Eldercare Matters Newsletter - Summer 2014-15

LifestyleAway with the FairiesEldercare Trowbridge House haswon this year’s coveted HorticulturalTherapy Prize which was themed ‘AFairy at the Bottom of the Garden’.Teams from all sites were invited toparticipate in horticultural themed‘Fairy’ activities, and to creativelydocument their experience. Theentries were the result of sevenmonths of combined effort fromresidents, families, volunteers andEldercare staff.‘Highly Commended’ Certificateswere awarded to Oxford andSeaford. The competition wasjudged by Kathy Burroughes, fromEldercare’s Marketing Department.“I was impressed at the creativeways that lifestyle staff worked thefairy theme into the activities, inparticular providing opportunitiesfor residents to interact with nature,even when confined indoors due tobad weather or health issues,” shesays.“Trowbridge, Oxford and TheVillage created beautiful keepsakefairy tale books to accompanytheir entries, which will beused by residents long after thecompetition.”The horticultural therapy prizes areopen to residents and the lifestylestaff who facilitate horticulturaltherapy activities for them. Theawards were presented at theLifestyle Networking Day in Octoberby Eldercare Chief Executive JanePickering.Above (L-R): Harper Hamdorf, grand-daughter of resident Jill Hannan and ‘fairy’ Marie Jeffries, with resident Maria Machado at TrowbridgeHouse; Oxford’s fairy garden; Seaford’s fairy toadstool; Jim Goldner and Cath Colliver making papier mache’ mushrooms at The Village;‘Fairy’ Marie Jeffries inspecting the fairy garden at Trowbridge House19