Millvale House Miramar
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Magic moments from our home
One of our residents doesn’t usually want to engage in organised activities; she finds them a bit silly. Today, however, she saw me holding a box and she was curious what was inside. I told her that inside the box is a snakes and ladders game and asked if she'd like to play with me. She answered that she doesn’t know how to play, so I offered to teach her. We opened the box and when she saw the game, she suddenly remembered that she does know how to play! While we were playing she thought of her children. She told me that she always falls down the the snakes, while they always go up the ladders! She was laughing as she reminisced.
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Greetings from Jehramae and Evelyn
We extend our warmest greetings to you in our first newsletter for 2025. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Our annual Christmas Gathering was a fun-filled afternoon for residents, their families, friends, and staff. It was such a lovely occasion. We were also very fortunate to welcome some very special visitors, the children who came to sing Christmas carols.
It is wonderful to see the enjoyment of the residents taking part in the daily activities of family life here in their home and we recently enjoyed a lovely barbeque in our garden. Our activities team continue to plan this year’s activities to include regular van trips around the bays, garden walks, baking, musical afternoons, sing alongs, pampering sessions and arts and crafts. As always, homely activities play an important role in our daily lives. We will continue to have live music with our pianist, Joanne every Saturday. Whakaahuru Singers will continue their monthly visits, on the 4th Tuesday of the month.
We have recently replaced the carpets in the lounges and hallways and repainted the walls with a new colour scheme. This has brightened our home and has been very much enjoyed.
We would like to welcome our newly hired RN, Neena. Neena is an International Registered Nurse who started as a Caregiver and has completed the requirements to become a New Zealand Registered Nurse. It was sad to say goodbye to Jaimol James who resigned for an opportunity abroad.
We also welcome Simon Hamley to our home. We are very happy that Simon, the Education Coordinator and Mental Health Nurse for Dementia Care NZ, is now working from Millvale House Miramar. You might see him sometimes around our home.
We wish to extend an especially warm welcome to our new residents. We are really enjoying getting to know their families and friends as they become an important part of our home. This year, an area of focus is enabling and helping families who wish to be more involved in their loved ones’ care.
We thank you for all your feedback from the family survey last year. We encourage everyone’s participation as it helps us to improve our services. Together we are a team with the same goal; to ensure that your loved ones feel happy, valued, and loved.