The Huntercombe Group

Green fingered young residents with complex needs announced as winners of annual Garden Competition.
Posted September 28th 2010

The annual Four Seasons Health Care Garden Competition - A Garden For All Seasons has reached its conclusion, announcing Granville Lodge in Hartlepool as the overall winner for The Huntercombe Group.

Each year, Four Seasons Health Care, challenges its care homes, care centres and hospitals to enter the competition with the emphasis on resident and community involvement.

Four Seasons Health Care and The Huntercombe Group is well known for providing a 'home-from-home' environment and encouraging all residents to help make their environment their own and to keep residents as active as possible. The competition provides residents with the opportunity to be part of something and recognise a meaningful space with a sense of ownership and belonging.

Judith Marshall, Centre Manager commented: "Granville Lodge is a very special centre with its small garden designed specifically for its younger residents. The staff, especially Peter, Sheila and Carol have created a little haven for both the residents and wildlife to enjoy with a colourful array of stimulating ornaments, bird feeders and a hedgehog box and even a hammock. To the rear, staff have planted a selection of vegetables including potatoes and runner beans and a special memorial flowering cherry tree for a past resident - a truly tranquil space."

Each year Four Seasons Health Care holds the gardening challenge, this year sponsored by B&Q and Pepe garden furniture suppliers, providing an opportunity for residents, families and the local community to come together. Winners will receive prizes from the sponsors to further enhance their garden.

Date Posted: 28 Sep 2010

Huntercombe Campsie House Centre Manager stars in Charity Concert
Posted September 14th 2010

The Huntercombe Group's Campsie House Neurodisability Centre is holding a charity concert to raise funds for both its residents and for Headway Glasgow, but with a difference, as Centre Manager Paul McMurray is one of the stars of the show.

Concert goers can be assured of professional performances on the night, as before Paul McMurray decided to change career tack and enter Nursing, he was trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and is an accomplished baritone and piano player.

The event, to be held at 7pm on Monday 20^th September, has been organised by Huntercombe Campsie House Support Worker Monica Toll, a member of the National Youth Choir of Scotland, who will also be performing and has persuaded a 16 strong choir of colleagues from the NYCS to join her.

Huntercombe Campsie House Neurodisability Centre specialises in meeting the needs of adults with complex neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, Huntington's Disease, Parkinson's Disease and cerebral palsy, and also cares for those who have had acquired brain injuries or strokes.

Care programmes are specifically tailored to meet the needs of each individual to enable them to achieve their personal goals, reduce disability and improve their quality of life.

Funds raised from the concert will allow Campsie House residents to enjoy more events within their centre, and to have more days out in the community, as well as supporting Headway Glasgow, the brain injury association, that gives help and support to people affected by brain injury.

Paul McMurray said "All the staff and residents are very excited about the concert and are keen to raise as much money for our residents and Headway as possible. Monica has done a great job in organising this event, and I'm delighted to be able to help by returning to my first love of music and performing on the night. I'm practising hard though as our staff and residents are expecting big things of me!"

Tickets for the event are still available, costing £5, from Paul McMurray at Huntercombe Campsie House Neurodisability Centre on 0141 775 3756.

Date Posted: 14 Sep 2010

North Lanarkshire Provost opens new Huntercombe Neurodisability Centre
Posted September 3rd 2010

Leading independent specialist healthcare provider The Huntercombe Group, officially opened its new Neurodisability Centre based in the grounds of Murdostoun Castle on Friday 27^th August, with North Lanarkshire Provost Tom Curley performing the opening ceremony.

The Huntercombe Services - Murdostoun Neurodisability Centre offers a brand new facility for people with long term neurodisabilities and who are unable to manage at home, and provides specialist rehabilitation from a team of multi-disciplinary therapists, enhancing the pathways of people from the existing Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre at Murdostoun.

The Neurodisability Centre has 24 en-suite beds, including three independent living flats with bedrooms, bathrooms, living rooms and kitchen areas, where clients can continue to develop daily living skills before returning to their home.

As well as the new development, the existing Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre has been extensively refurbished and renovated as part of the overall £1.2million make-over. The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre includes a hydrotherapy pool, gymnasium and fitness area, state of the art activities of daily living (ADL) kitchen, a computer area, training room, and a large outdoor garden space.

These fantastic new facilities will greatly improve the care services provided to clients and commissioners alike, and strengthen The Huntercombe Group's commitment to providing and improving specialised care services to the communities in which they operate.

Huntercombe has been at the forefront of the development of Brain Injury Services in Scotland, and later this year, the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre at Murdostoun celebrates its 20^th Anniversary, and indeed, was the first brain injury rehabilitation centre to open in Scotland.

Regional Manager for Scotland, Catherine Symington, said, "The Huntercombe Group has built a reputation for the quality of treatment provided to people with brain injuries and neurodisabilities, and this new centre will enhance our services at Murdostoun for the benefit of the region. We were both delighted and very grateful that Provost Curley was able to spare us his time to help open our new centre"

Date Posted: 03 Sep 2010