Activities at Hyacinth House Care Home

Our new luxury care home had it's doors officially opened in style, our Grand Opening was performed by the Mayor of Ferndown, Cllr Krissy Stamp and Barchester’s CEO, Dr Pete Calveley.

Kamila, General Manager and her team welcomed further special guest Colin Weston MBE JP, The High Sheriff of Dorset along with Hyacinth's first resident who is excited to move in, plus many key members of the community and local businesses. We would like to thank you all, including our Head Office team for making it a resounding success!

We at Hyacinth House wanted to express our gratitude to our neighbours and the community for their support during the extensive refurbishment at Hyacinth House. The Team decided on a Cheese & Wine evening and all were invited. 

The Chefs served impressive Charcuterie trays piled high with a selection of cheeses, cured meats, crackers, chutneys and more, with a variety of wines to sample, which were enjoyed by all. 

Our evening also featured the talents of Nigel Revill, local guitarist and singer. He performed a range of classic hits including Hotel California (The Eagles), Everyday (Buddy Holly), which many of the guests sang along to.  Nigel said  “I had some lovely comments from the guests about the music and your beautiful care home. It's hard to recognise the old home compared to what you now have - absolutely glorious.”

Many more wonderful comments and feedback was received today from our guests one said “Thank you and your team very much for your kind hospitality last night.  You all made us feel very welcome and gave us an insight into the excellent facilities and happy atmosphere future residents may enjoy”

Another wrote “I would like to thank you all, for the very warm welcome you all gave us and the refreshments, which we very much enjoyed! The home is spectacular, warm, homely, very tastefully decorated and I am sure your residents will be very happy there. 

Kamila Gagala, General Manager at the home, said: “Staff at Hyacinth House are dedicated to making sure that the home is a hub of the local community, this event was to welcome them back in to show our appreciation for their support, we had a lovely evening meeting them all and were proud to show off our fabulous new home."

The countdown is on until we officially open on the 25th August and welcome our first residents, to our beautiful home. 

Lots of behind-the-scenes preparations are in full swing as we draw closer to this special Day.

We are open to visitors now to come and have a sneak peek, feel the warm and welcoming atmosphere of our home and meet the Team. Feel free to drop by and see all the wonderful things happening at Hyacinth House and enjoy a refreshing cup of tea or coffee, with a delicious slice of freshly baked cake! 

A big thank you to all that joined us for our first-ever Professionals Breakfast morning. 

It was an absolute pleasure for us to meet everyone and to start building valuable connections. Our Chefs did us proud with a delicious breakfast that did not disappoint judging by the wonderful feedback received!

This is a monthly event to come together for some great conversations and to share insights.

We look forward to seeing you again at the next one!

After much anticipation and some tough decision making, we are thrilled to announce Debbie is our winner of the recent "Name our Communities" competition! 

Out of the fantastic suggestions received we chose 'Stour & Avon' and extended this to 'Stour Valley' and 'Avon Walk' to represent our Community names in the home.

Thank you to all that entered and to Debbie for her winning suggestions. Here's a snapshot of our winner receiving her well-deserved Hamper, delivered by our Home Services Advisor Jane. Debbie is the Branch Manager at AE Jolliffe & Son in Ferndown, we included some freshly baked chocolate brownies for her to share with her team.

We hope you love the new names as much as we do!

Home Services Advisor Jane, delivered surprise gifts of mouth-watering chocolate brownies prepared by our Chefs, plus biscuits, chocolates, refreshing drinks and other goodies to the Team at their Clinic set up in the Allendale Community Centre, Wimborne.

Jane had previously contacted Senior Sister, Louise Easton to arrange this surprise and although she wasn't going to be with them that day, she'd said 'the team love anything sweet' and thanked us for this gesture.

It was a pleasure to meet Mariyana (Nurse in charge), Vanessa, Helen, Claire and all the crew. 

The Clinic is set up on arrival at each location and packed away again at the end of the day. As you can see from the picture, it's quite the operation. They work exceptionally hard and long days, bank holidays too!  

Their efforts is saving lives, and we’re incredibly grateful for their service to the community and all those giving blood. 
Remember that there is always a need for new donors. If you  haven’t already, please consider donating. 

Claire advised that anyone wishing to donate, would need to register and book an appointment https://my.blood.co.uk they are scheduled to return to Wimborne, 23rd August and 20th September.