Category: Care home news
COUPLE CELEBRATES 70TH ANNIVERSARY IN SCOTTISH CARE HOME
A couple living at Kingsgate care home in East Kilbride, Scotland, have celebrated their platinum wedding anniversary in style with their fellow residents. David and Anne Taylor, who are 93 and...
GARDEN ‘POD’ KEEPS RESIDENTS CONNECTED TO LOVED ONES
Home Close nursing home in Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, which provides a range of high quality residential and nursing care for up to 72 people, is proud to unveil a special visiting ‘pod’...
A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE FOR ORCHARD CARE HOMES RESIDENTS
Staff at Lofthouse Grange & Lodge Care Home in Wakefield were tasked by Marsha Tuffin, the Home Manager, to produce memory boxes in their first in-house challenge. Over four weeks, they...
Care Team Makes Resident’s Dream Come True
Staff at Newfield Lodge care home in Castleford have surprised 97-year-old resident, Nellie Reed with a brand-new bedroom makeover. Nellie, who has lived at Newfield Lodge since April 2019,...
SKY IS THE LIMIT FOR RELATIVE OF CARE HOME RESIDENT
A relative of a Taunton care home resident has managed to raise over £2,340 for a UK dementia and Alzheimer’s charity after performing a skydive in dedication to her father. Cheryl...
VETERANS COMMEMORATE VJ DAY
The 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day and the end of WWII has been marked by veterans at Royal Star & Garter’s three Homes. Residents participated in a series of commemorative...
BLUSHING BRIDE AT ACCRINGTON CARE HOME
There were happy smiles and tears of joy at Hope House care home in Accrington after a resident received a surprise visit from his granddaughter on her wedding day. Laura, granddaughter of Hope...
CARE BOOST FOR VETERANS AS STAFF QUALIFY TO PRESCRIBE
A lead nurse and a lead physiotherapist at Royal Star & Garter have become the first members of staff in the charity’s care homes to qualify as non-medical prescribers. Yuriy Bukovych...
LEGACY GIFTS TRANSFORM GARDEN INTO ALLOTMENT
A group of adults with learning disabilities from Cornwall has been reaping the rewards of a charity grant and are now growing, cooking and eating food grown in their very own allotment. ...
CHARITY LAUNCHES UK CARE HOME CONCERT TOUR
The Not Forgotten, a British Armed Forces charity which supports serving and ex-service men and women has launched Those Not Forgotten Years, a nationwide outdoor concert tour of care homes. The...
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