Everybody involved seems to benefit when kids from playschools visit nursing homes, writes Geraldine Walsh.The giddy laughter of excited four-year-olds is probably the last thing you expect to hear when you tell them that they are visiting the nursing home today. But that is exactly what Eilish Balfe of Happy Days Montessori in Ratoath, Co Meath, hears every week.Balfe, manager and montessori teacher, has partnered with the local Ratoath Manor Nursing Home, a part of the Silver Stream Healthcare Group, for the past two years. She brings her class of bubbling, loud and happy pre-schoolers to play, laugh and tell stories with the residents who ordinarily wouldn’t be inundated with 20 excitable kids at once.The idea originally snowballed after a conversation with the receptionist of the nursing home, as Balfe’s own father is a resident. She has now been bringing the children of Happy Days to the nursing home, with Christmas and end of year shows being the … [Read more...] about Pensioner playdates: when playschools visit nursing homes
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Another facility run by firm at centre of Dunmurry Manor care home scandal failed to meet basic standards
Another facility run by firm at centre of Dunmurry Manor care home scandal failed to meet basic standards BelfastTelegraph.co.uk The company at the centre of the Dunmurry Manor scandal has come under fire after it emerged another one of its facilities is failing to meet basic standards. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/another-facility-run-by-firm-at-centre-of-dunmurry-manor-care-home-scandal-failed-to-meet-basic-standards-37271811.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/article37271810.ece/0a7ca/AUTOCROP/h342/2018-09-01_new_43735118_I1.JPG Email The company at the centre of the Dunmurry Manor scandal has come under fire after it emerged another one of its facilities is failing to meet basic standards. An inspection of Clifton Nursing Home in north Belfast at the end of June uncovered a litany of shocking failures, leaving some of the most vulnerable people in society at risk of serious harm. Among the issues raised by the … [Read more...] about Another facility run by firm at centre of Dunmurry Manor care home scandal failed to meet basic standards
5 dead in possible murder-suicide at nursing home, residence in Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Police were trying to determine a motive Saturday after they said a man fatally shot four family members at two locations, including his father and stepmother inside a Robstown, Texas, nursing home before killing himself there too. Richard Starry fatally shot himself inside Retama Manor nursing home after killing 85-year-old Ernest Starry and his wife, Thelma Montalvo, Friday night, Robstown Police Lt. Enrique Paredez said. Paredez said a family member later called officers to the couple's home where their 13-year-old adopted son and a 41-year-old son of Montalvo were also found shot to death. The names of the other two sons and Montalvo's age were not released. The reason behind the shootings was unclear, Paredez said at a Saturday news conference. A gun was recovered at the scene. "As far as a motive, the investigation is too premature at this time to determine," Paredez said. Reuben Garcia, whose father lives in the nursing home, was inside the home at the … [Read more...] about 5 dead in possible murder-suicide at nursing home, residence in Texas
C. difficile outbreak confirmed at Dunmurry Manor care home
0 Comments C. difficile outbreak confirmed at Dunmurry Manor care home BelfastTelegraph.co.uk A C. difficile infection has broken out at the scandal hit Dunmurry Manor care home, the Public Health Agency (PHA) has confirmed. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/c-difficile-outbreak-confirmed-at-dunmurry-manor-care-home-37023162.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/article37015774.ece/da447/AUTOCROP/h342/2018-06-15_new_41762839_I1.JPG Email A C. difficile infection has broken out at the scandal hit Dunmurry Manor care home, the Public Health Agency (PHA) has confirmed. The bacterial infection, which causes diarrhoea and fever, was confirmed at the care home on Monday. The home, which is run by Runwood Care Homes, has been in the media spotlight after a report by the Commissioner for Older People found a "horrific catalogue of inhuman and degrading treatment" took place at the home over a 39 month period. Dr Muhammad Sartaj, … [Read more...] about C. difficile outbreak confirmed at Dunmurry Manor care home
Girl, 15, sexually assaulted behind nursing home in horrific attack
Two dog walkers are being urged to come forward after a teenager was sexually assaulted close to a nursing home. The 15-year-old victim was set upon in a field behind the Brookfield Support Centre and Broadoak Manor Nursing Home on Park Road, St Helens. Police said the girl was "seriously sexually assaulted" during the horrific ordeal. Today more than six months after the attack - which happened between 3.30pm and 5pm on Wednesday, December 27 - police made a plea for witnesses to come forward. And they are keen to trace two people who were in the area walking a dog at the time. Detective Inspector Paul Grounds said: “We know from our enquiries that two people with a dog walked past around the time of the incident and I would urge them to get in touch, as they may hold information vital to the investigation. "I hope to jog the memory of anyone in the area who may have seen any suspicious behaviour, anyone leaving the location, or who may have heard some information about the … [Read more...] about Girl, 15, sexually assaulted behind nursing home in horrific attack