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Our brand new care home in Droitwich opened in October 2020. Once the site of the Spring Meadow pub, the purpose-built home provides residential, dementia and respite care in a warm and cosy environment.
Our 70-bed home has 3 floors and includes a cafe, library, cinema, spa room and hair salon. Residents can relax in the lounge or garden room, overlooking a working garden that green-fingered residents enjoy tending themselves.
The team at Droitwich Mews greet residents with a heartwarming smile every day and fill the halls with laughter. Our commitment to forming a close bond with residents and making our care home community feel like a family is why we’re one of the best care homes in Worcestershire.
As well as residential and respite care, we also specialise in dementia care in Droitwich, and have a floor dedicated to memory care, including 2 lounges, a games room and a cafe for friends and family to catch up over tea and cake.
For people living with dementia and their families, finding the right care can be an emotional and challenging experience. We have an individual approach to dementia care to make sure residents have a happy and fulfilling life in the safety of our care home, and we encourage them to mix with other residents if they want to.
Our dedicated dementia care programme, ReConnect, includes Life Story Work to help the team engage with residents and a music therapy approach called Playlist for Life. Music is a powerful way of exploring memories and enjoying shared experiences, and is just as effective for people living with cognitive impairment.
Our care home manager, Joanne Gill, has worked in care for more than 30 years and has 15 years’ experience managing care homes. With her natural empathy and dedication to client wellbeing, we thought she was the perfect choice to run our care home in Droitwich.
Joanne loves nothing more than seeing happy residents, and only hires genuinely caring and compassionate people to join the Droitwich Mews family. Her aim is for residents to live life as fully as possible within a safe and caring environment.
No one knows what residents at Droitwich Mews enjoy doing like the residents themselves. That’s why the wellbeing team let them take the lead when it comes to activities, whether that’s playing bridge, or exploring local landmarks like Chateau Impney, Stratford Butterfly Farm or Norbury Theatre.
The home also has its own minibus ready to take residents for tea at The Button Tree, for some exercise as Droitwich Lido, or to combine the 2 at Hadley Bowling Green.
Our care home is just a few miles away from the train station and off the A38, making it easy for family and friends to visit. And with so many facilities to enjoy with their loved ones, we’re never short of visitors.
Food is such an important part of life and moving into a home shouldn’t mean being served the same bland food day in day out. Our award-winning chefs put together a delicious and varied menu that’s nutritious and meets our residents’ dietary and cultural needs.
Residents can choose from traditional to exotic meals and maybe even find a few new favourites. Meals are served in the communal or private dining room with beautiful crockery and table service — it’s like eating out every day! Of course, for residents who prefer a little privacy, we’ll serve them in their room with the same care and attention to detail.
Guests are welcome to join us at our cafes, and we can arrange private get-togethers to celebrate special occasions with friends and family.
Staff at Acacia Lodge Care Home, in Manchester, have received their Playlist for Life Accreditation at a virtual ceremony, hosted by Heather Perkins – Avery’s Dementia Support Advisor. Well-being and activities staff noted how incorporating Playlist for Life into the work they carried out with resident Bernice gave them a deeper understanding of how music…
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Avery Healthcare Quality Development Manager, Michael Redman has raised over £750 by completing the Swim22 Diabetes UK Challenge. The keen swimmer, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2009, began the challenge earlier this year when the original completion period was between February 22nd – May 22nd. The Swim22 Challenge allowed participants to do…
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Welcome to the September edition of Avery Talk, our monthly update of all the latest from Avery. Read about how we celebrated Jamaican Independence Day, celebrating unsung heroes, International Photography Day and an ode to Lavender! There’s much more too with stories from around our communities, and updates about how we continue to deliver our…
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Avery Managing Director, John Strowbridge, and Chief Operating Officer, Sharon Winfield, have both written to and recorded a personal video message for all the Avery staff, recognising their amazing efforts and contribution during the challenge of the pandemic in 2020. Acknowledging that this has been an extremely challenging time for everyone on the care ‘front…
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The COVID-19 pandemic provided challenges and anxieties for everyone, particularly for care home residents and family members who were not able to be together. Avery were one of the first care home groups to implement safe garden visits to address this, but are now excited to announce that they are now able to offer managed…
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Welcome to the August issue of Avery Talk, our monthly update of all the latest from Avery. Read about gentleman bonding, centenarians birthday celebrations, a taste of the Olympics and the generosity of people and companies during lockdown! There’s much more too with stories from around our communities, and updates about how we continue to…
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During the pandemic the care sector regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), has not been able to visit care homes to undertake their usual assessments. They did however wish to ensure and monitor that they were responding to and managing correctly and effectively the challenges brought about by the coronavirus. So the CQC has implemented…
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Much has been made of the outstanding efforts of many in the NHS and care sector during the challenging time of the coronavirus, with individuals and staff teams going above and beyond to combat the threat and keep others safe and well. It takes something truly special though to be recognized above many others, for…
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Here is the latest update on how we are managing the coronavirus pandemic. We continue to see reassuring outcomes for the testing results, and we are pleased to report that across the Avery group we are now virtually virus-free for both staff and residents. Despite the media portrayal of the sector, our care homes are…
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Welcome to the July issue of Avery Life, now a monthly update of all the latest from Avery and our leading care homes. Read about the success of our introduction of safe garden visits, enabling families to visit their loved ones for the first time in weeks, and a tale of enduring love from Newcross…
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Welcome to Issue 6 of our new fortnightly newsletter, Avery Life. This edition, we’ve got stories from around our communities including outdoor fun with cocktail parties, and generous donations from both local and national supporters of the fine work our homes are doing during challenging times. For all this and more, click here to download Avery…
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Music plays a central role in supporting residents to live well in many care homes, and is a significant feature in most well-being and activity programmes, ranging from informal sing-a-longs and choirs within a care home to visiting entertainers. The value of utilising music in a more personalised way is now widely recognised as a…
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Rivermere Care Home in Sevenoaks recently received a positive Care Quality Commission (CQC) report. Though marked ‘inspected but not rated’ due to current national lockdown restrictions, the home received wonderful feedback on both staff and residents’ well-being as well as overall home care and maintenance during the Covid-19 pandemic. On the staff, one relative commented,…
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Nancy Bowley, resident at Scholars Mews Care Home in Stratford, recently turned 105. To commemorate reaching the incredible milestone, Nancy enjoyed a special tea party with lots of surprises. Whilst current national lockdown restrictions meant that Nancy wasn’t able to spend her birthday with her family like usual, this didn’t stop her from making the…
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The final blog in Spotlight Week is how to turn your favourite fruit pies into cutlery-free delights, that can be easily enjoyed by hand. Recipe: 2 medium apples 1 tbsp caster sugar 2 tbsp water 100g berries For the base: 85g butter 115g light brown sugar (optional or reduce to half) 1 egg 115g…
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On day 4 of Spotlight Week, learn how to make and prepare smoked mackerel and sweet potato fish cakes, ready to be easily picked up and eaten by hand, without the need for cutlery. Recipe: For the fish cake: 1 tsp chopped parsley 2 tsp horseradish sauce 2 tsp zest of lemon 400 grams sweet…
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There are many avenues to explore when it comes to finger foods. Avery Cutlery-Free Dining Workshops ensure that all our chefs receive the skills and knowledge they require to embed the Cutlery-Free Programme into their home confidently. By simply adapting meals, chefs can ensure quality options are offered with the same ingredients as the main meal…
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For ‘Spotlight Week’ day 2, we delve into what exactly Cutlery Free Dining is and how Avery chefs are equipped and trained to provide residents with the very best nutritional support. Why Cutlery-free? There are many reasons why a person may have difficulty using cutlery to eat a meal or a snack. Conditions such as…
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Today marks the start of our ‘Spotlight Week’. Each day, you will be hearing from our experts regarding our new Cutlery Free Dining Initiative – developed by Head of Culinary and Hospitality, Simon Lawrence and Head of Dementia, Jo Crossland, working in collaboration with Premier Foods. Avery Healthcare Leading the Way Avery Healthcare is at…
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Welcome to the February edition of Avery Talk, our monthly round-up of all the latest goings-on at Avery. This month’s highlights include some fun, creative activities our homes have been doing to help residents beat the winter blues, an exciting update from the IT department, more significant birthdays and milestones, and a positive vaccination update.…
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Dr Szpunt, a supporting General Practitioner from Meads Medical Practice close to Elvy Court Care Home in Sittingbourne, has recently been recognised for his outstanding care for the home throughout the years. Branded their ‘silent hero’, Dr Szpunt is known throughout the home for his excellent delivery of care and kind nature and was gifted…
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Clayton Manor Care Home and Readesmoor Medical Centre, both of Congleton, were delighted to work together to administer the Oxford Astra Zeneca vaccine to all residents on Saturday 9th January 2021. It was a particularly exciting day as Clayton Manor was the first home in the town to receive the vaccine with one of the…
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Amarna House Care Home, in York, recently had a visit from Elizabeth and Katie, members of the Discharge to Assess team who were both incredibly pleased with their visit and the staff, especially Home Manager, Linda Donnella-Beevers. Here is what they said: ‘My name is Elizabeth; I’m the Physiotherapist that came to visit this morning…
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