Orwell Healthcare
Getting ready for Halloween here in Orwell Healthcare, our pumpkins are growing big and strong!
“Delicious Autumn!
My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking, the successive autumns.”
– George Elliot
The schools may be back today but it still feels like summer at Orwell Private – enjoy the sunshine!
They’re baking up a storm in the kitchen today – rhubarb tarts and crumbles, apple pies, buns and caramel cream slices – simply delicious!
A look at what is in the menu at Orwell Private.
Eggs Benedict – homemade English muffin, fresh spinach, poached egg, homemade hollandaise and baked ham, garnished with spring onions to be served with salad from our kitchen garden
Baked Hake with soy, sesame & chili sauce served with fresh spinach from our garden, broccoli, turnip and potato.
Lemon Meringue Pie – homemade butter short cake pastry, filled with homemade lemon curd its tangyness perfectly complimented by the sweet meringue topping, served with extra lemon curd and pouring cream on the side
Salmon Vol-au-Vents Freshly baked puff pastry cases overloaded with salmon, spinach & our own garden peas in a white wine and cream sauce and finished off with our chives. Served today with potatoes and a selection of vegetables
On Monday 18th of July we had the most magnificent afternoon in the sun with musical guests and a visit from the Ice Cream man at our Summer Party. Residents, family, friends and staff were all invited to enjoy the music and soak up the sun.
A huge Orwell thank you is due to all our musical acts on the day, especially Brian Dunphy and Finbarr Clancy of The High Kings who entertained our residents in the gardens. The Orwell Choir also took part and the Cardenza quartet.
We look forward to welcoming the Maynooth Brass Band next month.
Orwell Healthcare are delighted to announce the opening of trade on The Avenue at Orwell Private.
The Avenue Hairdressing and Café on The Avenue are now open for business.
The Café on The Avenue opens this Thursday 16th June (12pm to 3pm). From Monday 20th June it will open daily from 11am to 4pm.
All foods served in The Café will be freshly prepared in our kitchen at Orwell Private.
Sample Fayre:
Morning: Homemade scones with homemade jam or marmalade
Lunch: Homemade soup with homemade brown & white soda bread
Daily quiche, tortilla and frittatas
Choice of 4 salads
Rustic sandwiches
Afternoon: Selection of homemade cakes & biscuits
A selection of teas and coffees served all day
Takeaway option available
Orwell Healthcare, 112 Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6
We are delighted to announce the opening of Hairdressing on The Avenue at Orwell Private.
Residents, family, staff and friends all welcome. We look forward to seeing you!
Since the official re-launch of Orwell Healthcare we have seen our name in print.
Firstly, the official opening hit the front page of the Irish Times on Friday 13th of May 2016
Peter was interviewed for the Irish Times with a piece in the Irish Times on Friday 20th May 2016.
‘Monaghan man Peter Jones has invested about €15 million developing Orwell Healthcare, a 170-bed nursing home and convalescence care centre in Dublin, the final phase of which officially opened last week.
The project, which has created 180 jobs, was almost abandoned during the recession when the banks declined to put up the funding to finish it.
Jones, a former clerical student who bought the nursing home three decades ago when he left Maynooth seminary, sold his home on Elgin Road in Ballsbridge three years ago to bridge the gap. He says he has no regrets.’
You can read the full interview here with Peter : http://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/all-s-well-that-ends-well-as-orwell-medical-campus-launched-1.2652229
The Official Opening of Orwell Healthcare took place yesterday following a €15million investment. The redevelopment includes the construction of two new residential buildings, the refurbishment of the original house and the launch of a specialist Acquired Brain Injury Unit with neuro-rehabilitation programme, the first nursing home in South County Dublin to offer this service. Over 100 new care beds and 180 jobs have been created as part of the investment programme. The three divisions of Orwell Healthcare, Orwell Private, Orwell Home Care and Orwell Education, are centres of excellence in the provision of state-of-the-art specialist long and short-term residential care for people of all ages in an inviting community setting. The new facility was officially declared open by Minister Paul Kehoe. Both guests and residents enjoyed the event which was blessed with the most beautiful day, below are some memories from the day! 
The flowers and plants in our new garden are benefiting from the rain and sunshine this week. The garden is starting to take shape, just in time for the summer!
