Millbury Nursing Home

7 Year Anniversary

Millbury Care Staff — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 17:20:10 +0000

Millbury was 7 years old this year. Residents and Staff celebrated with Music and a party was held in the main reception area with Cake, drinks and songs. There was a lot of positive feedback from residents who have been with us from the start and from new residents who are enjoying their time in Millbury.

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Fundraising

Millbury Care Staff — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 17:09:51 +0000

Staff in Millbury Nursing Home raising money for Alzheimer Day Center in Navan by doing a 6 hour sponsored cycle. Well done and thank you to all who took part and thank you to all who gave so generously.

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Staff Performing Christmas Nativity Play for the Residents

Millbury Care Staff — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 16:17:52 +0000

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Daffodil Day in Millbury Nursing Home

Millbury Care Staff — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 15:34:32 +0000

On the 27th of March 2015 Millbury Nursing Home decided to hold a bake sale to raise money for Daffodil Day for cancer research.
We asked our staff and some family members of our residents if they would contribute by baking for us.
The morning of the bake sale, staff were all in their yellow t-shirts and shirts and fresh daffodils bought by Lucy and Thierry Grillet were in vases around the building.
We set up one table in the reception area to put the baked goods on. We ended up needing 3 of these tables as the amount of baked goods far exceeded our expectations.
We had advertised for the bake sale with posters put around the building. The turn out was amazing and the cakes were going fast.
The residents and family’s were in the dining room where tea and coffee was supplied.
We also had Music supplied by Martin Hubble who has played in Millbury Nursing Home before and he is liked by all residents.
and so the party began.
A lot of the cakes were eaten at the time and a lot were wrapped to be taken home.
Pictures were taken by Kieran Maguire and these were in the Meath Chronicle the following week.
We are delighted to announce that we managed to Raise €767.50 for Cancer Research and we will defiantly be doing this again next year.
The kindness and generosity shown by people who work in and who visit Millbury Nursing Home was amazing and we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their help with this very good cause.

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Tommy’s Second Art Exhibition

Millbury Care Staff — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:20:50 +0000

We all had a wonderful evening and the exhibition was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Navan, Frances Dean, who gave a great speech to celebrate the occasion. Lucy Flynn Grillet , Person in charge in Millbury, also spoke glowingly about Tommy’s achievements since arriving in Millbury.

The exhibition was attended by lots of Tommy’s friends and relations, staff and residents of Millbury.

Tommy was delighted with his evening which was successful in more ways than one, as he sold more than half of the paintings on show and got a commission for another painting.

This was very encouraging for him and he is busy painting again to build up his portfolio of artworks

We believe that Tommy’s achievement has served as an inspiration to other residents and also to staff, who take great pride in his accomplishments. Thanks to Tommy, we now have many residents taking part in regular painting sessions. We encourage people to develop their own style of painting as Tommy did. As Tommy did not come from an artistic background, he was a mechanic his whole working life, he shows that it is never too late to learn a new skill! Tommy also takes part in all out other activities here in Millbury.

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The Farm Comes To Millbury

Millbury Care Staff — Fri, 23 May 2014 16:26:24 +0000

Millbury opened its doors to all creatures great and small for two days over the month of May 2014.

‘Woolly Wards Farm’ came for a visit bringing lots of animals for our residents to see. Our sitting rooms were turned into farm yards for the afternoon! We certainly had some May madness! The residents were able to see different animals and even hold and pet some of them!

On the first day we had lots of chickens with their chicks, ducks, rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters! On the second day we had dogs, sheep, more ducks, pigs and even mice! There have been many studies showing the therapeutic and health benefits animals have on older people so this was a welcomed activity and enjoyed by all residents, residents families and even the staff!

‘Woolly Wards Farm’ is a family-run business specialising in bringing the farm out of the farm yard to schools and nursing homes. For more information about this alternative activity click here.

Many of our residents enjoy outside groups coming into Millbury to provide entertainment or a service. Integration with the community is encouraged. Having people coming in from the community brings news about the community and a fresh perspective to the residents. This activity represents the type of activity that we what we offer here in Millbury. Many of our residents would have grown up on farms in the country. So this activity was a type of reminiscence therapy which is important in stimulating communication and promoting confidence, especially in people with dementia.

For more information on all events, please keep posted to our Blog.

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Millbury Art Exhibition

Millbury Care Staff — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 17:43:46 +0000

Millbury Nursing Home is delighted to announce that we will be holding a second art exhibition for one of our talented residents, Tommy.

Tommy, who suffered a stroke that left him severely parlaysed and unable to express himself verbally came to Millbury Nursing Home three years ago. Through his rehabilitative process Tommy discovered a love for drawing and painting. Our activity coordinators encouraged Tommy with regular art classes and his painting improved to such a high level that Tommy was able to hold an art exhibition, last year, showing his art to friends, family, staff and residents which was a huge success. This is even more remarkable as Tommy is naturally right handed, but he has created all his art work using his left hand.

Tommy achieved the Resident Achievement Award at the NHI Care Awards. The judging panel for this national award thought Tommy was an inspiration to residents and a remarkable person who had achieved a significant success since moving into a residential setting. Tommy received his award in front of 400 people at a special ceremony in the Citywest Hotel.

We believe that Tommy’s achievement has served as an inspiration to other residents and also to staff, who take great pride in his accomplishments. Tommy took charge of his disability and discovered a new passion which allows him to have a new joy in his life once more. He makes the most of everyday, not letting his disability stand in the way of living his life!

The Millbury Art Exhibition will take place in late April 2014 and it will be opened by the Mayor of Navan.

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Millbury Nursing Home launches new website

Millbury Nursing Home — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:48:25 +0000

Thanks for stopping by our new website.

Overtime we will be adding more posts about our home and the activities that our residents enjoy.

Our residents enjoy a full, independent and active life. We encourage participation in our daily activities that promote physical, mental and social well-being.

Our activities include:

Music and sing-alongs
Excercise classes
Art classes
Reminiscence Therapy
Hairdressing and beauty treatments
Games, cards, bingo, chess etc.
Library services including large print, talking books, braille
Daily Newspapers
Television, Radio, Videos/DVDs

Please browse the rest of our website and if you have any specific questions we would be delighted to answer them for you.

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Our Care Services & Accommodation

Millbury Nursing Home — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 14:35:16 +0000

We cater for all specialised levels of care, including convalescence, long and short-term care, Respite and Palliative care.

We also cater for patients with specific psychological and physical needs such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Senile Dementia and physical rehabilitation.

In addition to 24 hour GP cover our professional registered nurses are on duty 24 hours a day – giving families and residents the assurance that help is always on hand.

Accommodation

Millbury is a 66 single-bed purpose built residential care facility. Each room incorporates an ensuite with shower.

Additionally each room is equipped with:

Nurse-call alarm
Flat-screen television
Private telephone point
Electronically adjusted orthopaedic bed

A personal laundry sevice is available.

Residents are free, within reason, to bring their own personal effects and may personalise their rooms to create that all-important sense of home while they stay with us.

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