Newsletter
Caring since 1981
Winter 2021
Refl ecting on 2020, I am proud of the excellent job that our staff have done, as well as the front-line workers around the world. We head into 2021 with a vaccine, giving hope for the year ahead. We will continue to do what we can to return life to some normality this year.
Our Christmas celebrations, albeit different, were fi lled with delicious food, lots of engaging activities and most importantly, an abundance of laughter... The best antidote to a pandemic don’t you think? I hope you enjoy seeing lots of photos of our activities throughout this newsletter.
We celebrated the 31st Anniversary of our care home to show our gratitude for the dedication, loyalty and contribution of our staff.
Thank you for all of the continued support from our relatives, friends, staff and residents. Let us all continue to stay safe, follow the guidelines and maintain all of the hard work, helping us to welcome better times to come.
Welcome to Cedar Lodge
Nenita Jopson
,Home Manager at Cedar LodgeIssue 9
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Home & Residents NewsRead about our home updates & get to know one of our residents.
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Daily Life
in our Home
See what we’ve been up to at the care home over the last few months
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Staff News & AchievementsLearn a bit more about our staff and what they’ve achieved
Did you know?
That our staff have rapid Covid-19 tests twice a week, as well as the normal swab test.
Covid-19 Vaccine
at Cedar Lodge
Starting 2021 the right way, Forest Care is delighted to announce that all of their staff and residents have now received their 1st, and in some cases 2nd, Covid-19 vaccine. Nenita says “It’s a step in the right direction and we can’t wait to openly welcome relatives back into our care home again, when it is safe to do so”.
Forest Care are introducing Years of Service pins for every demi-decade worked in our family-owned company. This is to recognise the valuable contribution of our staff.
1-2-1 Virtual Tours
Now Available!
As you know, we have made a virtual tour allowing enquirers to safely visit our home online.
Enquirers can now book a 1-2-1 personalised virtual tour enabling them to video call our team while exploring the same virtual tour. Contact [email protected] for more detail.
Home News
Daphne was born in Stevenage in 1931. At the age of 2, she moved to Hitchin where she lived with her parents and younger brother. When she left school, she went to Newland Park Teaching College, where she met John and they married straight after qualifying as teachers. John went on to teach Secondary education while Daphne chose to teach in a junior school.
After a year living in London, they spent 5 years in various places before settling on the new Britwell Estate, that had been specifically built for teacher’s housing.
Finding their perfect family home in Burnham, they spent 60 happy years there growing their family. They welcomed three children into the world; Gareth, Johnathan and Rebecca. Daphne and John shared a love of the UK and enjoyed exploring the countryside by bike, along with many family holidays to the seaside in Wales and Cornwall.
As a keen historian, Daphne has published numerous books on the history of Burnham. She co-authored “Around Burnham: From Old Photographs”, which can even be purchased on Amazon. When she retired, she was eager to delve into her family history, which inspired another book that was also published.
Having moved to Cedar Lodge a year ago, Daphne settled into life at the care home quickly and is very sociable, participating in many of the group activities. She can often be heard saying “You’ve got to try everything once”. Keeping her mind active, Daphne has a love for quizzes, crosswords, scrabble and dominoes… wining the Cedar Lodge Dominoes plaque on many occasions.
Daphne Chevous
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Thank you Princess Anne
Stanley was delighted to receive his The Not Forgotten Gazette - Centenary Edition. The organisation, which Princess Anne is the Patron of, commemorates WW2 servicemen and women.
Helping Hand
Evelyn will often help the activity staff in the mornings by reading the daily sparkle to the other residents.
Kindness Tree
In our endeavours to spread the right kind of positivity, our residents have been sharing words of kindness that we are proudly displaying in our reception for all to see and read. “As we enter 2021, I’m not sure there
can be many people who will not be pleased to see the back of 2020!! This year starts with the prospect of better times ahead and a return to some sort of normal life, with the biggest factor being the Covid vaccine roll-out. After a few false starts and logistical challenges, I am very pleased to say that all our residents and staff have received their first vaccine dose during January. Second doses will be given towards the end of March. The vaccine roll-out is great news for all of us. It offers protection from the virus as well as a route back to normality and I would urge everyone to take up the offer of having the
vaccine as soon as it is available to you. Until sufficient numbers of people have been vaccinated, the risks still remain, particularly with new variants of the virus emerging.
We very much hope that the continued vaccine roll-out, and potential lifting of restrictions, will allow some form of face-to-face visiting to resume as soon as possible as that will make such a difference to everyone. The option of outdoor visiting will also become available again soon, which in itself will allow visits to take place in a more personal way than has been possible recently.
In the meantime, we continue to try and make life as normal as possible for our residents and I hope you enjoy our latest newsletter which highlights the many varied activities that take place every day.
A big “thank you” to all our staff who make all this happen and who continue to rise to the challenge in the face of everything that has been thrown at them. An equally big “thank you” to all our relatives for your continued support, patience and understanding.”
Words From Mark
Director of Forest Care
Life at Cedar Lodge
From scrabble & jigsaws to knitting & dominoes, we like to keep our minds & bodies active, which helps strengthen hands & fi ngers, increase range of motion & encourage socialisation.
Table Top Games
BIRD WATCHING
Living next to woodlands has its advantages. Our residents have been enjoying a spot of bird watching from the comfort of the main lounge. We’ve spotted so many!!
101st Birthday!
A big “Happy 101st Birthday” to Mrs RollisonChristmas at Cedar Lodge
Every year Cedar Lodge hosts a Christmas pantomime that brings smiles and laughter to the care home. With outside entertainers prohibited due to lockdown restrictions, staff at Cedar Lodge took it upon themselves to host their very own pantomime.... Cedar-ella!
Relatives were still able to enjoy the show by virtual attendance.
Thank you to Mrs Chevous who kindly narrated the wonderful production.
Residents clapped along to music, booed, cheered and laughed with the staff as they brushed up on their stage skills.
The performance certainly brought smiles and joy to our residents… which is all we could wish for.
Cedar-ella: The Christmas Panto
Thank you from Forest Care
Thank you to all of our hard working staff who went above and beyond over Christmas to make the home a magical place full of festivities for our residents, in the middle of a pandemic.
Merry Christmas
Mistletoe kisses
Candlelight parade
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It was a very different Christmas at Cedar Lodge.
From special dinners, to festive photo shoots and Christmas costume parades... Laughter could be heard across the home throughout the Christmas period despite lockdown restrictions.
Celebrating the 31st anniversary of Cedar Lodge was a little different than we are used to, but it was a lot of fun nonetheless. Relatives virtually attended the gathering, watching from the safety of their own homes. Frank, owner of Forest Care, also joined the team for the occasion to say a few words.
A big “Thank you” to JoJo who whipped up an incredibly cake for the occasion. Delicious!
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Our residents enjoyed many festive meals freshly prepared by Head Chef Bhanu.
Whether it was in the lounge or in their rooms, residents thoroughly enjoyed opening their presents from family, friends and staff on Christmas day together.
From “Pin the Tail on the Cat” to a group game of spooky skittles, Halloween at Cedar Lodge was a fun filled day of themed activities and delicious treats.
Happy Halloween
Gail enjoys virtually watchingher son’s church service. And residents did a fantastic job of decorating all the Christmas trees around the home.
To help stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus, our staff can use our food supplier for their own food deliveries.
Kalpana Pun
Joining our hard working catering team, Kalpana is our new Kitchen Assistant. She’s quickly settled in & loves chatting with the resident when she is on her tea rounds.
A VERY WARM
WELCOME TO...
Employee of the Year
Congratulations to Wendy Watmore who has been nominated as the Employee of the Year 2020.
She basically lives at Cedar Lodge and is always willing to help others. Starting as a carer nearly 30 years ago, Wendy has a gentle way of encouraging residents to participate in activities. She is a versatile member of the team. Nothing can stop her giving 100% everyday.
All of our Care Assistants and Nursing team have completed their fi rst aid training.
Staff News
& Achievements
DID YOU KNOW?
FIRST AID
TRAINING
Cheyanne has worked at Cedar Lodge for almost 8 years. Starting as a Kitchen Assistant, she demonstrated a passion for caring and quickly made the step to become a Care Assistant.
She is incredibly passionate about helping others and providing person-centered care to every resident. She is our Manual Handling Trainer and is a fully certifi ed First Aider. Showing strong leadership and communication skills, we can see Cheyanne is eager to progress her caring career within the team.
What do you like most about being a Carer?
I love listening to the resident’s stories, they are fascinating. Being a Care Assistant is hard work and diffi cult at times but it’s very rewarding and I really enjoy it. Cedar Lodge feels like home and I enjoy coming to work in the morning. Christmas is my favourite time of year at the care home. The team make it such a magical place to be.
Feedback Corner
Thank you to everyone who has sent in kind words of encouragement to us all through these diffi cult times.
The service and treatment my mother-in-law got were second to none. I was very pleased with everything they did for her and would recommend your home to anyone.
Cedar Lodge is in the excellent, capable hands of its manager.
She and her staff run the care home as a team and it is the strength of the teamwork that makes the home so outstanding as they cater for all the needs of their residents. I feel Cedar Lodge does go the extra mile for its residents, their families and friends.
Cedar Lodge is deserving of the highest praise as all the staff have worked so hard to keep the home safe during this dreadful pandemic,
The quality of care and kindness that Mum has received is second to none. As her daughter, I can relax, being 100% confi dent that she is being looked after in a respectful, caring and dignifi ed way, and Mum herself says how marvellous the staff are. I have personally found all staff extremely friendly and helpful, and always willing to answer any questions I may have. They also provide regular updates on Mum’s condition which I fi nd very helpful. I would highly recommend Cedar Lodge.
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Ingredients • 6 eggs • 100g Natural yoghurt • 50ml milk • 450g butter • 450g caster sugar • 450g self-raising fl our • Juice of 1 lemon • Zest of 1 lemon• 3tbsp Elderfl ower cordial
Chef’s Seasonal Recipe
Elderflower & Lemon Cake
For the Icing: • 250g butter • 300g cream cheese • 700g icing sugar • Zest of 1 lemon • Fresh fl owers to decorate Method
Preheat the oven to 160 C and grease and line three 20cm cake tins.
In a jug whisk eggs, yoghurt and milk. In a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugar together. Once light and fl uffy, add the fl our, lemon zest and mixture from the jug. Divide between cake tins, level and bake for 40 mins.
Mix lemon juice and elderfl ower cordial. When cakes are cooked, poke sponge all over the surface with a cocktail stick and spoon the liquid over the cakes. Once cool, wrap in cling fi lm and keep for 3 days before icing.
Cream the butter until smooth, fold in the icing sugar and then whisk again. All the cream cheese and lemon zest, mix until smooth.
Stack cakes with plenty of icing between each, piling most of the icing on top. Decorate with fresh fl owers.
