Glebe House
This is Ralf that belongs to Michelle Cadman our senior Domestic who popped in to see Hilda our resident who had a dog like him. This brought Hilda so much joy.
Our ducks had their first swim today – they got the hang of it very quickly!
Glebe’s duckling adventure kicked off this morning – we are expecting the ducklings to hatch Thursday/Friday!
Yesterday we had the pleasure of hosting the charity Canine Partners and ITV Meridian News.
They were interviewing Brian Holland who stays at Glebe House with his service dog Marine, throughout the year on respite care.
Brian is a RAF veteran who was gifted Marine, a working dog to help him with daily needs. Hounds for Hero’s are campaigning from dog carers for the first 2 years of a dog’s life to follow training schedule and for people to get in touch that might need their support.
This interview will be shown on Meridian News tonight at 18:00.
Here is the link to the interview - Hampshire charity launches appeal for 'puppy parents' to train assistance dogs | ITV News Meridian
Glebe House gets ready for Comic Relief with a bake off competition! Hannah, Ellie & Peter were our fabulous judges today for our Comic Relief bake off competition. Well done to Jenna D for best in show, Clare H for best taste, Emily for most creative & Alfie for better luck next time!
Glebe would like to wish our lovely Julie a happy retirement after 10 years working in the kitchen and laundry!
Our Jeanette Smyth celebrating her birthday with a lovely cake made by our chef Clare before heading out for the day with her family.
Our wonderful chef Clare Hinchcliffe made homemade lemon meringue pie. Clare has made such a positive difference to the dining experience at Glebe House since joining us as head chef in December, her food tastes absolutely fabulous and enjoyed by all.
Our residents also had a go at tossing pancakes.
Happy 66th wedding anniversary to Tom & Anne!
Burns Night celebrations!
Residents enjoyed haggis, tatties and cranachan Scottish pudding.
A wonderful celebration day at Glebe House in Southbourne yesterday.
Celebrating the team with some amazing Long Service Awards and of course some Glebe House Service Champions.
We also celebrated our recent Employee of the Month - Michelle Hedgcock.
A fabulous day with a wonderful buffet including some delicious homemade cakes.
We had a fun games of skittles and Brain was the winner! Well done Brian!
We visited the Donkey Sanctuary on Hayling Island this week which we absolutely loved! Pauline adopted Teddy after her late husband and his best friend Chester.
We also visited the garden centre and the fish shop!
On Friday we had a staff engagement meeting where we started with a scavenger hunt – many laughs were had by all.
Glebe’s Employee of the Month this month goes to the whole team!
We all pulled together when we had the flood and the team work shown was amazing! Thank you all
Glebe House would like to welcome our new head chef Jo and cook Clare.
What an amazing start we have had with our new team. We have had nothing but praise from the residents about their meals and especially their beautiful homemade cakes! What an incredible impact they have made to our home already and we look forward to continuing to work with you both and taste your yummy dishes!
Thank you to Clare, our cook, for making our Guy this year. Residents can guess the name of Guy for a chance to win a prize!
Our resident Margret had success growing this beautiful sunflower from a seed!
Earlier this week we enjoyed some chair exercises with the residents making up their own moves!
Our Employee of the Month at Glebe House goes to Peter.
Peter joined us permanently 2 months ago and has been an asset to the team ever since. Peter has had nothing but praise from the residents and other members of staff and always has a smile on his face. He’s willing to do whatever it takes for the residents and isn’t afraid to go the extra mile. You often hear him singing or humming before you see him.
Keep doing what you are doing Peter!
Everyone at Glebe House would like to wish Emily Watts, Deputy Manager all the best on her wedding day over the weekend.
Congratulations Mr & Mrs Ben Mason love from all the staff and Service Users xxx
Our residents enjoyed a dance with Ema & Rares this afternoon. Fun was had by all!
Tracy our admin is our Employee of the Month. Tracy is always hard working and goes above and beyond her role. She got the highest score in the region on her unannounced finance audit! Well done Tracy!
Michelle Hedgcock has won the Overall Care Award held by V2 Radio Care Awards sponsored by Artius Care.
She was awarded a trophy, bouquet of flowers, £95.00 beauty voucher and an experience flying a 2 seater plane taking off from Goodwood to fly over Sussex.
What a wonderful time had sharing this with the other winners, from NHS, other Care home and community care groups and a wonderful 16 year old supporting her palliative grandfather.
Whoop Whoop Michelle! For her 20 years + dedication to Glebe House Shaw Healthcare.
This is Libby, our employee of the month. Libby works hard to ensure that the residents rooms and communal areas are clean and tidy and has formed great relationships with them since joining us a couple of years ago. Well done Libby!
We received a lovely visit from Baron & Pluto today – it’s was Pluto’s first time inside but with his grandad Baron’s support he did super well! We all loved the experience.
Glebe House residents enjoyed a lovely day out at Blue Reef Aquarium in Portsmouth this week finished off with some delicious fish and chips on the sea front. Even the seaguls joined in!
This is our Sarah Mihel who’s last day was today after 17 years’ service, she didn’t want any fuss made due to being overwhelming for her, so we put on lunch for her with her favourite foods and with safari themed plates, napkins, cups etc due to emigrating with her husband Lewis and son Brody to Africa. She started as a domestic and worked her way up to be a fabulous Team Leader, she has been a great support to all in her care and for the staff also. She will be missed by absolutely all of us but we also wish her and her family the best on their next adventure.
Our residents syaing what they would do if they were the Queen/King ahead of the Kings Coronation!
The residents at Glebe enjoyed a visit from the children from the nursery around the corner. We built a den and played lots of games! We also had a taste of what's to come this summer when we took a trip to the pub to make the most of the blue skies and sunshine, it was lovely.
We are raising much-needed funds for Ronald McDonald House in Southampton.
We will be hosting an Easter raffle, with all proceeds going to the charity that provides comfort and support to families of seriously ill children.
We decided to fundraise for the charity after two of our staff members stayed here while their children were in the ICU in a critical condition.
Stephanie Watts, who works in admin at Glebe House, had her baby in January. He was born with a heart condition where his arteries were plumed in the wrong way around, so he was rushed to Southampton Hospital PICU where they had to perform immediate lifesaving surgery.
Jonny Parry, team leader at Glebe House, son was also admitted to Southampton Hospital PICU after suffering with a headache and eye difficulties. He was diagnosed with ADEM, which is a rare neurological condition and spent a number of weeks in intensive care.
Ronald McDonald House is a non-profit organisation which relies on the generosity of fundraisers to help them to support the families staying in their houses which ensures that children in hospital have their families close by, and that families are fully supported and remain actively involved in their child’s care.
Irene Pudduck, manager at Glebe House, said: “We are really happy to be hosting a raffle to raise money for such a wonderful charity. If it wasn’t for the Ronald McDonald House on the hospital site, both families wouldn’t have been able to stay close to their children, which goes to show just how important something like this is for families going through the same thing.”
The raffle will take place on Friday 7 April, [15:00], at Glebe House with lots of prizes to be won, including tickets to Longleat, spa treatments, restaurant vouchers, and more.
Our not so little glebe ducklings had a lovely swim today!
We have welcomed our new residents for the respite stay! Say hello to Puddles, Daffy, Donald, Daisy and Rubber.
Glebe has welcomed some duck eggs! We are so excited for them to hatch!
Glebe’s employee of the month goes to Grace. Grace always makes such an effort to ensure she is providing person centred care to every resident and is an asset to the team!
Today is national staff appreciation day, Irene and Emily the managers at Glebe House thanked the staff with tea and a donut. We have such a fab team here at Glebe, they always go above and beyond for our residents which doesn’t go unnoticed. Keep doing what you are doing team Glebe!
Residents at Glebe enjoyed their visit from Zoo Lab. We all watched in fascination at these wonderful animas! We also enjoyed a game of bowling recently.
The ladies at Glebe house kicked off weekly Glebe green fingers gardening club this morning by planting some poppy’s and sweet peas. We can’t wait to watch them grow!
Tanya came to sing at Glebe House today, the residents enjoyed asking for their requests and having a good sing along.
Employees at Glebe House made a wish come true for Pauline Cardy who hasn’t seen her husband for 8 months due to illness and previously living in another home too far for Mr Ted Cardy to travel due to his frailty. Pauline mentioned this to staff during Christmas week and staff jumped into action and the home manager went to visit Ted at his home to see if he was able to travel in a car, which he could. Ted wanted this to be a surprise and the manger picked him up on Christmas day and brought him to Glebe to be welcomed by Pauline who was ready in the lounge, as soon as they saw each other Pauline started clapping with excitement and were soon embracing each other and showing that love grew even stronger in their absence. They both just celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in September and this is the longest they have ever been apart. Tears were shared throughout the home, what a fabulous day.
Glebe House staff enjoying the Christmas spirit on Christmas day, making residents day the best.
Glebe would like to say a huge thank you to Southbourne Junior School who kindly donated their huge home-made snow man to Glebe House. The residents at Glebe have also created a beautiful Christmas mural which hangs proudly in our street for all to see.
Gwen and Allison enjoying a song and a dance to her favourtie song.
Glebe House employee of the month goes to our lovely activity champion Allison. Alli is always kind, cheerful and happy to help anyone who needs it. She comes up with new, creative ideas to keep the residents stimulated and is a credit to the team.
On Wednesday Glebe had their Christmas party, we had Steve the singer, a raffle, staff secret Santa and a beautiful buffet. Lots of laughs were had!
On Wednesday Glebe had their Christmas party, we had Steve the singer, a raffle, staff secret Santa and a beautiful buffet. Lots of laughs were had! The lovely choir at St Johns Church joined us for a sing-a-long and mince pies.
Glebe House and a local nursery have teamed up to launch a new intergenerational project, that sees pre-schoolers and older residents come together and enjoy a variety of activities - with both generations reaping the benefits.
Joyce, Ann, Grace Emily and Lisa painted a firework mural at Glebe. It now hangs beautifully in the street for all to see. Joyce and Ann decided to name the piece ‘Too many daiquiris’.
Our team leader Ellie King is our employee of the month this month. She was nominated for her kindness, compassion, always putting the residents first and wearing a smile every day. Well done Ellie! Very well deserved.
Glebe House residents celebrated Halloween with a costume competition, which Jayne won. We also had a spooky lucky dip!
The children from Green Roots Nursery & Pre-school came for their bi-weekly visit to Glebe House and played games and made Halloween decorations using glow sticks and milk bottles. 🎃
Glebe House had a lovely afternoon trying different fruits and making a nice fruit smoothie. The mango came out as the favourite.
Glebe House got their daily exercise doing armchair aerobics! We also enjoyed a trip to the local pub in Emsworth.
Brian from Glebe House asked to have his hair braided by our support worker Connie, He loved it! And evens wants it repeated before he returns home on Monday. His dog Marine is his working dog to assist with his disabilities. Great day and lots of smiles and laughs.
Anne from Glebe House enjoyed a morning fulfilling her wish to go swimming again. She once swam the channel between Malaysia and Singapore and thoroughly enjoyed being back in the water. We then went to Northerny Farm on Hayling Island for a milkshake made from milk that came from their own cows!
There have been celebrations at Glebe House, Southbourne, for staff, residents and relatives following their recent CQC inspection for which they have been rated "Good".
Beryl’s school, near London, was closed due to the second world war starting and her alternative plans to become a dress maker did not materialise because of family circumstance.
Residents at Glebe House in Southbourne were delighted to receive another visit from a duo of friendly alpacas.