VISITING ARRANGEMENTS

UPDATE: 22 AUGUST 2022 The PHA have recently completed a full review of care home visiting procedures and have now published updated guidance “Visiting with Care – The New Normal”. This guidance replaces “Visiting with Care – A Pathway” from 1 September 2022. The new guidance details the arrangements expected for all routine care home […]

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On 21/07/2022
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25th Anniversary Sponsored Walk

The Beeches Residential Home will be open 25 years in June 2022! To celebrate we are having a fundraising event to raise money for our Resident’s Comfort Fund. There is going to be a 25-mile sponsored walk, a mile for every year, starting from the Beeches Nursing Home in Aghalee to here in Ballynahinch. The […]

Posted by James
On 07/06/2022
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VISITING WITH CARE – A Snapshot Survey

The Public Health Agency and the Patient Client Council are collaborating on a joint project to gather insight into what is going well and what could be improved in relation to visiting arrangements in Care Homes. We encourage all residents, relatives and staff to participate in the survey and share their experiences of visiting. […]

Posted by James
On 18/04/2022
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Northern Ireland COVID-19 Vaccination Programme

UPDATE (22/12/2020): Over 100 staff and 57 residents were successfully vaccinated with their first dose over the 2 days without incident. We are extremely grateful to the professionalism and skill of all the South Eastern HSC Trust staff both nurses and administrators, who worked closely with our care teams in both homes. Sessions ran very […]

Posted by James
On 11/12/2020
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STOP COVID

As part of the Test, Trace, Protect Strategy the Public Health Agency has put in place a contact tracing service that will get in touch with anyone in Northern Ireland who tests positive for the virus. The process captures where the person has been and who they spent time with, with the aim of identifying […]

Posted by James
On 03/08/2020
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Important Announcement for Families

The Minister for Health announced on Tuesday an easing of the restrictions on visiting to care homes. Visiting in all our accommodation services (Beeches Nursing Home, Beeches Residential Home and No44) will be allowed with restrictions from Monday 6th July. Since the announcement we have been working hard to get ready to accept visitors […]

Posted by James
On 03/07/2020
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A Letter to Parents and Relatives

Following some recent changes to Lockdown restrictions regarding social gatherings we wish to confirm that our NO VISITORS Policy remains in place. Please click the link below for further information. Thank you. Letter (2 June)

Posted by James
On 02/06/2020
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Butterfly Feeders

For one of our arts/crafts projects we decided to make some butterfly feeders to entice colourful butterflies into our garden. First, we ripped up pieces of paper from magazines and used PVA glue to stick these to the outside of our plastic containers. We put some water mixed with sugar onto a piece of sponge […]

Posted by James
On 29/05/2020
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Thank You

We would like to thank all family members for their support and the kind and thoughtful gifts they have sent throughout these difficult and challenging times. The residents and staff greatly appreciate everything you have done. We hope you are all well and keeping safe.

Posted by James
On 18/05/2020
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