Johnny Kelly the maintenance man here at Portumna Retirement Village has been appointed as Galway Hurling Development Manager. Johnny will work with the current senior set-up in managing the player development structure that has been put in place. The management and staff at Portumna Retirement Village would like to wish Johnny every success in his new endeavour.
Portumna Retirement Village General News
This section contains General News items about Portumna Retirement Village
Staff Person of the Year
December 13th, 2011
The Portumna Retirement Village ‘Staff Person of the Year Award’ was announced on Saturday 10th December. Over 120 nomination papers were submitted in recent weeks by residents, relatives, and staff. The award winner was John Smith. John has worked at the retirement village for just over three years and in that time has established himself as a firm favourite with both residents and staff . Congratulating John, Tony Williams, owner of Portumna Retirement Village recognised the tremendous respect that people have for John and paid tribute to John’s professionalism, his caring nature, and his unstinting commitment to residents and his colleagues.
In addition to the main award, several staff were awarded a €100 voucher as recognition for the quality of the service that they provide.
Joe Spain
Angelica Carig
Maria Clarke
Geraldine White
Edel Kennedy
Stuart Angus
Presidential Election
October 19th, 2011
The Presidential Election came early to the residents of Portumna Retirement Village as our Residents were listed on the special voters list and so got to place their vote earlier today.
A room was made available to the electoral presiding officer who set up the polling station. The officer was accompanied by a Garda whose role was to guard the ballot papers and to act as an independent witness to guarantee that the voting procedures were carried out properly.
The residents were delighted to have the opportunity to vote and were very happy with the arrangements that had been made to facilitate them.
Shorelines Arts Festival visit Portumna Retirement Village
September 22nd, 2011
The Residents at Portumna Retirement Village were lucky to access the local Artist In Residence, Ruth Smith, who is making her many skills available to the Shorelines Arts Festival this year. Ruth payed us a visit on Wednesday afternoon and played and sang a wide variety of tunes. She was helped out by our own resident James Murphy, who provided us with one of his own recitals. A great afternoon of singing, music and poetry was had by all.
Shorelines Arts Festival-The Delia Murphy Story
September 16th, 2011
Shorelines Arts Festival is a celebration of the Arts in Portumna, providing a platform for local and guest artists. Portumna Retirement Village is delighted to provide the venue for the Delia Murphy Story. it is an 80minute show celebrating the songs of Delia Murphy by the singer’s neice Carmen Cullen, writer and poet. Music with guitarist, Gerry Anderson, and singer/actress, Mairin O’Donovan.
Fire Walking at Portumna Retirement Village
August 12th, 2011
Thirty five staff from Portumna Retirement Village took part in a Fire Walk over hot coals on Tuesday 9th August. For two hours prior to the fire walk itself, the staff engaged in motivational exercises with the facilitator (Brian Moore of Peak Potential) , breaking wooden boards with their bare hands and bending steel bars by pushing against their throat. Each of these exercises helped to build their adrenalin and energy levels and at 11.00pm, each of the staff walked barefoot across twenty five feet of hot coals. Every staff member succeeded in the walk and found it exhilarating.
Infection Control
July 11th, 2011
World Hand Hygiene Health Promotion Day was followed with a visit from Majella Hotton, Infection Control Specialist at University College Hospital London.
She facilitated a two day workshop that emphasied hand hygiene in a care environment. Practical aspects of the workshop involved staff and residents coating their hands with a specialised gel. All were encouraged to wash their hands after to remove the gel. Following this a specialised ultra violet ‘Glow Germ’ unit was used to assess the level of gel residue remaining after hand washing. This indicated the area of the hands not washed properly.
This workshop was attended by all staff and a number of residents. It was very informative and all who attended enjoyed the presentation and interaction.
JB Stronge Cup
May 12th, 2011
Portumna Retirement Village were proud to sponser the JB Stronge Cup at Portumna Golf Club recently. Congratulations to the winner Ian Davies.
Portumna Beavers visit Portumna Retirement Village.
March 25th, 2011
Residents were entertained and staff were given assistance on the 23rd March when the Portumna Beaver Scouts came to visit. The Beavers entertained the residents with their Irish dancing. They then assisted the staff in serving tea and cake to the residents.
Appreciating the Elderly in Our Community – Competition sponsored by Portumna Retirement Village
February 18th, 2011There was much excitement in several schools in the locality when the winners of the ‘Appreciating the Elderly’ competition for local national school students this week. The competition was sponsored by Portumna Retirement Village and the award winners were announced on Tuesday evening (2nd February 2011).
At the prize giving reception held at the social centre in Portumna Retirement Village, twenty four students from five local schools received awards. These twenty four entries were deemed to be the best of over 250 entries received. The entries were submitted in five categories and there were individual winners of each category who each received a plaque and a gift voucher worth €25.
The category winners were as follows:-
Junior/Senior Class - Aaron Larkin, Kiltormer NS
1st/2nd Class – Alan McDonagh Killeen NS, Clodagh McIntyre, Lorrha NS
3rd/4th Class – Ciaran Coen – Kiltormer NS
5th / 6th Class – Eric Flaherty Portumna NS, Aoife Gunning, Moyglass NS
In addition to the individual awards, Portumna Retirement Village also awarded the prize of a laptop computer worth €500 to the school that submitted the best overall entries. This prize went to Portumna NS. The awards were presented to the students by Tony Williams and he congratulated all the children for the high quality of the entries and the insight that they each provided to their understanding of the value of elderly people to our community.
Portumna Retirement Village Celebrates 3rd Birthday!
December 14th, 2010The residents, management and staff celebrated the third anniversary of the opening of Portumna Retirement Village on the 4th December. Despite the inclement weather, the residents and staff were joined in their celebrations by many relatives and friends.
The afternoon began with mass celebrated by Fr Cathal Stanley and then the celebrations continued with music and dancing. The Portumna Active Retirement Group Choir entertained residents with songs and Christmas Carols. Music for the evening was provided by Richie Burke.
Tributes were paid to Tony and Alicia Williams for their foresight in establishing such a quality facility in the town of Portumna. The nursing home has been supported in its work by so many members of the local community and has also been recognised as the leading nursing home in Co Galway.
The day was also marked as very special day for several of the staff and for two of the residents who have been at the retirement village since it opened on the 4th December 2007.
Activities
August 13th, 2010In recent weeks our Activities Co-Ordinator, Ruth, has been busy with the Residents painting a mural. Most of the residents had never painted before but they thouroughly enjoyed the experience. When completed the Mural will be framed and hung in our day room.
Alzheimer’s Tea Day
May 6th, 2010
Today was National Alzheimer’s Tea Day and here at Portumna Retirement Village we had a very sucessful afternoon filled with tea and cakes, with music provided by Mary Smith. We would like to thank all who contributed to the day.