Category: Care home news
NEW MANAGER JOINS BALHOUSIE MOYNESS CARE HOME
Balhousie Care Group has announced a new manager for its care home in Broughty Ferry. Elaine Onyiuke, originally from Belfast and now living in Dundee, comes to Balhousie Moyness with three decades...SMILES ALL ROUND AT BIRCH GREEN’S SUMMER FAYRE
A Skelmersdale care home recently threw open its doors to the local community by inviting them to enjoy its annual family fun day. Residents, their family and friends, staff and members of the...Residents knit and natter for Neonatal Unit
A group of elderly ladies and gentlemen have spent weeks knitting hats for the neonatal department at the Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton. The neonatal intensive care unit at Princess Anne...QCS ANNOUNCES NEW HEAD OF CARE QUALITY
Philippa Shirtcliffe has been announced as the new Head of Care Quality at QCS. She joined the business in October 2017 as Clinical Policy Lead and has been instrumental in the successful review of...Pen pal scheme launched to partner children with elderly namesakes
A new initiative has been launched with the aim of partnering nursery and primary school children with care home residents of the same name in what hopes to be the nation’s biggest pen pal...CARERS RESTORE ELDERLY CLIENT’S FAITH FOLLOWING BURGLARY
Two Home Instead CAREGivers have gone above and beyond their call of duty after their client was a victim of a burglary in which his war medals were stolen. Local war hero John Seal, 98, had his...CARE HOME CELEBRATES BEER DAY WITH BREWERY TOUR
Residents at a Chester-le-Street care home celebrated National Beer Day, on 15th June, with a multi-sensory brewery tour. The residents from Pelton Grange Care Home were given a tour of Blackhill...TEDDY THE DONKEY THRILLS HARTLEPOOL CARE HOME RESIDENTS
Teddy the miniature donkey paid a visit to a Hartlepool care home during their Strawberry Garden Party. The four-legged visitor was a hit with residents at Queens Meadow Care Home, who were...CARE GROUP CROWNS ITS ‘CHEF OF THE YEAR’
The head cook at Paisley Lodge care home in Leeds has been crowned Orchard Care Homes’ Chef of the Year in May, in the second competition the Group has run, with this year’s in...GREAT OAKS ENJOYS ‘FINTASTIC’ FOOD FOR NATIONAL CELEBRATION
Fish and chip lovers came together at Great Oaks care home in Bournemouth, to celebrate National Fish and Chip Day with a tasty lunch. To support this national day, on Friday 1st June, the catering...- CQC ratings
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