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Month: November 2017

  • Yang Sing Cathay Launch New Christmas Dish

    Yang Sing Cathay Launch New Christmas Dish

    For November’s Story of the Month, we would like to do something that’s a little different. Usually, we dedicate this post to a person to recognise their potential or amazing achievements. However, this month we would like to dedicate this blog to the hardworking spirit of more than one person, which is the whole team at Yang Sing Cathay in the Trafford Centre. Disabled Living are interested in what’s on in Manchester and we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to share Yang Sing Cathay’s new Christmas dish with you.

    This year Yang Sing Cathay has created a special Christmas dish! We spoke to Louise, Marketing Executive at Yang Sing Cathay as she shared her thoughts:

    It was quite challenging to find a balance between a traditional British turkey dinner and a Chinese dish.

    Louise suggested that Yang Sing create a Christmas dish and insisted that they serve turkey breast. She felt that turkey is the essence of Christmas and the blackcurrant sauce goes so well with it. She described it as giving the dish ‘a real Christmassy taste’ as well as a Chinese taste.

    On Monday 27th November, the new dish was available for customers to try

    plum and hoi sin sauce yang sing cathay
    Plum and hoi sin sauce
    blackcurrant sauce yang sing cathay
    Blackcurrant sauce

    They were offered offered them three different sauces, a sweet chilli sauce, which only a few people liked, along with Plum and Hoi Sin sauce and a fruity blackcurrant sauce. Most people enjoyed the Plum and Hoi Sin sauce and blackcurrant sauce the most.

    One customer said:

    The deep fried turkey works really well, the fruity sauce is delicious.

    With the help from Gerry Yeung, the Head Chef and Louise the decision has been made! Turkey breast goujons, served with either Plum and Hoi Sin sauce or Blackcurrant sauce and sesame seeds. The coating is made from self raising flour and potato starch.

    The team are very much looking forward to Christmas. Julie the restaurant manager said:

    It’s nice that we are serving a turkey dish with a Chinese twist.

    gerry yeung yang sing cathay

    Another member of the Yang Sing Cathay team, Kong a senior waiter who has been working for Yang Sing Cathay for more than 10 years said:

    Our Christmas tree has been up since October we are very much in the Christmas spirit.

    Thanks to the Trafford Centre who also put their Christmas decorations up and began to showcase their Christmas lights display on 2nd November.

    The special Christmas turkey goujons will be served in Yang Sing Cathay from Monday 4th December. To find out more about Yang Sing Cathay, please visit their website. Or you can follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

  • Occupational Therapists Working in a Non-Traditional Role

    Occupational Therapists Working in a Non-Traditional Role

    Occupational Therapist Week 2017 runs from 6th – 12th November. The theme this year is ‘I am an Occupational Therapist’. Here at Disabled Living we’re proud to have Angela and Jayne in our team of OTs. Their week involves a range of different tasks to help daily living and working environments.

    Angela and Jayne’s Occupational Therapist roles are diverse

    Angela and Jayne go above and beyond to ensure they’re doing the most they can to help improve a disabled or elderly person’s life. Take a look at the list below to see what they’ve been up to this week.

    • Home assessment – for a housing association
    • Blue badge assessments
    • Trusted Assessor Training delivered to 12 delegates from the Knowsley area.
    • Marking delegates homework from previous delivered Trusted Assessor Training (In Cumbria)
    • Planning meeting for our upcoming Kidz to Adults Exhibition North – at Event City on 16th
    • Product Demonstration by Tendercare looking at Pushchairs and Seating systems
    • Attended a Dementia Workshop (organised by DL training team).
    • Responding to national helpline and enquires about equipment and adaptations.
    • Centre assessment to assist carers looking after a relative with dementia

    Angela Christian

    I love working for Disabled Living, as everyday brings something new. We get to work with people of all different ages. I can really utilise my knowledge and skill base, from previous OT roles. – Angela Christian

    Jayne Watson

    Having a variety of roles makes day to day tasks interesting and informative. I work with a great team as well as meeting lots of individuals from different backgrounds. This being a professional and non professionals who require solutions to support individual needs. – Jayne Watson

    The non-traditional side to the role

    There are other skills that are required for a non-traditional setting, something which Angela and Jayne really want to raise awareness of. For example, responsivity, reasoned judgement, recognition of priorities, realistic standards, and rapport (visit source here).

    There’s much more than the routinely home and daily living aspect of their role. Think about if something happens unexpectedly… Occupational Therapists take on a non-traditional part of the role. They use their professional skills to engage with people to help them to live the best quality of life that they can. They always want to take action to help others.

    We shared this blog to promote the #ValueOfOT in our workplace. You can also share yours in the workplace, community and elsewhere. Tweet @theRCOT with what your Occupational Therapists mean to you.

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