News

SATURDAY 4^th

• Today’s activities are themed to celebrate both International Lego Day and National Storytelling Week – there’ll be Lego print painting fun in the Messy PlayZone, and story time in the Lounge.

SUNDAY 5^th

• There’s fun and splashes in the hydrotherapy pool for all of our in-house children and young people this morning.

 

• Join us for an afternoon of baking in Danni’s Diner – what will we make?

MONDAY 6^th

• Our new Chief Executive Officer, Karen Edwards, arrives at the hospice today.

 

TUESDAY 7^th  

• Playgroup for our Derian toddlers and parents will take place in the Seaside Room from 10:00am – 12:00pm.

 

• Lynn (Director of Clinical Services) and Karen (our new CEO) are attending a Palliative & End of Life Care Summit in Manchester today.

 

• Individual and group sessions of music therapy with Martha will be orchestrated in the Snug between 2:00 – 6:00pm this afternoon.

WEDNESDAY 8^th

• Karen (CEO) and Lynn (Director of Clinical Services) will be attending a GM Hospices meeting at Bury Hospice this morning.

 

• This afternoon, Karen will be meeting our GPs at their quarterly meeting with the Senior Care Team.

 

• Our fun weekly singalong with Rachel (Music Teacher) will take place in the Snug from 11:00am.

 

• The Derian Voices will meet at their weekly singing session from 12:00pm – 1:00pm in the Seaside Room. Join us for an hour of vocal harmony, no matter your singing ability!

THURSDAY 9^th

• Our resident Pets as Therapy pooch, Shuna, will be visiting the hospice with her human, Linda, for pet therapy snuggles.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

• If you would like to share with the rest of Derian what your department is up to in the next 7 days, please send an email to murray@derianhouse.co.ukbefore Thursday the week before.

Have a great week everyone! J