As we approach the holiday season, the continued safety of our residents and staff in relation to Coronavirus continues to be our top priority.
We have therefore made special arrangements for the festive period, as set out below.
Decontamination of Postal Items
- Cards and gifts received will be kept in a secure area and given time to stand for decontamination purposes.
Christmas Cards
- Cards can be sent to the home from 1.12.20 until 18.12.20.
- We will deliver the card to the recipient seven days after they are received.
Christmas Gifts
- You can send gifts to for delivery between 11.12.20 and 18.12.20
- We will give the gifts to your recipient on Christmas Day – 25.12.20
- If gifting clothes, please place the recipient’s name on each item before wrapping.
- Please ensure all wrapping and labels are secure.
- Please place all gifts in secure boxes or within a bag, clearly labelled.
Residents leaving the Home for Christmas
Where a resident choses to go out for the Christmas and new year period:
- After 24 hours of returning to the Home, we will take a Coronavirus swab test swab and send for testing.
- The swab result will advise of the isolation period for the individual resident.
- In the event of testing positive, residents will go into a 14-day isolation period.
Entertainment
- Our staff will endeavour to ensure each resident has a merry Christmas in the absence of seeing their loved ones in person.
- We will arrange Zoom calls by appointment to allow you to share festive greetings.
- We will expand the entertainment and activity programme at the Homes in light of these exceptional times.
We will of course consider and permit residents and relatives personal wishes where possible.
Stay safe and have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year
