Author: Dementia Care

BRADBURY HOUSE DAY CENTRE
September 2021 Newsletter
Charity no. 1064087

What a wonderful few weeks we’ve had. We’ve enjoyed and made the most of the beautiful weather and welcomed lots of friendly new faces.
As many of you already know we love music here at Bradbury House. It’s clear to see that music has played such a big part in so many of our lives, and it continues to work in such wonderful ways.
We find that music really does unify us all and we get to see first hand how it reduces anxiety, depression and has such a positive impact on our over wellbeing.

Take a look at the next page for more photos of us enjoying music and dance.

Thank you Stafford Sainsbury’s
We continue to appreciate all the support and kindness we receive from the wonderful team at Stafford Sainsbury’s. They provide our clients with beautiful flowers and allow us to sell any that are left over. The money raised from those flowers goes straight into our service user activity fund.

BIG KNIT 2021
It’s not to late to get involved!
Every year we like to get involved in THE BIG KNIT.
AGE UK National and the drink and smoothie brand ‘Innocent’ work together to help AGE UK’s up and down the country raise funds for their local communities. For each mini-hat that we knit and send to them they will give us 25p. They then use the hats to pop on each bottle of drink that they sell. The money we raise goes straight into the Day Centre Activity fund.
If you visit www.thebigknit.co.uk you can find lots of different patterns for every ability. Once you finish making the hats you can either bring them to us here at AGE UK S&D on the Weston Rd in Stafford or we can arrange to come and collect them, all you have to do is call 01785 607060 and ask for Gemma and we will arrange a collection.
We have knitted and collected 5,000 hats so far. If you want to try and have a go but don’t have the internet then you can call Gemma on 01785 607060 and she can post out patterns for you.

What we’ve been getting up to……..

Our Bradbury House ladies have kept us all full up. They’ve prepared fresh fruit salads, which have been perfect in the hot weather, as well as making and sharing their own recipes for some very sweet and very delicious cakes.

Getting out and about
It’s easy to lose ties with the wider community as you get older so getting out and about and enjoying the fresh air can do us all the world of good.
We’ve really made the most of the lovely weather we’ve had this summer and the memories we’ve made along the way.
We will continue with our walks as Autumn and Winter approaches and will keep you posted in the next newsletter about where we’ve been.

Activities
We are so lucky to have such a bright, light and open Centre that allows our service users to walk around freely and dip in and out of activities as and when they wish. We pride ourselves in providing a warm and friendly environment for all our service users. Take a look below at what we’ve been getting up to…….

More of what we’ve been getting up to…….

We have so many birthdays that we’ve celebrated over the past months and will make sure to add the lovely pictures we took in the next newsletter.

Staffordshire County Council Library Service
Over the past few years Staffordshire County Council has provided us with new and exciting reminiscence box’s. These can be used individually or as a group activity. Each month we receive a new box with a new topic. Here’s a few photos of what we got up to.

Fundraising—Can you help?
It’s a common misconception that because we have AGE UK in our name that we are connected in some way to other AGE UK’s and funded by AGE UK National. This is not the case. All AGE UK’s up and down the country are independent of each other and are entirely responsible in providing services to their local elderly community.
In order to provide good quality care we make it a priority to raise funds so that we can enhance our services and support those who need it most here in Stafford.

AGE UK Stafford and District Bradbury House is a non-profit organisation and charity.
100% of money donated or fundraised is put straight back in to services that benefit our local elderly community here in Stafford.
Whether it’s a jumping out of a plane or hosting a bake sale you can easily fundraise for us.

FREE IMPARTIAL INFORMATION & ADVICE

AGE UK NATIONAL ADVICE LINE

Age UK Stafford & District offers a FREE and IMPARTIAL Information and Advice service to older people, their families and to carers.
You can access our information and advice service in a number of ways.
By phone: 01785 607060
By email: reception@ageukstafford.org.uk
Topics we cover:
Social care - such as finding a care home or getting some help at home, and how it's funded.
Your income - including free benefits checks, help with applying for benefits and pension advice.
Your home - information on staying warm at home, home adaptations and how to prevent falls.
Legal issues - such as wills, Power of Attorney etc.

Age UK National offer a free confidential phone service for older people, their families, friends, carers and professionals 365 days a year (including banking holidays) from 8am till 7pm.
CALL 0800 055 6112

Here at Age UK Stafford & District we offer a number of services to help individuals over the age of 50 in Staffordshire.
Home Support
Personal Care in the community—including dressing, bathing and showering etc.
Staying Active Clubs in the community
Day Centre for individuals with Dementia and Complex Needs.
FREE Information and Advice Service.
We are open Monday through to Friday each week 8:30am till 4:20pm. You can call us on 01785 607060 to speak to any of our departments.

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