŸÅ½ƒ
The residents especially enjoyed having some of the staff's children in to lend a hand too, all followed by a devil princess handing out treats to everyone! All treats and no tricks for our residents.
Also, a special thanks to Janet for decorating the lounge and day room - it was spookily good!
Remembrance Day.
Look out for the resident's creativeness this week. We have been doing activities around remembrance day and creating Poppy wreaths to be displayed around the home and in the day room.
Activities galore.
We've been super busy at Pinewood over the last few months, enjoying daily activities with Deborah and the team. We enjoy board games (especially snakes and ladders!), catch and chat (a great opportunity for hand-eye coordination whilst having a little chat too) and of course Bingo (an all-time favourite).
We enjoyed the summer at Pinewood...
Whenever we could, we took the opportunity to enjoy the warmer weather and the sunshine at Pinewood, and if that meant taking the board games outside, that's just what we did! The lure of ice cream was just the ticket for enjoyable times too.
The ever popular film club...
Friday's are all about film club. We love to choose and watch a different film each week over a cuppa and a piece of cake. Each week someone different chooses a film, we've had lots of variety to keep everyone entertained including Matilda, Downton Abbey, Paddington and The Queen recently.
Entertainers join us again...
We are so pleased that external entertainers can visit us again. We've enjoyed a few familiar faces, and one of those is the ever-popular Paul Stephens. As always it was a joy to watch, listen and even join in the singing.
Just Bowl, a Sports England project ....
'Just Bowl' is a Sports England funded project to research 'Active Aging'. By offering regular 'Just Bowl' activities within care homes settings, they have found significant improvements in physical, mental and social well-being.
We are very pleased that 5 members of our team will be delivering this 12 week program within Pinewood Residential Home. They will commence their training in early June. The activities will run for 12 weeks, with at least two 30 minute sessions per week.
The project states that "The Covid-19 pandemic has brought a halt to activities in most care homes and it is clear that many older adults need to be ‘re-conditioned". Here at Pinewood have managed to maintain a large number of activities with our activities coordinator Deborah, this is a great opportunity for the team and the residence to experience even more.
Just Bowl is a low impact, fun activity that can be used in a lounge area or in an individual’s room and is a great way to reintroduce residents to physical activity.
Lockdown restrctions lifting means we can go out!
We've been out!! We recently took our first post lockdown trip out in the minibus - it's was great! Greendale Farm and the seafront for fish and chips and then a trip to the Bluebell wood - just perfect.
VE Day celebrations
Our residents will be celebrating the 76th Anniversary of VE Day on Saturday 8th May.
We have a weekend’s worth of celebrations at the ready. We will enjoy listening to a recording of Winston Churchill’s speech with a toast to the veterans with Pimms on Saturday 8th May. On Sunday 9th May we’ll be enjoying a delicious Devon cream tea whilst watching a movie and on Monday 10th May 2021 all residents and the team here at Pinewood will enjoy a BBQ complete with plane flights and wartime entertainment from Paul Stevens.
And when we say plane flights, these are going to be our own very special planes. We’ll be getting crafty making and painting wooden gilders to fly ourselves!
(Please note this event is for residents only, we won’t be able to have visitors on Monday 10th May after 12noon)
To view photos form the day, please visit oour social channels Facebook or Instagram
Christmas at Pinewood
We had a lovely Christmas at the home, despite all the restrictions. Santa came on Christmas morning, we had a delightful lunch together and the year 5 pupils at St Peter's Preparatory School in Lympstone handmade beautiful Christmas cards and handsewn decorations for each of our residents - they loved them.
Here are a selection of residents with their cards and gifts, (all residents received a card and gift, not all are shown here or on social media). St.Peter's Preparatory School were taking part in a campaign called "Hearts for Homes". Thank you so much, everyone really appreciated the thought, time and dedication that has gone into these wonderful cards and gifts.
And Santa's visit on Christmas morning.
Thank you to our wonderful catering team we all had an amazing Christmas lunch. It was such a lovely day. The residents were merry and all the team did a wonderful job.
We get active with a tee-rriffic indoor mini golf course.
Staff and residents at a Pinewood have been having a tee- rrific time getting active with a fun indoor mini golf course.
As the Covid pandemic continues to disrupt external activities, Pinewood Residential Home has once again pulled out all the stops to ensure residents continue to have an active time during lockdown.
Supporting another Devon business Mini Golf 2U, who set up their business during the first lockdown to provide activities to people which were Covid secure and maintained infection control guidelines, the home hired in a very colourful mini golf course, complete with fun characters and iconic landmarks. Proving you don’t always have to go outside to enjoy the greatest game ever played!
By taking part in the mini golf day, residents were able to get up, get active, have fun and for some, relive their youthful golfing days.
Philip Sadeghi, director at Pinewood Residential Home, said “The pandemic is still managing to hamper many of our usual activities, especially the ones we would usually do outside of the home. Therefore we thought it would be great to bring the outside in and create a mini golf course inside the home itself. Golf is a popular past time, and has been for many of our residents in previous years, plus it is great for dexterity and hand eye co-ordination, something we actively encourage with our residents to help with mobility.
“It was such a fun day, and a little bit of competitiveness may have crept in – all in a good humoured light hearted way. There were even a few hole in ones - not from me sadly!”
Pinewood creates special Covid-19 proof visiting room to allow family to see loved ones.
Pinewood Residential Home owner Philip Sadeghi said “The team here at Pinewood have been amazing at keeping the residents spirits up and have done everything they can to keep families in touch with loved ones during these difficult times. They have organised Skype and Zoom calls, regular social media updates, newsletters and socially distanced meetings to name a few. But we really felt we needed a longer term solution now the weather is turning, and with further restrictions of visits in place reducing the ability of our residents to socialise goes against everything we believe in. We wanted to be able to provide good, safe, face to face contact which we know is so vital for the residents well-being, so our new Covid safe visiting room is a very welcome addition to the home.”
It seems the new room is a big hit with residents, with Christine saying “The visiting room is lovely, so bright and cheerful”.
Families are in agreement too, “My brother and I are just back from a visit with Dad and I have to say how impressed I was with the set-up of the room for visitors - it was warm, homely and family friendly and safe without the PPE and mask scenario - long may using that continue”.
Families are able to book slots for up to 1.5 hours, with extra safety precautions in place including a safety guide for visitors, timetabled gaps for visits to ensure social distancing and thorough cleaning in between visits.
Philip adds, “I’d would like to take this opportunity to thank our residents families and our team here at Pinewood for their support through these difficult times we find ourselves in. We want to continue with visits as they are an important key to the individual care we offer, and believe the new room will enable this”.
Halloween Party Fun & Games
We've all been having a great old time enjoying the Halloween celebrations and party at Pinewood over the weekend (31 Oct 2020). Janet organised a fabulous party for all and Janet and Deborah entertained the residents with lot of fun spooky games!
Spooky Halloween themed food and snacks, quizzes, amazing decorations, and so much more - take a look.
Thank you to all of the team who helps out this together and deliver a really fun day for all.
It's begining to 'smell' like Christmas...
Ummmmm Smell that baking! We've been making Christmas cakes this week (Oct) with Janet. They look and smell divine... we can't wait to eat them
We've been so busy with lots of amazing actvities
Over ther last few months we've been havig a great time with so many actvities with the wonderful Deborah. Here are a few - what a great selection!
Happy Birthday Elaine
Elaine enjoyed her birthday present from all at Pinewood and enjoyed reading all the Pinewood signatures on her birthday card. Happy Birthday Elaine! (Oct 2020)
Greendale and Sidmouth Seafront
With our trips out in the minibus back up and running, we've been enjoying a few days out. Greendale Farm to see the animals and Sidmouth seafront to admire the view and take in the fresh air.
Day trips resume!
We are so pleased that we've been able to resume our much loved day trips in the mini bus (from 24th July 2020).
We've been out to Exmouth sea front to breathe in the fresh sea air - so good!
Lockdown Birthday Celebrations
We've still managed to celebrate Margaret's Birthday during Lockdown (15 May). We hope you enjoyed your amazing cake? (We know you did!!)
We've made the local press!
We certainly were having fun with bath bombs! Take a look in the latest edition of the Exmouth Journal... and we are even on the front cover!!
Visits allowed. 17 June 2020
For those of you not aware yet we are allowing two visitors from the same household to have a socially distant visit to the care home. We have two slots per day for a visit to take place (one morning and one afternoon) under strict terms.
To arrange a socially distant visit, find out more and reviews the terms please email sally@pinewoodonline.co.uk
Getting green-fingered!
Christine and Olive have been busy helping Chris and Joanna Cant in the garden. Chris and Joanna have kindly been planting flowers around the care home. They have also been planting tomato seeds, tending to the young pants and watering the garden. We can't wait to try the tomatoes when they are ready. Thank you Chris and Joanna for you help. (Here's Christine getting stuck in).
Hairdressing still taking shape!
As we have had to limit the number of people entering the home for the safety of our residents, our usual hairdresser Fran has been unable to come in. However, one of our new carers, Becca is a qualified hairdresser and has been amazing in providing residents with a lockdown haircut service. Thank you Becca - you've been doing a great job keeping everyone looking their best.
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Residents have a fizzy time with local business during lockdown
Staff and residents had a fizzy time creating bath bombs with local Exmouth business Mrs Snuggles, but in a safe ‘virtual’ way.
During lockdown, all care homes have had to close their doors to family, loved ones and their usual activity visitors. The dedicated staff and carers have been doing a fantastic job looking after and entertaining residents and to date there have been no cases of covid at the home. To add a little extra to the ‘usual’ in-house activities, Pinewood Residential Home decided to do something different and support a much loved local business, Mrs Snuggles Workshop to get creative and have fun.
Watching Mrs Snuggles ‘virtually’ on a pre recorded video, the residents were able to take part in a fun and interactive bath bomb making session all together.
Philip Sadeghi, director at Pinewood Residential Home, said “All the team here at the home have been working so hard and have been pulling out all the stops to keep our residents safe and entertained. Our Manager Sally came up with the idea of inviting Mrs Snuggles to host a virtual bath bomb making experience. We know how important it is to support local businesses at the moment and this was the perfect opportunity to do just that and provide a great afternoon for our residents too.
“It was such a fun and creative time for all of us. We all loved getting stuck in and creating some amazing bath bombs, the smell was divine! After the session, the residents wrapped up their bath bombs and sent them to their loved ones with a personal message. It really made everyone smile.”
Baby News
Huge congratulations to two of our team who've recently had babies.
Our receptionist Justine and her husband have had a beautiful baby girl Ariel Clair Buckley born on 23 March. Look at these lovely photos of the little beauty and she's very stylish!
Kim, one of our care assistants and her partner Daniel have had a baby boy! The beautiful Travis James Martyn Oconnor was born on 17 May. He's a little stunner. Well done to you both.
Important Information
We have had several people enquire about whether we could start socially distant visits so that we can allow residents to meet with a visitor in our garden (whilst maintaining a 2 metre distance and the visitor is wearing a mask) on a one to one basis.
We just want to let you know that we are considering how visits can take place safely whilst we have no confirmed or suspected viral infections at the care home. We are considering options and will hopefully let you know by 25 May 2020.
In the meantime, feel free to let us know your views.
Thank you, Philip & Sally
BBQ time!
Bunting, balloons and seating can only mean one thing..... we are having a BBQ!! Residents and staff only this year unfortuanltey. We were lucky the sun came out for us and the residents have had a fantastic day today, as did we!
VE Day celebrations.
Today (Friday 8th May) we have been celebrating the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Red white and blue flags, Union Jacks and fun games with the residents. We've certainly have had fun today!
Happy Birthday Martha
Martha's birthday celebrations! Happy Birthday Martha, what a wonderful chocolate cake - just delicious
Happy Birthday Iris
We celebrated Iris' birthday with her today (16 April), and a lovely big cake was enjoyed too!
The Easter Bunny is a keyworker!
Thankfully the Easter Bunny was still able to visit on Easter Sunday with gifts of chocolate eggs for all. They were very much enjoyed.
*UPDATED* IMPORTANT INFORMATION - *19 March 2020*
IMPORTANT INFORMATION - 13 March 2020
Pinewood and the Coronavirus Outbreak (Covid-19)
Communion in the day room
It's always lovely when Rev Chris Cant comes to visit and we have a beautiful Communion service led in the day room.
Happy 90th to Rita
A smile sent in the post
This week our residences all received a little bit of happiness in the post. The very kind hearted Sophia Emily sends out cards in the post to care home residents across the country, and we were lucky enough to received one each this last week. A beautiful card with a few special words lights up their faces - thank you Sophia.
Films, beer and a packet of crisps
Our residents have been enjoying film nights recently. Here they enjoyed watching "Spartacus" accompanied with a beer (or Appletize) plus twiglets and crisps. Happy times.
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Say Hello to Deborah, our new activities coordinator
Christmas carols with CEDA, Exeter
We had a lovely morning on Monday singing Christmas carols with a few guys from CEDA in Exeter. They said they have thoroughly enjoyed the morning and it was lovely to see our residents join in too. We certainly enjoyed it and hope to do more with CEDA in the near future.
Christmas is coming!
It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas and our visit to Kings Garden Centre was a lovely Christmassy treat. We are all feeling very festive now.
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Move it or loose it with Tracy
We know how important it is to keep active at Pinewood and our twice weekly sessions with Tracy are just the ticket... and quite a bit of fun too!
Help raise fund for the Alzheimer's Society at our Elf Day
On Friday 9th Dec, Pinewood Residential Home will be awash with mischievous elves! The team will be dressing up as elves to spread festive cheer and raising money for people affected by dementia through the Alzheimer’s Society.
We'd really appreciate your donations towards the Alzheimer’s Society. You can either give money to Justine or Philip on the day (or before if you can't make the 9th Dec) or through our Just Giving page - link below:
Tickled Pink with their recent show, Summer Wonder
We've had another visit from the wonderful Tickled Pink Productions with their performance of Summer Wonder. The residents do love these shows.
We have a few new residents
Thanks to the lovely Fifi's Fishes Ltd in Exmouth who have kindly supplied these gorgeous cichlid fish. The residents love admiring them, they are so peaceful and relaxing to watch!
Pinewood’s firework display raises £698 for local charity.
Held on Saturday 9th November, Pinewood Residential Home’s annual firework display was well worth the wait this year.
The display organised by Pinewood Residential Home and the Lions of Budleigh Salterton, had to be postponed from the previous week due to an amber weather warning of high winds and rain. However the display did not disappoint with some of the residents, along side family and friends, venturing out to enjoy the fireworks lighting up the sky.
Philip Sadeghi, director of Pinewood said,
“We had a wonderful evening enjoying the fireworks, live music and a delicious barbecue. Our free annual display is one of the highlights of the year, and we were please so many people joined us at the home and on Jubilee field to make this years event as special as ever. Plus we managed to raise a fantastic £698 for the Lions Club of Budleigh Salterton. Thank you to everyone involved. We are looking forward to next year already!“
Firework display - UPDATED - now Saturday 9th Novemeber
Due to bad weeather being forcast for Saturday 2nd Nov - Please see Facebook for detials - Click here for Pinewood Facebook page
Firework display - Saturday 2nd Novemeber
(In case of bad weather - Reserve date of 9 Nov '19)
Join us for a spectacular evening of fireworks, BBQ and live music at Pinewood Residential Home in Budleigh Salterton.
BBQ provided by the Devon Freewheelers. This free event is in conjunction with and all donations towards Lions Club of Budleigh Salterton and Devon Freewheelers.
A wheelchair enabled minibus will pick up from and drop off at the car park next to Budleigh public hall from 6pm. No car parking available on site. Please do not bring sparklers or your own fireworks.
The theatre comes to us!
We love a good old sing song, and just love it when Tickled Pink Productions join us for a fantastic performance. This time is was 'Old Time Music Hall'. We had such fun listening to the song, joining in and watching the fantastic performers.
Singing the day away!
We had a lovely time singing our little hearts out with Tony and Vera. Such a special time to sing together.
Takeway night
Sometimes it seems like all we do is eat! But as our residents do enjoy a good meal we often have a takaway night. Tonights takeaway of choice was McDonalds. Here are some of the team returning with the goodie bags.
Fish 'n' chip on the seafront
We enjoyed a lovely supper of fish and chips last Friday on Sidmouth Beachfront. No better way to enjoy Fish and chips in our opinion and a great view!
Happy Birthday Marjorie
We had a lovely celebration with Marjorie and her family on 6th August. Lovey gifts and a superb cake (yummy too!)
Fish and Chip Friday at Sidmouth
Fish and chips definitely taste better by the sea.... and what a view we had!
Sidmouth Folk Festival
There has been a folk festival in Sidmouth in the first week of August every year since 1955, now attracting tens of thousands of visitors to over 700 diverse events with broad ‘something for everyone’ appeal. We had a little trip down to see what was going on. It was great, the residents had a lovely time watching and listening to to goings on. Then a pit stop at the seaside for a lovely ice cream. Delicious.
We've been so busy during July - Take a look!
We've been out and about enjoying lots of trips, the sunshine and good times together.
Here's our trip to Seaton and then Beer Head for Fish and Chips!
Exmouth - Sandy Bay Mini Cruise.
Well, what can we say... This was just amazing! We went on a mini coastal cruise from Exmouth all the way to Sandy Bay in July! Just perfect. Lovely to smell the sea, feel the warm sunshine and see the sights (it's lovely to see Exmouth Beach from the other side - the sea side).
One of our favourite trips - Greendale Farm. Have you seen the lazy piggy!??
Olive's Birthday ... Look at that cake!
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Bowling fun!
Carers, residents and family put their skills to the test last Friday when they visit Ocean Bowl, Exmouth for a spot of ten pin bowling.
Day trips and outings are important activities for all of us at Pinewood and bowling was seen as a great opportunity for some gentle exercise not to mention a great social too!
Philip Sadeghi, Director at Pinewood Residential Home said “It is so important to ensure our residents lead normal lives, with interesting and stimulating experiences, not to mention the importance of keeping as active as possible. Ten Pin Bowling is a great activity for the residents to try, it’s so versatile for all - some used a special bowling aide to help them tip the heavy balls down onto the lane, others had a go on their own!
Family and friends of Pinewood joined in the fun too, plus the residents enjoying an all important strength building pre-game meal at Ocean aswell!
To view more photos from the Exmouth Journal - click here
Something a bit different
Yesterday (3 June) we had a takeaway evening. Residents were able to choose and vote for whichever takeaway they preferred... and..... they vote overwhelmingly for KFC!!! ðŸÂ—
They all had the choice of their usual Monday night tea or KFC. One of our lovely cooks Zoe and our Director Philip made the trip to KFC and brought back meals for all of the residents who had chosen the takeaway. It was such fun and a real treat! Yum
Letter of thanks.
We've received this lovely letter of thanks from Budleigh and Exmouth Hospiscare for raising funds at our recent BBQ. Thank you to all of you involved. Every little bit helps!
May Bank Holiday Photos
We had such a wonderful time at our bank holiday BBQ. We had games, music, Hawkridge Birds of Prey lovely food and so much fun. Thank you to everyone who joined us for the day, the team here at Pinewood who made the day happen and everyone else who joined in. Here are a few photos from the day - more in the gallery.
May Bank Holiday BBQ and open day - 27 May 2019
Easter day
We had a lovely Easter day, the sun was shining and The Easter bunny (in the form of Philip!) handed out some yummy chocolate eggs for all the residents.
Residents & relatives meeting - 29th April 2019
Listening to the guitar
Some of our residents had a real musical treat recently. They very much enjoyed listening to the beautiful guitar
Happy Birthday Justine
A very big Happy Birthday to our receptionist, Justine who celebrated her 30th Birthday with us last week.
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Happy Birthday Rita
A birthday celebration for Rita this week. Happy Birthday!
What's been happening in Jan 2019!
January may be dull and dreary for some, but not for us at Pinewood. We've been on so many outings it's been hard to fot them all in!
The Wizard Of Oz - 25 Jan at 3pm
Residents and families, we have the fabulous Tickled Pink Productions performing their brilliant 1 hour traditional pantomime - The Wizard of Oz. Packed with favourite songs, a timeless story and a beautiful stage. Join us on Friday 25 January at 3pm for an adventure over the rainbow.
Santa comes to visit.
Here's a selection of photos from our lovely Christmas day celebrations. Santa popped by to spread some Christmas cheer, along with his sidekicks!
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Christmas Crafting!
We've been keeping busy with some wonderful Christmas crafting over the last few weeks. We are very nearly ready for Christmas... are you?
Keeping up with the banking and shopping!
Some of the residents still want to keep up with their chores, and a trip into town to do Doris' banking turned into a little bit of Christmas shopping too.Ž„
Visiting The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth.
Our trip to The Donkey Sanctuary was a real hit with the residents. They all enjoyed a lovely day out in the mini bus, and meeting the beautiful donkeys. We do love our trips out - even in the cooler weather. It's so nice to look forward to.
It's begining to look a lot like Christmas...
And with a visit from Tickled Pink Productions we all had a fabulous afternoon singing, dancing and watching this wonderful christmas production.
Happy Birthday Peter!
It was birthday celebrations on 22 November for Peter. He had a huge cake for us all to share, here he is blowing out his candles. ðŸÅ½‚ðŸÅ½‰
Recent trips out...
As we do each week, we've had a few lovely trips out. Here are a few photos from our trip to Dawlish for Fish and Chips, and lunch at Exmouth Pavilion. We do like our food!
Move it or loose it harps on!
Our Harpist and our 'Move it or Lose it' session joined forces today so the residents could exercised to beautiful Harp music! They all clearly had a great time. What a great session we all had.
Sponsored Walk by Zoe and Emma
WOW! Our very own cook and kitchen assistant Zoe Spencer, together with one of our former domestic assistants Emma Bristow undertook a sponsored walk on 26 October. They walked 12 miles (nearly half a marathon!) and have together managed to raise over £500 for Devon Air Ambulance Trust
A wonderfully sunny day for it, the pair walked from Ocean to Orcombe Point, Orcombe Point to the Docks, from the Docks to Ocean (twice), Ocean to Manor Gardens and Manor Gardens to the sea front amusements.
They were accompanied on the walk by our care home dog Ziggy the collie cross and with Zoe's dog Bue. Well done ladies, you've done so well and we are super proud of you both.
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Annual Fireworks Display - Saturday 3 November
Join us for our spectacular firework display this weekend with a BBQ and live music too.
Young and young at heart love this annual event, it's one not to be missed!
BBQ from 6pm and fireworks at 7pm.
Unfortuantley we cannot offer onsite parking during this event, however we have a FREE minibus service at regualr intervals during the evening. The wheelchair enabled minibus will pick up from and drop off to car park next to Budleigh Public Hall from 6pm.
BBQ provided by Devon Freewheelers. In conjunction with and all donations going towards Lions Club of Budleigh Salterton and Devon Freewheelers. Please do not bring sparklers or your own fireworks.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday.
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Open Afternoon
Lots of exciting things happening this week including our open afternoon on Thursday, 27th April 2017, when we will be having entertainment from the brilliant Paul Stevens from 3pm!!!! We will als be having our Tai Chi session from 2pm!
Easter Egg Hunt Time!!!!!!
Hi All,
We look forward to seeing you all at our Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, 5th April 2017 here at Pinewood. It starts at 10:30 and the goldern ticket draw is at 12noon! See you there!!
Christmas Day at Pinewood!!
Here are some pictures along with some guests at Christmas Dinner 2016!! Hope you all had a great Christmas this year!
Farewell Tea Party!!
Hope to see you all there at Karen's farewell tea party!
Lions Club Golf Day!
Well done to all those who raised money for a worthy cause!!!
Farewell Tea Party
Karen Thomas has been manager at Pinewood over the past 9 years. Karen has worked tirelessly in the home to improve standards and raise the levels of care for residents. We are all grateful to Karen for all her efforts. Unfortunately, Karen has resigned from Pinewood and will be spending more time at home with her family. In order to say good bye to Karen and thank her for the work she has done we shall be holding a tea party at 2.30pm on 14 December 2016 in the day room. All residents, visitors and service users (past and present) are welcome to the party.
Claire Gee will take on the baton from Karen. Claire is an experienced manager, currently working at the Old Rectory Nursing Home in Exeter. Claire will also be at the tea party. Claire and Philip will be holding a residents and visitors meeting on 21 December 2016 at 7.00 pm for current service users and visitors.
Come to the Pinewood Fireworks Display!!! Saturday, 5th November 2016
BBQ from 6pm and the fireworks will start at 7pm!!! See you there!
There will be no parking at the Home on the night between 4 pm to 8 pm.
However, a free minibus service will be available at regular intervals from outside the Public Hall from 6pm.
Come to Pinewood's Summer Fete!
Pinewood’s annual Summer Fete is once again taking place as part of Gala Week on Saturday 1st June at 2pm. As a change to previous years, Exeter Morris Men (pictured left) shall be featuring as the main attraction. In addition, we shall be having live music from Simon Watton the guitarist and our very own Sam Pester. For those of you with green fingers, we’ll be putting on a plant sale. We shall also be having our usual raffle with some quality prizes on offer. For the first time, we will have a tombola where people will be given the opportunity to acquire prizes of various sorts. Of the various competitions on offer, any children coming will be given the chance to put their artistic skills to the test with our “Vegetable Animal Competition”. All this plus some wonderful cream teas and a cake stall should make for a fantastic day for all the family.
Come to Pinewood's Diamond Jubilee Tea Party!
In celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Pinewood will be hosting its very own Tea Party. Hawkridge Bird Of Prey Centre will be visiting us once again this year for the event and a whole variety of other activities will also be taking place at the Home. This year we have live music from Simon Watton and Sam Pester, a number of competitions, face painting, ice cream, bring and buy and a raffle. All proceeds from the day will be going to Age Concern Budleigh Salterton. Raffle prizes will be gratefully received or collected. There will be no on site parking on the day but a Shuttle Bus service will be running to and from the Public Hall.
Come to the Pinewood Fireworks Night!
For the fourth year running, Pinewood will be lighting up Budleigh Salterton’s night sky with a colourful array of fireworks. All proceeds collected will go to the Budleigh Salterton Lions Club who distribute to worthwhile causes in the local area.
A BBQ will provide hot dogs and other delicious warm food/drink to residents and visitors alike (weather permitting).
There will be no parking at the Home on the night between 4 pm to 8 pm. However, a free minibus service will be available at regular intervals from outside the Public Hall.
Pinewood Fete Raises £362 for Age Concern Budleigh Salterton
There was a fantastic buzz going on at Pinewood on Saturday 4th June. People of all ages were there to take part in the care home's annual charity fete that was being held as part of the Budleigh Salterton Lions Club Gala Week. Of the various stalls, competitions and activities taking place, not to mention the much anticipated visit from Hawkridge Birds Of Prey, the art competition and face painting proved a real hit amongst the children. People were out in the sunshine enjoying some delicious cream teas, as well as the lovely homemade cakes and cheese straws that were on offer at the cake stall. There were also some great bargains to be had at the bring and buy and some fabulous prizes to be won at the raffle. With £362.22 raised for Age Concern Budleigh Salterton, the management at Pinewood are extremely thankful to everyone in the local community who helped make the day so special. This includes all those who volunteered their help on the day, made donations for the event and of course the visitors themselves.
Beverly does Pinewood proud at the Care Home Worker Awards
It is with great pride that Pinewood can announce that one of our carers, Beverly Nottingham, has been voted the winner of the Care Home Worker Award for the South West in the Great British Care Awards.
The Great British Care Awards are a celebration of excellence across the care sector. The purpose of the awards is to promote best practice within the sector and pay tribute to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding excellence within their field of work.
The winners from the regional awards will then be invited to attend the National Events for either Home Care or Care Homes sectors at the Guildhall, London.
Bev will receive a trophy for winning the regional award and will get to meet Fiona Phillips at the gala dinner, where the winner will be announced!
Bev was unaware that she had been nominated until today when we had a presentation in front of staff, residents and visitors in the day room and also read our respective statements to her.
We are all immensely proud of Bev and are honoured to have such a caring individual working for us.
Click here to see a copy of this news story on the front page of the Budleigh Journal.
Residents At Pinewood Show They Can Certainly Hold A Tune While Singing Carols On Christmas Day
It was an absolute pleasure to watch the residents at Pinewood sing in perfect harmony as Glyn Lewis lead the singing of Christmas Carols on Christmas Day. Meanwhile, Santa Claus was busy with his little helper, Louis, as they went about handing out presents to everyone.
Please see our Activities page for more information about day to day life at Pinewood.
Pinewood Fireworks Give Light To Budleigh Salterton Night Sky
The firework display that took place at Pinewood on Saturday 6th November will be a difficult one for us to beat next year. There was a fantastic turnout and in the short space of just under an hour, £160 was raised for the Budleigh Salterton Lions Club - a charity that distributes money to various causes within the local area.
The display itself looked absolutely stunning and the delicious food being served at the BBQ provided the perfect warm meal or hot drink for the spectators on a November’s evening.
A special note of thanks should go to all the Pinewood staff and Lions who volunteered their time in order to help make this event so enjoyable and worthwhile.
Please see our Activities page for more information about day to day life at Pinewood.
Come to the Pinewood Fireworks Night! - 6 p.m. Saturday 7th November
A combination of the fond memories from last year’s event, the fantastic turnout that appeared in spite of the weather, and a grand determination to raise even more money for charity, has culminated in our repeating the Pinewood Fireworks Night this year. All proceeds collected during the night will go to the Budleigh Salterton Lions Club who distribute their money to various worthwhile causes within the local area.
Once again, we can all look forward to a fantastic display of lights in the night sky. Weather pending, a BBQ will also be on hand to provide a delicious warm meal to residents and visitors alike.
There will be no parking at the Home on the night between 4 pm to 8 pm but a minibus service from outside the public hall will be available.
Please see our Activities page for more information about day to day life at Pinewood.
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