COUNTY SHOW SUCCESS
We were delighted with our successes at the Country Show in Ennis this year as it was our first time participating. We entered items from our Centre under lots of different categories such as arts, crafts, baking, flower arranging and horticulture. This highlights the range of activities that are on going in the Day Centre but also the high standard of talent of those attending. In all we received a 1st prize for needle point, 4 2nd prizes, 2 3rd prizes and a highly recommended prize for our pottery
SPORTS ACTIVITIES
Indoor Hockey, Curling, Bowls and Stretch Exercise were just some of the activities enjoyed during our health promotion mornning sessions this month. Thanks to all our Volunteers for helping and participating in all aspects of our service weekly.
FUN AND GAMES
Quizes and puzzles were a popular feature this month as were strawberriews & cream for the games from Wimbledon on our big screen and hand massage treatments
HEALTH PROMOTION
Hillary’s pharmacy provided information to clients regarding Blood Pressure medications with a questions & answers session afterwards and an informaiton sheet to use as reference
Shannon Citizens Information Centre held another outreach clinic for clients from the Shannon area this month. This session has proven to be a very valuable service to clients to access informaiton about services and entitlements
Falls Management sessions were held this month with our nurse manager regarding safety in the home, empowerment through prevention and discussion around some of the factors that contribute to falls. All clients received an information booklet to use as reference at home
COMMUNITY SAFETY
Garda P Clancy facilitated a Seniors Community Safety informaiton piece for Newmarket-on-Fergus clients. We will be following this up in the coming months with sessions from Garda Joe Downey, Crime Prevention Officer
ARTS & CRAFTS
Bridget, Frances and Eileen were on hand to support and facilitate a variety of arts and crafts from painting, to flower arranging, to cup cake decorating and flower crafts
ENTERTAINMENT
Arleene and Ann O’Sullivan with the Mullins Sisters provided us with fantasic traditional music and dance
BIRTHDAYS & BAKING
Beautiful treats of all varieties (thanks to May Woods and Mary Russell) once again for our evening teas and birthdays. Best wishes to all 10 clients who celebrated their birthdays this month
