Elizabeth House
Went out today to the dementia, friendly teapot cafe at Saint Ninians! They are always very welcoming.
Afterwards, we had a relaxing afternoon in the lovely sunshine, enjoying a cup of tea watching the airplanes at Goodwood.
Residents have also made hanging baskets for the front of house, lots of laughs had.
Residents enjoying a dance and sing along to the sounds of Mitchell.
We also enjoyed a dining experience with a lovely assortment of cakes and of course a visit from Betsy the dog!
Trip out to the Portsmouth Museum Memorabilia, all about Sherlock Holmes! The group were discussing his films and said that they’d really enjoyed the museum. We then stopped off for fish, stroke, scampi and chips with a lovely crumble.
Residents enjoyed a trip out to Haskins Garden Centre, we had cakes and tea and good conversation! Afterwards we had a lovely walk around, looking at all the lovely plants and stopping off for an ice cream on the way back.
Dancing and singing at Elizabeth House with Emma.
We also enjoyed a game of bean bag target!
Residents took a little walk up the road to coffee plus, afterwards we enjoyed spending some time with the Betsy.
Residents enjoyed a morning of chair exercises and then a singalong to end a friendly competition of the beanbag target game!
We also enjoyed a walk around Hotham Park with a cup of tea and cake. We saw the first sign of sun flowers coming out, definitely time for ice cream. Very much enjoyed.
We have enjoyed a nice afternoon of arts and crafts, Easter cakes and a game of darts.
You can’t help but smile when you see our jungle theme and tactile elephant!
We have also had a lovely Easter surprise from Rounce Funeral Services with a card showing recognition of our fantastic staff who show hard work, and dedication each and everyday. Thank you Chris, the staff will thoroughly enjoy the treats. Happy Easter from all at Elizabeth House.
Tuckshop basket came round with lots of goodies in, who doesn’t like chocolate!
Residents also enjoyed some relaxed colouring.
Little bit of decorating going on for St Patrick’s Day! Residents had lots of laughs.
We also enjoyed singing and dancing with Mitchell!
Gwendoline (also known as Tonky) had her 107th birthday at Elizabeth House! She received a card from King Charles which she was utterly thrilled about! Happy birthday Tonky!
We went out for lunch! Fish & chips followed by a berry crumble. We shared lots of good conversation and a drive along the sea front looking at where the hovercraft comes in and overlooking the pond with the swans.
Betsy is here again for cuddles and kisses! Always a big hit with residents from Elizabeth House.
We want to say at special thank you to all of our team here at Elizabeth House on National Employee Appreciation Day.
We brightened up the day here at Elizabeth House with some colouring in of flowers..
Craig was in and we all enjoyed shaking our maracas to the music.
Martin got his new wheels, he found it very funny when the staff gave him an L plate!
Well done to Monika Podstawka who has been awarded February Employee of the Month!
A huge thank you to Monika for her dedication & commitment to her role as a support work. Monika works day and night shifts always working hard ensuring each residents needs are met at all times. Also helping by picking up extra shifts. Thank you from the residents and staff. We hope you enjoy your gift.
One of our residents Martin got a new eletcric wheelchair, he gave it a test go out in the street before going out for lunch with his friend Ollie.
A lovely surprise for the residents at Elizabeth house today, when the alpacas came in! We loved stroking them and seeing their funny little characters.
Afternoon of bingo with prizes! We also had lots of love and cuddles when Coco visited today.
Enjoying the singer that came to entertain residents today! There was lots of dancing and singing.
Everybody was also pleased to see Betsy again.
Residents enjoyed a trip out last week. We enjoyed a picnic lunch overlooking Pagham Harbour and then on to the British Legion pub.
Trip out to the garden centre for a hot drink and cake, enjoying pets corner and looking at all the different animals. It was a lovely day with lots of chatting and laughter.
Elizabeth House residents have had a busy week.
We took a short, walk up the road to the shore café, we enjoyed a fun game of skittles with Nick & had a lovely afternoon of cream tea.
Our residents have been keeping busy!
We had a fun morning doing art and crafts with hot drinks and chats. We were remembering some of the old sayings and putting them together.
We have alos took part in balloon bouncing and fishing games.
residents enjoyed cuddles and kisses with some very cute K9 visitors, and enjoyed watching the dogs do different tricks.
Trip round Portsmouth museum, looking at all the memorabilia. We had a very enjoyable day which finished with a fish & chips and a hot drink and pudding.
We parked up overlooking the sea and then enjoyed a trip to the garden centre.
Some of our residents enjoyed drinks, crisps and a game of pool the British Legion.
The ladies at Elizabeth House enjoyed a trip out to the garden centre today for a lovely cheese scone and a pot of tea.
Residents enjoyed a little walk down the road to Coffee Plus. We enjoyed a nice hot drink and cake to warm us up!
Residents enjoying the morning of singing and dancing with Mitchell.
Lovely afternoon with the sound of bells and in pops Santa his sack full of presents. Joyful time had by all!
Lots of fun had at Elizabeth house! Christmas party, dancing, laughter and great party food! Thank you to everyone that helped make it such a special day.
We also celebrated Edith's birthday recently, she enjoyed her special day with her family.
Residents enjoyed a short stroll up the road to the Shore Café for the Christmas Carols.
Our December Employee of the Month goes too....
Natalia, a big thank you from all staff and residents from Elizabeth House - Always helping out when needing shifts covered last minute - enjoy your gifts 😊
Trip out to Haskins Garden Centre to have a look at all the different Christmas decorations, it was a very festive day out!
Just add sparkle, Jodie, was in singing for us. There was lots of lovely dancing.
We also had a lovely trip out to Port Nelson with glorious weather. Lots of laughing and joking with these gentleman!
Trisha enjoying her birthday, having a cuddle with a birthday teddy!
Lots of fun and games at Elizabeth House Men’s Club today with games of Pool, Dominoes, Word Searches and a catch up with a newspaper!
Residents worked together to create this wonderful large poppy for Remembrance Day. We enjoyed colouring in and painting poppy pictures, some of the residents enjoyed seeing how many words they can find in the sentence!
Residents of Elizabeth House enjoying cuddles with Betsy the dog, chatting about the dogs they used to have.
Residents enjoyed a bonfire themed morning with chats about November 5th. We enjoyed a themed meal which included hotdogs, jacket potatoes and lots more!
Residents enjoyed an afternoon of painting pumpkins ready for Halloween! We also enjoyed some singing and dancing.
Residents have enjoyed some singing and dancing, making scary cakes for Halloween and a visit from Betsy the dog.
Afternoon of balloon bouncing! Residents really enjoy this activity.
They were hitting, kicking, and heading the balloon to each other!
Lots of laughter was had during todays chair exercise class.
Elizabeth House residents popped out for a cup of tea, cake and a good chat!
The gents at Elizabeth House enjoying mens club, involving games of dominos, snooker, watching an old movie, reading the newspaper and old motorcycle magazines.
Residents at Elizabeth House enjoying an afternoon of painting.
Residents of Elizabeth House enjoyed the Mexican themed meal, we all had some laughs whilst wearing our sombreros.
Collette from Elizabeth House enjoyed visiting Chichester Cathedral for the lunch time concert.
Margaret celebrated her 103rd Birthday this weekend with family at Elizabeth House.
Monika is our Employee of the Month, well done! Zsuzanna has retired and we all wish her a very happy retirement.
Looking at the lovely doves hanging from Chichester Cathedral ceiling. We then enjoyed a picnic lunch, stopping off at the garden centre for tea and cakes.
A wonderful day out for our residents.
Residents at Elizabeth House enjoying a trip out on the mini bus, we had tea & scones whilst watching dog walks at the local park. We also popped down to the British Legion and enjoyed a game of pool!
The men enjoyed an afternoon of Out of town with Jack hardgrives, pool, dominoes and word search.
Thank you card & box of chocolates biscuits for looking after a relative who was here on respite.
We have had lots of fun at Elizabeth House recently...
We all enjoyed a good old singalong with instruments and a friendly game of dominoes.
Betsy the dog also came to visit residents and she had lots of love and cuddles.
Lovely day for a stroll along the seafront, sitting, relaxing and enjoying an ice cream.
Barbara from Elizabeth House enjoyed a visit to Chichester Catherdral for thier lunch time concert
Residents enjoyed a walk around Horton Park. We enjoyed an ice cream, admired the scenery, and listened to the birds.
We also had a trip out to Amberley Museum, residents enjoyed going on the bus and the train looking at all the memorabilia. Afterwards we had a picnic and ice cream. There were lots of interesting conversations about the old buses and fire engines.
Zaneta, our lovely night team leader, has won Employee of the Month! Thank you for your hard work and dedication to the company, with all your help picking up overtime and helping when needed. Thank you and enjoy your gifts!
Residents of Elizabeth House enjoying a picnic lunch and ice cream at the seaside.
Maureen & Trish enjoyed a portion of chips & a cup of tea over looking the seafront at The Beach Hut. The staff at The Beach Hut were so friendly & helpful.
Kevin & Clive from Regis Rhythms kindly came in to entertain residents. There was lots of singing along to old time favourites, clapping along, foot tapping & of course a bit of dancing.
Mike & Jean enjoyed a drive along the seafront & a cooling ice cream.
Residents at Elizabeth House enjoyed a trip to the New Forest to see the ponies and the beautiful views.
Residents at Elizabeth House enjoying an afternoon Cream Tea Dining experience with sandwiches, quiche, sausage rolls, crisps, and cream scone with strawberries.
Elizabeth House held a fantastic Coffee Morning event where we rasied funds for Breast Cancer Now. We raised a fabulous £258.40 and the whole team should be so proud, thanks to everybody who donated!
We also celebrated our Long Service Awards which saw many of our team being congratulated for all of their hard work and contributions to Shaw.
We enjoyed cakes & drinks and Jodie ‘Just Add Sparkle’ singing & dancing.
Residents at Elizabeth House enjoyed a trip out, looking at all of the different types of animals. We also enjoyed a lovely picnic, whilst watching the children playing.
We later enjoyed ice creams on the bus overlooking the sea!
Huge well done to Niki our fantastic Team Leader and now Employee of the Month.
Niki is kind, caring and passionate towards our residents and staff and goes above and beyond for everyone. Truly one in a million!
Enjoy your gifts Niki
Trip out today enjoyed fish and chips. We then stopped off at the harbour to feed the birds!
Trip out to Haskins for a tea, and then a lovely picnic overlooking the sea!
The cake was a big hit at the garden centre... lots of chatting and laughing and then picnic at bimbo pond, feeding the fish and ducks. Lovely weather and everybody enjoyed.
Lots of conversation and laughter this morning about Betsy's new haircut! We all had lots of cuddles.
Residents enjoyed coffee and cake at Shore Café today.. Lots of smiles all around!
Residents enjoying a morning full of of singing and dancing!
July Employee of the Month goes to... Rachael Dorey!
Rachael has made a massive impact since joining Elizabeth House. Residents are thoroughly enjoying her homemade meals. Rachael is very organized and very conscientious of the residents needs.
Relaxed art, activity and lots of chats! Residents enjoyed spending time together painting stones.
Enjoying the sounds of the guitar. Lots of singing and some unusual dance all good fun. Our ladies get together for knitt and natter which always makes for a good morning! Today a lovely relative brought in some ice pops for all the staff to enjoy! Thank you very much to CJ daughter.
Relatives have bought in these lovely gifts to say thank you
A small group of residents at Elizabeth House enjoyed a trip out to Arundel Cathedral, Corpus Christi to see the carpet of flowers and then finish off with a lovely cup of tea.
A lovely walk down the road to Coffee Plus where the residents enjoyed chatting to different people.
Everybody is always made to feel very welcome and the cakes are not bad too!! Yummy!
This months Employee of the Month goes to our lovely Sophie.
Staff and residents would like to thank you for your hard work and dedication to the company. Sophie has the kindest heart and always ensures every residents needs are meet at all times!
Thanks Soph enjoy your gifts.
The home are celebrating three birthdays today!
We had a lovely visit from Betsy on the weekend, lots of cuddles for the residents which everyone loved.
Lots of fun and laughter had today with a gentle chair exercise, we had all the old tunes on which resulted in a singalong. Residents also enjoyed a tactile, sensory activity with our robot cat and dog. We had a lovely visit from Betsy, lots of tricks, cuddles and strokes and occasional licks!
We've been having some fun in the sun recently at Elizabeth House. Jillian made the most of the sunny weather and the men enjoyed men's club in the sun with cold drinks and snacks.
We all enjoyed skittles with Nick. We are all also pleased that Knit and Natter group has started again!
Everyone at Elizabeth House would like to say a big welcome to Rachel our new cook who is doing an amazing job!
Nice weather for a walk round the Mewsbrook Park. We enjoyed a picnic, and looking at the ducks. We then stopped off at the English martyrs Catholic Church to look at the amazing ceiling and listen to a talk. We finished off the day with an ice cream and a spot of gardening!
Filling up the birdfeeders was alos a lot of fun...
Day trip to Staunton farm. The animals are so friendly their residence enjoyed feeding them. And then stopped off overlooking the harbour for ice cream. Great day out.
The residents at Elizabeth house had an amazing day out to Bosham church and made full advantage of the wonderful weather and enjoyed an ice cream. One of our residents Freda met up with the vicar who she knew from many years ago and it was a joy to see her catching up with him remembering the old times. We also stopped at the Goodwood racing track and drove around the countryside soaking up the views. Fantastic day out for all!
This week is Mental health awareness week. West Dean gardeners are open and free to the public, residents enjoyed the walk round, looking at all the different flowers! It was absolutely beautiful and there was a lovely stream which residents found so calming.
Huge thank you to Sarah for her dedication to the company working two roles; Activity and Admin and still always giving 100%. Thank you Sarah!
Residents at the care home in Bognor Regis had a wonderful time celebrating the King's Coronation
Jus Add Sparkle is always popular with our residents! She gets everyone up singing and dancing.
A morning of coronation celebrations at the teapot Cafe! We enjoyed lovely Royal cakes and a game of bingo.
Residents enjoyed a visit from Betsy the dog! We had lots of strokes and cuddles and the residents thought she was cute with some of the tricks that she’s learnt!
We had a lovely trip out at the Sea Life Centre in Portsmouth. We also enjoyed some yummy fish and chips!
Radio presenters from V2 radio called in to Elizabeth House today for a chat with some residents and relatives about living at the home!
Elizabeth House residents doing some Coronation colouring. We also popped along to the Coffee Plus coffee morning at the Shore Baptist Church & enjoyed a cup of tea & cake.
Residents of Elizabeth House enjoying a Trip out to our local Bognor Museum. We also enjoyed a trip out to Pinks Parlour!
We have enjoyed various activities recently at Elizabeth House! We had singing and dancing with Mitchel, Ice cream, sweet’s and of course Easter eggs. Nick was here with his skittles and we enjoyed some friendly competition.
Pat and Gorden from Elizabeth House enjoying tea & cake at the local Shore Cafe at the Baptist Church.
Trip out to hailing Island for fish and chips and enjoying an ice cream lots of laughter today. We also had a bit of training for the dog Betsy, there were lots of cuddles! We enjoyed some fish and chips and a pint down British Legion.
Residents enjoyed looking at the flowers, we also enjoyed tea and cake afterwards.
Trip out to the seaside enjoying an ice cream and watching the seagulls eat chips! Lots of laughing, finished off with a good old sing a long.
Employee of the month Louise, nominated for doing a fantastic job in a new job role as team leader!
A lovely lunch of fish and chips was provided by Saint Ninians church. We also enjoyed some singing and dancing at Elizabeth house with sounds of the guitar!
Tonky celebrated her 106th birthday! She had a lovely day. Happy Birthday Tonky.
Tea, cake, games, laughter, good conversation, what more do you need! Thanks Tea pot Cafe.
Betsy the dog visited Elizabeth House residents recently! Everyone had so much fun.
Residents recently enjoyed a lovely trip out to the Aviation museum. The planes and specially the spitfire And the Rolls-Royce engines were a big hit! We loved walking around looking at all the medals and the uniforms. We've also recently enjoyed a walk round and a cream tea at Haskins Garden Centre, we really liked the little tortoises and enjoyed the pets and fish. Lots of smiles and laughter!
A trip out for fish & chips before heading to Tangmere museum. We also had a visit to Hotham Park.
The Sun came out for us on a trip out to Horton Park. We enjyed a walk round and a cup of tea and a biscuit.
Elizabeth House celebrated Valentine's Day with a a nice hot tea and chocolate! Ronnie got a lovely Bouquet of flowers this morning from family, and we enjoyed a relaxing jigsaw puzzle.
Jodie from Just Add Sparkle came in today. There was lots of singing and dancing!
Residents of Elizabeth House enjoyed a trip out to the Chichester museum, we enjoyed exploring all the artifacts. We finished our fun day out with a fish and chips overlooking the harbour before popping into the garden centre on the way home for a nice cup of cream tea.
Residents enjoyed bowling with Nick. There was some friendly competition and Graham showed his skills by coming first, well done Graham!
An enjoyable afternoon of relaxing colouring, some nice chats and a few drinks.
We enjoyed a stroll up to the shore café for cake and tea recently.
Betsy's first visit to the home! The residents enjoyed her company and some hugs and cuddles.
Elizabeth House enjoyed a sing and dance with Tina sings. Lots of residents pretended to play the guitar, everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
We had a lovely visit from Teddy the dog recently, all of the residents love him. We have also enjoyed some games on the magic table.
Residents of Elizabeth House enjoyed gentle chair exercises, there were some singing and laughing exercise's which always goes down well. We also enjoyed making some necklaces and bracelets, Frida enjoyed her pom-pom on her frame!
Men’s club enjoyed a trip out to the boat Caffe for a hot drink and then on to the British Legion with some of them enjoy the game of pool.
Residents enjoyed a cuddle from Betsy the puppy after we had a trip out to keydells garden centre. We enjoyed a little walk around and tea and cake at the café.
Lovely visit from Santa today! Residents enjoying their presents and having a little laughter and a bit of fun.
Craig was here for fun and quizzes and lots of feather waving to music this week.
Residents at Elizabeth House have been busy recently. We have enjoyed a festive tea & cake and sing along at the Teapot Cafe at St Ninians Church Pagham. We have also enjoyed Christmas carols at Coffee Plus coffee morning at Shore Church & a trip out in the mini bus. We got into the festive spirit on Highgrove & Sandringham unit and James & Westminster unit enjoyed dancing & singing before a festive buffet lunch.
Elizabeth House residents have taken part in a lot of fun things recently. We enjoyed some nice and relaxing Christmas carols by the Salvation Army, Elvis and Jodie, (Just Add Sparkle) also came to entertain us with a song and a dance. We finished off our activities with something festive; our Christmas party! Everybody had so much fun.
Residents at Elizabeth House have enjoyed several festive day trips recently. We had a trip out to The tea pot cafe for the Christmas celebrations, where we really enjoyed the singing! We also had a lovely trip out to Haskins Garden Centre for a cream tea and packed lunch, looking at all the lovely decorated Christmas trees; residents loved the model Village. Finally we have enjoyed singing Christmas carols at coffee plus with tea and cake, then along to the Regis for lunch which overlooks the sea. We finished this day by taking a drive around Goodwood in the countryside, the trip was enjoyed by all the residents who were also pointing out the houses that they used to live in.
Huge thank you to our manager Marian, 'who was really not expecting this award.' Thank you from all staff and residents here at Elizabeth House for your many years of dedication. Nothing is ever too much for Marian, we hope you enjoy your gifts.
Our employee of the month goes to two of our lovely ladies, Aga and Lilia. Thank you for all your work throughout these many years employees and residents really appreciate all that you do.
Brenda & Audrey had a creative morning making Christmas Nutcracker soldiers at Elizabeth House.
Elizabeth House residents enjoyed a sing and dance with Mitchell, Christmas songs with Tanya and magic with David.
Residents from Elizabeth House enjoyed a trip down memory lane. As they travelled in the mini bus they shared stories as they reminisced about living, growing up & family working around Earnley, The Witterings, Dell Quay, Singleton & Goodwood trundle.
Today we received a kind donation of 3 china dolls that will be displayed on one of the units for the residents to reminisce.
Residents at Elizabeth House have gotten into the Christmas spirit recently. Margaret & Tonkey enjoyed making mince pies whilst reminiscing over past Christmas & sharing their memories. Residents also enjoyed singing Christmas carols as Barbara played the piano.
Ronnie at Elizabeth House in Bognor Regis had a lovely birthday.
Residents at Elizabeth House had a fun time singing and dancing with karen.
Residents had a lovely time out to the theatre, we had a lovely singalong and everyone really enjoyed themselves.
Residents at Elizabeth House have been Pumpkin flower arranging, they have also been painting some lovely designs with the pumpkins. Everybody enjoyed themselves!
Elvis, a great entertainer engaging with all the residents at Elizabath House. They love his music and all had a sing and a dance, good times and some giggles had by all.
Three lovely ladies from Elizabeth House Bognor Regis enjoyed tea & cake out to mark being Centenarians. Lyn who is 100 & loves talking about growing up at Goodwood, Margaret who is 102 & loves to talk about her family & Tonkey who is 105 & loves adventure.
We had a lovely afternoon with good conversation and a pint at the British Legion.
Residents took a little trip up the road to the local church cafe for coffee plus.
We took a trip out to Staunton country park the residents loved the animals who were so friendly and gentle. Tonky and Trish wanted to go on the swing and they loved it! What an amazing day.
Huge thank you Katie from Elizabeth House for her dedication to the service in her role of domestic assistant, taking great care in looking after the service users rooms and making beds. Katie also works in the laundry and stepped up and lead the way since the introduction of the laundry service.
Some of the residents at Elizabeth House really enjoy a relaxing afternoon of painting and colouring
The residents have been really enjoyng the different activities going on at the home.
There are always lots of fun activities going on at Elizabeth House which the residents love
The residents have been keeping busy and enjoying Quiz Time in the garden and also sending out harvest-themed cards to relatives.
Meet Elizabeth House’s very own hairdresser, Chris Cobden, who visits the home twice a week to cut the residents hair.
Some of the residents from Elizabeth House enjoyed supporting the local football team.
Elizabeth House has received a fantastic five star review on google.com.
Elizabeth House are establishing intergenerational links with the infants at Bognor Regis Nursery School.
Staff at Elizabeth House, in Bognor Regis, took part in the Nutrition Resources in Care Homes (NRICH) programme, a method of ensuring that care home residents are supported to maintain a healthy diet. Run by Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the programme also teaches staff to identify and tackle malnutrition.