Residents at Barchester Healthcare’s Fountains Care Home, in Shirley, Solihull celebrated Mother’s Day with a welcome return to indoor visiting. The home was beautifully decorated with fresh flowers for the occasion.
For residents at Fountains care home the long awaited reunion with one family member has become a reality, as one single named visitor is now allowed to visit each resident in their bedroom, just in time for Mother’s Day.
There has been much anticipation of this moment by families and residents alike. Guidance was issued by the Government on March 4 and Barchester Healthcare, who run Fountains care home, is proceeding with a safe and cautious approach to visiting. Strict protocols are in place with all visitors required to have a negative Lateral Flow Device test result before being allowed into the home, and infection control measures and social distancing in place for every visit, with hand holding allowed but not recommended.
Despite the need for testing and social distancing, it was still welcome news for so many residents and their family members to be able to meet in the comfort of their bedroom. Residents and their designated family member enjoyed getting together and catching up face to face.
To celebrate Mother’s Day with residents at the home, staff arranged a Mother’s Day celebration which went on into the evening with dancing and glasses of fizz to mark the occasion. It was a double celebration as earlier in the week Fountains residents received their 2nd and final vaccination. Chef at the home, Colin Buss, prepared a delicious high tea with sandwiches, scones and a scrumptious selection of freshly baked cakes.
General Manager, Sonia Tenniswood said: “We’ve all had such a special day. This is the first cautious step towards having a buzz of visitors in the home again. It was wonderful to see how happy it made the residents and their relatives. We have a great booking system in place to ensure the visits are well organised, and visitors are doing a great job of following the safety measures to keep everyone as safe as possible. For those that are not able to come inside the home we are pleased to be able to continue to offer visits in our visiting suites or outdoors when the weather allows, as well as video calls.”
Family member Hilary Brimson said “It was wonderful to spend time with mum, chatting, laughing and holding her hand. It was so much more personal and I got a real buzz from it. I think mum got a lot out of it too”. She went on to thank the team for making it possible.
We are welcoming new residents into our homes to ensure that we are there for those that need care and support, and have a very clear protocols that must be met including a transition period into our home to help keep everyone safe. Please do give us a call on 0121 733 8602 if you are looking for care or need any further help.
