Hearts to help support Spiers residents during lockdown

Spiers Care Home received some lovely identical pairs of hearts from Lisa at Hearts for Crosshouse. These were made by nurses and volunteers across Ayrshire who had the idea that one heart is given to a resident and the other to their family.

Hopefully the hearts will give some comfort to residents who are unable to see their families at the moment.

Forestview Primary pupils send supportive pics to Spiers

Thank you so much to the youngsters from Forestview Primary who have sent these fab drawings and messages to Spiers Care Home.

Also thanks to resident Tommy McCann’s grandchildren for the rainbow picture. All have been displayed in pride of place and have really helped cheer up our residents and staff.

We so appreciate you thinking of us.

Spiers mark 75th anniversary of VE Day

On Friday 8^th May, staff and residents celebrated the 75^th anniversary of VE day at Spiers Care Home.

The home and garden was decorated with bunting and various items of memorabilia.

Our ladies and gents enjoyed sharing stories about the war, talking about their memories from days gone by and were also treated to an afternoon tea.

Arran Aromatics’ kind gesture to Spiers staff

Here are some pictures of gifts donated to Spiers Care Home for staff by Arran Aromatics.

As you can see, our team were extremely chuffed by this act of kindness and would like to say thanks!

Spiers mark 75th anniversary of VE Day

On Friday 8^th May, staff and residents celebrated the 75^th anniversary of VE day at Spiers Care Home.

The home and garden was decorated with bunting and various items of memorabilia.

Our ladies and gents enjoyed sharing stories about the war, talking about their memories from days gone by and were also treated to an afternoon tea.

Hawkhill House Nursing Home celebrated International Nurses Week last week by creating a film dedicated to all the care home nurses, recognising all the work that they do and how important they are during this Covid-19 crisis.

Please give this film a watch, you can view this film by clicking the button below.

Care homes as a sector has been significantly impacted by Covid-19, from residents falling ill, to being separated from their loved ones. The young people at Scouts UK want to help with this, they usually help care homes throughout the year and feel that the current crisis shouldn’t stop that from happening. Over the next few weeks, they want to ‘care for care homes’ and are working with the British red Cross and the National Care Association to do 10,000 acts of kindness. Their aim is to reduce loneliness and improve wellbeing of people in care homes.

These acts of kindness include crafts such as creating kindness rocks. This involves decorating and adding positive and kind messages to a stone or a pebble, then sending them care homes to boost morale. Scouts can also get in touch with care homes residents by writing letters or using video messaging to reduce isolation in care homes. Or they can take part in a ‘skill swap’, using letters, videos and photos to teach a care home resident a new skill.

Initiatives like these are really positive and uplifting to hear generally, but especially during these difficult times with the current Covid-19 crisis. Find out more about this initiative and how you can get involved: scouts.org.uk/careforcarehomes