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Here’s what our managers have been celebrating this month:

Ariya House

There is a longer standing service user at Ariya House that currently has no physiotherapy input but does have SLT input to review swallow. Our Occupational Therapist and Assistant Psychologist made a suggestion that the hours could be used for physiotherapy that were not being used for SLT. They were able to use some hours and the service user has been assessed in armchairs and standing in the corridor and using the Oswestry frame – this has allowed for a new GAS goal to be implemented by our OT and Assistant Psychologist to reduce admin time needed for this from physio's.

Our Occupational Therapist has completed research in the local area on a local Pentecostal church and will be meeting with the pastor to look at setting up for one of service users to attend and possibly attend with family.

Clifton Court

A service user has always been very rigid around the use of her wheelchair is now walking around the service, and she has increased her confidence and speed mobilising.

Home leave was completed for one of our newer service users that went really well and resulted in a compliment being received from the service users mum, his family think that the rehab we are completing with him is fabulous.

One of our service users was becoming really anxious around the state of his garden whilst he hasn't been able to tend to this, the team are now utilising the time during home leave to complete this and help tend to the service users’ garden. This is another example of utilising home leave well.

Clifton Court also received ‘Excellent’ in the council inspection!!! Well done to the team!!

Elizabeth House

There have been two big birthdays in the service this month; a 50th and a 40th . The team went all out for the 50th birthday and everyone wore bright colours; staff baked a cakes and the service user’s wife attended where she made a speech and thanked everyone. For the 40th birthday, the service user’s family came to the service and staff ensure the training room was reserved so they could spend quality time as a family.

SLS

One of our service users mum was taken into a residential home permanently and we became aware that that they were paying all of their mum's bills. Our staff are now supporting with organising a meeting around the care for his mum and arranging for all bills to be supported by social care.

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What do you call a cow on a trampoline?
A milk shake!

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Some upcoming dates that you might find useful when planning activities with service users:

AUgust

19th - World Humanitarian Day

26th - Women's Equality Day

31st - Summer Bank Holiday

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Ariya Neuro Care Monthly Wellbeing Calendar

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Ariya Neuro Care Monthly Wellbeing Calendar

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Garlic and mushrooms bring great flavour to this super-low-calorie, easy-to-make frittata. Serve with salad for a simple and delicious lunch.

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Spray a small, flame-proof frying pan with oil and place over a high heat. (The base of the pan shouldn't be wider than about 18cm/7in.) Stir-fry the mushrooms in three batches for 2-3 minutes, or until softened and lightly browned. Tip the cooked mushrooms into a sieve over a bowl to catch any juices - you don't want the mushrooms to become soggy.

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Garlic and mushrooms bring great flavour to this super-low-calorie, easy-to-make frittata. Serve with salad for a simple and delicious lunch.

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Our gardens are looking beautiful and that is all down to our lovely Horticultural Support Workers and wonderful service users! They are working really hard to ensure our gardens continue remain a significant feature of our residential homes.

A special shout out to Martin - our cabbages at Elizabeth House are thriving, I think you will all agree! 🥬

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Huge congratulations to Dominic Hurley, our Peer Support worker on being awarded his British Empire Medal (BEM)!!

We are so proud of you and all you have done and continue to do for the brain injury community!

It is an honour to have you as part of our team! 🎉

Full story can be found via the link!

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Brain injury fundraiser Dominic Hurley receives British Empire Medal

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Dominic Hurley, who suffered two brain injuries, is recognised for services to charity.

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A huge shout out and congratulations to our lovely Rebecca at Ariya House - Rebecca passed her NVQ L3 with a distinction!! Thank you for all you do for our team Rebecca!

Keep shining! 🌟

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Character Strengths are the positive parts of your personality that impact how you think, feel and behave. 24-character strengths have been identified that you have the capacity to express. By taking an online Survey — a scientifically validated character strengths test — you can discover your unique character strengths profile.

The 24 Character Strengths

In the early 2000s, Scientists discovered a common language of 24-character strengths that make up what’s best about our personality. Everyone possesses all 24-character strengths in different degrees, so each person has a truly unique character strengths profile. Each character strength falls under one of six broad virtue categories, which are universal across cultures and nations.

Wisdom – creativity, curiosity, judgement, love of learning, perspective

Courage – bravery, honesty, perseverance, zest

Humanity – kindness, love, social intelligence

Justice – fairness, leadership, teamwork

Temperance – forgiveness, humility, prudence, self-regulation

Transcendence – appreciation of beauty and excellence, gratitude, hope, humour

We are introducing the strengths profile to all of our wider teams and will be having this as a focus over the upcoming months. We have created our own strengths profile, that can be completed in conjunction with the character strengths test, and we will be rolling this out across the staff team throughout August and September.

The plan is to complete a full team strengths profile for the whole staff team to allow us to focus on what makes our staff team special and celebrate one another’s strengths. This will be our strengths celebration.

You can complete the character strengths test via this link: https://www.viacharacter.org/