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Alexandra House is a recently built Care South home for residential and dementia care in Parkstone in Poole, Dorset.

28/08/2025

Congratulations to Faith who was awarded Employee of the Month for August. Well done. Faith is a much loved and respected member of the night Staff Team. These awards are a wonderful way to be recognised by your peers, as the staff nominate the winner.

20/08/2025

We may not be able to jump on a plane, but we can certainly bring the wonderful world of travel into the home! Over the summer we have had a series of 'Virtual Trips' and yesterday we took a trip to India.
There were handouts for everyone with images of iconic places such as the Taj Mahal, famous Indian faces, alongside maps and informative information.
We were so lucky to have Poonam come in to talk about her experiences of growing up in Mumbai and give a talk on many intriguing facts. We began the activity with 'Namaste' and a bit of meditation. She even did a delightful dance for the residents.
It was a superbly sensory experience as they touched brightly coloured silks, smelled incense, listened to music and looked at an amazing array of items Poonam had brought in to show everyone.
Our residents then tucked into a delicious Indian themed lunch provided by our fantastic Chefs.
The residents said they had a very interesting and informative day learning about India.

15/08/2025

Minibus trips are such a wonderful way for our residents to explore, revisit old haunts and spend time away from the home. We had a perfect day in Poole Park this week. 3 of our ladies enjoyed the wonderful weather whilst we strolled through the picturesque park. After a delicious picnic by the water, we watched overjoyed children paddling their rafts across the pond. We wandered further round the park where we found a shaded bench to buy a huge Eton Mess ice cream. All 3 ladies said how brilliant it was and how much fun they had had. ☀️☀️

14/08/2025

Celebrating our staff special occasions shows what a fantastic family we are here at Alexandra House.
Amanda celebrated her 30th Wedding Anniversary recently and was so surprised when we gave her a card and gifts to help her and her husband Phil enjoy the moment.
Amanda is a much loved member of the Activities Team and has a sunshine personality. She is a superbly popular member of staff.
Congratulations to you both on 30 happy years of marriage.

29/07/2025

We weathered the weather and had the most spectacular Sumer Fayre here at Alexandra House. Even the drizzle couldn't dampen the spirits of the staff who opened the event with a marvellous mini panto of Alice in Wonderland. The residents participated by shouting “on no you don’t” and singing along with R E S P E C T, We go Together, and You got a Friend in Me. There was much laughter and joy all around!

This spectacle was followed by a superb set performed by Paul Spencer. Residents joined in the singing and dancing. Rita even had a boogie with a very late White Rabbit!

We had the most amazing Cake made by our fantastic Chef Vick, which we ‘Auctioned’. People couldn't believe this was actually a cake, it looked so realistic.

The kitchen team led by Chef Nathan provided a delicious BBQ. There was so much choice!

Funds raised on the day are being donated to University Hospitals Dorset Charity NHS Elderly Care Ward and we had a couple of representatives here on the day who said “this is so amazing. What a wonderful idea. Everyone is having such a great time. This is a partnership we are happy to continue in the future”.

Alexandra House is very pleased to announce we raise a huge £350 to donate to such a lovely cause.

Finally, a massive thank you to all staff who took time to take part in the play and to all those who so kindly donated gifts for the tombola and attended the event. We couldn't do it without you.

17/07/2025

A massive congratulations to Anthony for winning best newcomer, the activities team for winning best activities team of the year and for our admin team who were finalists.

We are so lucky to have such a great team at Alexandra house, all of you are our stars.

09/07/2025

The sun shone brightly for our superb Swanage visit. Our residents thoroughly enjoyed their trip in the minibus to Swanage Pier.
We took a stroll down the pier where we set up for a spot of lunch. There were scrumptious sandwiches made by our kitchen staff and we watched sailboats and swimmers (human and canine!) whilst we ate our picnic.
After we ate we had a wander down to the end of the pier and back, followed by a huge Mr Whippy ice cream.
What a glorious day we had.
Tony said 'I am so glad we came out today to Swanage Pier. We have a remembrance plaque on here.'
Ann said 'This ice cream is huge. its very nice'

05/07/2025

Our residents got creative with an Art & Craft session. We had a variety of media to use to make Sunflower vases.
We began by decorating a paper cut out vase. Some painted while others used colouring pens to design their own vase.
After that we painted our sunflowers and used sponges and pens to make the centre of the flowers look realistic. Leaves made from felt or paper were added and a stem to hold them out from the page in 3D.
The final touch was a beautifully coloured butterfly.
The finished pictures were amazing. Very seasonal and colourful.

15/06/2025

We helped our residents celebrate fathers day by getting a little gift for all of our male residents to enjoy. They were each presented with a pint glass with their name on, a choice of their favourite tipple and a bar of chocolate.
safe to say the beer and chocolate went down very well!
With the afternoon tea trolley we also served some scrumptious cupcakes with Fathers Day toppers to every resident. Thank you to Chef Nathan for making such wonderful sweet treats.
Happy Fathers day to all dads everywhere from us all at Alexandra House.

14/06/2025

It was pomp and ceremony all the way today when we watched Trooping the Colour to celebrate the Kings Birthday.
It brought back memories for residents who said they had remembered watching in the past.
One resident had wonderful memories of a family member that had joined up for his National Service and ended up signing on and performing duties like the soldiers she saw today.
Even the Fruit Cake was made especially with the King in mind. His favourite is said to be a fruit cake and our residents eagerly tucked in!

12/06/2025

This week is national carers week. We would like to say a big thank you to all our wonderful staff here at Alexandra House. Today they are all enjoying some well deserved sweet treats.

Address

88a Alexandra Road
Parkstone
BH149EW

Telephone

+441202712419

Website

https://www.care-south.co.uk/homes/alexandra-house-care-home/

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