Category: Care home news
Fostering a sense of care
Foster children have been spending time with care home residents, as part of a scheme to bring young and elderly together. Children from fostering agency Team Fostering have been visiting...HOME INSTEAD ENDS YEAR ON A HIGH
Homecare provider Home Instead Senior Care ended 2017 on a high after it was named Best Employer in Care’ and the number one franchise company. The company has been recognised as...ELF DAY KICK STARTS CARE HOME’S CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS
Santa’s elves took a day off preparing for Christmas recently to enjoy festive celebrations at a Chester Le Street care home. Elf Day was held at Pelton Grange Care Home to raise funds for...LONG-LOST FRIENDS REUNITED AT BLUEBIRD CARE CHRISTMAS EVENT
Two elderly friends who lost touch with one another have been unexpectedly reunited at a Christmas afternoon tea event held by local home care provider, Bluebird Care Gravesham and Dartford. ...FRIENDSHIP SPANNING GENERATIONS FORMS FROM EX-SERVICES PROJECT
An unlikely friendship spanning generations has been formed through a project run at an Aberystwyth care home. Carwyn Lloyd-Jones, an air cadet who recently started volunteering at welsh care home...HOME SECRETARY PRAISES CARE HOME STAFF FOR COMPASSION AND DEVOTION
Staff at a Hastings care home have been praised by the town’s MP for their thoughtfulness and dedication to caring for residents. Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary and MP for Hastings and Rye,...CARE HOME MANAGER BRAVES THE SHAVE FOR MACMILLAN
Caroline Price, Home Manager at HC-One’s Meadowlands Care Home in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, has shaved her head to raise awareness and over £1200 for Macmillan Cancer Support. ...WW2 AIR FORCE VETERAN CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY
World War II Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) veteran Isabelle Mullen has celebrated her 100th birthday at Waverley Lodge Care Home. The home, in Lemington, Newcastle Upon Tyne, threw a...MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY BRINGS WONDERLAND TO RUNCORN
Wonderland came to Runcorn this summer as Simonsfield Care Home hosted a mad hatter’s tea party to raise money for its residents. A trip down the rabbit hole saw appearances from Alice, the...STOURBRIDGE CARE HOME RAISES OVER £500 WITH SUMMER FETE
Fun-loving staff and residents at a Stourbridge care home have raised vital funds to ensure residents can have days out and take part in community events. High Lodge Care Home, in Iverley,...
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