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WWII VETERAN RECEIVES COVID-19 JAB ON 97TH BIRTHDAY

A WWII veteran celebrated her 97th birthday by becoming the first resident in her care home to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Joan Sprigg, who served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), was...
Residents at Westgate sitting down to dinner at the cabin restaurant.

SPECIALIST CARE PROVIDER TRANSFORMS SUMMERHOUSE INTO COVID-SECURE RESTAURANT

Residents at Westgate, a 24-hour support partnership for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems and physical disabilities, have enjoyed a meal in a pop-up restaurant in their...
Following the news of a third UK lockdown, announced last night 4th January, close-contact indoor visits to care homes will no longer be allowed.

CLOSE-CONTACT VISITS BANNED IN CARE HOMES

Following the news of a third UK lockdown, announced last night 4th January, close-contact indoor visits to care homes will no longer be allowed. Under the new rules announced by PM Boris...
Year-2 students at Thornton Dale Primary School deliver Christmas presents to The Hall

CARE HOME CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS WITH INTERGENERATIONAL VIRTUAL TEA PARTY

The Hall Residential Care Home, in Thornton-le-Dale, has joined forces with Thornton Dale Church of England Primary School for a virtual Christmas party. Residents would normally mark the festive...
Belong Morris Feinmann. Photo by the The Mancorialist.

MYSTERY BIRD LANDS AT DIDSBURY CARE VILLAGE

Residents at Belong Morris Feinmann watched in awe as the travelling light show spectacle, Mystery Bird, swooped in on their Didsbury care home, brightening their evening through a magical...
RMBI Home Queen Elizabeth Court resident Christine Goody with rescue donkey twins Ant and Dec

DONKEYS, ANT & DEC, VISIT CARE HOME RESIDENTS

Residents at RMBI Care Co. Home Queen Elizabeth Court, in Llandudno, were delighted when Ant and Dec made a surprise visit this week. Rescue donkey twins Ant and Dec were brought to the Home to...
Christmas Crafts at Care Home

CHRISTMAS CRAFTS BRING JOY TO COLCHESTER CARE HOME

A residential care home for adults with learning disabilities and physical disabilities in Colchester is getting into the Christmas spirit with activities and festive fun for residents during the...
It was a memorable day on Monday 8th December at HC-One’s Victoria Mews care home in Coventry as care assistant Shannon Cawley became the first care worker in the UK to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on.

COVENTRY CARE ASSISTANT IS FIRST CARE WORKER TO RECEIVE COVID-19 VACCINE

It was a memorable day on Monday 8th December at HC-One’s Victoria Mews care home in Coventry as care assistant Shannon Cawley became the first care worker in the UK to receive the...
Art Project Belong at Home

ARTISTS HELP WIGAN SENIORS FIND INSPIRATION IN LOCKDOWN

Community support workers from Belong at Home Wigan, the local home care service provided by not-for-profit care group Belong, are working with artists and customers in a collaborative creative...
Jeremy Hunt has paid a festive visit to Sunrise of Guildford to turn on the care home’s outdoor Christmas lights.

JEREMY HUNT SWITCHES ON CARE HOME CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

Jeremy Hunt has paid a festive visit to Sunrise of Guildford to turn on the care home’s outdoor Christmas lights.  While attending the socially-distanced ceremony, the Surrey MP spoke...

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