Ice bucket nominations spread to Thistleknowe care home. £5 donated to ALS, Gemma McMaster and Margaret Munro nominated!
Family Meeting - Monday 15th September
We are holding a family meeting on Monday 15th September at 11am which is open to all family members, Close friends and residents at the home. Please come along and share your views and ideas.
Thank You
Thanks to Huey Broon and the Bullets who are having a fundraising night to raise money for a new karaoke system for the home!
24th August @ 2pm 'LOVE ON THE FRONT LINE'
We are happy to announce the return of shoogalie road productions this month.
performing a play written by Liam Lambie
Bought in by the excitement of the declaration of war George signs up and is soon shipped off to the front line of the somme leaving a heartbroken Mary back home in Glasgow but as a trained nurse she decides she too wants to do her bit for king and country and joins the forces to help the injured.
Back by popular demand........Thistleknowe Bingo Night
Following the success of the last fundraising and social event and having received demands and requests from family and friends who came along we are holding a Bingo night in the dining room on the 30th July at 6:30pm
Tickets are £5.00 *
Books £2.50
*Please note, we sold out of tickets for the last night with one week to go so call the home if you cant get in to reserve your seats.
Welcome Karen McIntosh - New Manager
Following an intensive interview process, residents and staff at Thistleknowe are pleased to welcome to the home Karen McIntosh who has been appointed as the new Manager.
Karens biggest achievement:
Raising four children on her own whilst studying for a degree in Nursing.
Favourite food:
Italian, Anything with pasta!
Hobbies and interests:
Fitness and running
Favourite Author:
Steven King
How did you first get into management?
I applied for a staff nurse position in a care home and was offered the position of deputy manager. Six weeks later I was offered the managers position.
Good luck in the new post Karen.
Left to right, New manager Karen McIntosh, Resident at Thistleknowe Roberta Fleetham presenting flowers, Clinical lead and staff nurse Gemma McMaster and Senior carer Janie Payne.
Leon The Entertainer July 23rd 3pm
Leon The Entertainer July 23rd 3pm
Leon Anderson will be playing mellow tunes in the main lounge at 3pm.
Fish Supper Friday Social evening: July 18th @ 5pm
A chance to catch up with friends and relatives and enjoy an evening together at the care home. We order in Fish and chips and place the order the day before so if your coming please let Evelyn know what you would like from the chippy.
Tickets £7 per person (Includes fish and chips for one)
Shoogalie Road Production
We were very pleased to welcome the award winning Shoogalie Road production of 'Any mair fares' to the care home on the 29th June.
Residents, family and friends were invited along to come and enjoy the entertainment which took the audience back in time to when people in Glasgow used the trams to go to the dancing on a Friday Night.
The night was enjoyed by all who attended and we will welcome Shoogalie Road productions back on there next tour.
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Care home open day BBQ
For care home open day residents at the home decided on a commonwealth games themed BBQ event. Happily the sun came out which encouraged people to come along and sample the fine cuisine prepared by our in house chef Graeme and also our new nurse Gemma who was up early before work and made some caramel cup cakes for the dessert. Representing the Zambian team, Athlete Laurence visited the home to meet residents and talk about the games.
On Friday evening residents and visitors enjoyed our regular fish and chip social event
Friends and relatives came along to enjoy the meal and sing along with the live band playing traditional Scottish music and enjoy a wee dram!
Thistleknowe Care Home Smiles Promotion Day
Our Activities champion Evelyn McKechan arranged the day.
Families and local groups were informed about the day and invited to attend so we had quite a large turn out for the big day on Sunday 25th May.
We linked the day in with our 'Health promoting Care programme' which we volunteered to develop alongside NHS Scotland.
The Aim was:
To make people 'Smile' by having fun whilst raising awareness about Oral Health.
The fun and smiles bit would have the knock on affect of benefiting the general mental health and well being of everyone involved with Oral health games teaching those taking part and watching some important facts about dental care.
Visitors had the chance to win a fruit basket at the main entrance with our raffle and then moved down the corridor into the main lounge area.
We had a good turn out of children who were keen to take part in the games.
We started with a quiz on items that visitors read on the notice board culminating in the length of time you should brush your teeth for.
This lead to a tooth brushing competition.
Visitors had to brush there teeth for what they thought was 2 minutes, the recommended time for brushing your teeth. The closest to the two minutes won an Apple!
We then had a smiley face competition using the props provided. The best smiley face won an apple again!
So not to upset anyone we had made a goody bag up with a toothbrush toothpaste and egg timer to take away with them.
The residents and staff enjoyed the action and company of all the visitors and visitors went away with a little more knowledge and awareness of Oral Health and a good experience of the care home.