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Care home Gracewell of Sutton Coldfield opens its own bar.

RESIDENTS ENJOY A TIPPLE IN NEW BAR

Care home Gracewell of Sutton Coldfield has opened its own bar. Named the Royal Oak, the bar was opened with a socially-distanced soiree. Residents living with dementia in the dedicated Memory Care...
TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH FANFARE AS MARGARET TURNS 100

TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH FANFARE AS MARGARET TURNS 100

Margaret McGregor, a resident at Muirton House care home has celebrated her socially distanced 100th birthday with two bagpipers serenading her outside the home. Margaret was born in Wimbledon in...
CARE HOME AVOIDS SINGLE CASE OF COVID-19

CARE HOME AVOIDS SINGLE CASE OF COVID-19

Brunelcare’s Glastonbury Care Home has been fortunate enough to have no confirmed cases of Coronavirus at the home since the very start of the outbreak. The Care Home, located in Somerset,...
NEW VISITOR PODS ENABLE RESIDENTS TO SEE FAMILIES

NEW VISITOR PODS ENABLE RESIDENTS TO SEE FAMILIES

Residents at RMBI Care Co. Homes across the UK have been overjoyed to be reunited with their loved ones after four months without visitors. The provider is among the first in the country to...
RECORD MONTH OF JOB APPLICATIONS AT HEATHCOTES

RECORD MONTH OF JOB APPLICATIONS AT HEATHCOTES

Heathcotes Group, a Chesterfield-based care provider, has experienced a major surge in demand for jobs in the sector following a record month of applications for support worker positions nationwide....
SEAFARERS AWARENESS WEEK: MARITIME CARE HOME CELEBRATES UNSUNG HEROES

MARITIME CARE HOME CELEBRATES SEAFARERS AWARENESS WEEK

Surrey-based maritime care home, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, is marking the UK’s tenth annual Seafarers Awareness Week (6-12 July) with tales from its seafaring residents. ...
Acts of kindness at Encore Care Homes for World Wellbeing Week

ACTS OF KINDNESS FOR WORLD WELLBEING WEEK

Encore Care Homes delivered a thoughtful week of events in celebration of World Wellbeing Week, a global awareness campaign about the importance of health and wellbeing, at the end of June. Based...
Sunrise of Hale Barns Care Home Opens Pub in Memory Care Neighbourhood

PUB CHEERS FOR RESIDENTS

Sunrise of Hale Barns care home has opened a bar within Reminiscence, its Memory Care Neighbourhood. This is a dedicated neighbourhood for residents living with dementia. The new bar has been set...
Royal Star & Garter Veterans Prepare for Bike Challenge

VETERANS PREPARE FOR LANDS’ END TO JOHN O’GROATS CHALLENGE

Residents and staff at Royal Star & Garter in High Wycombe are taking part in a virtual cycle covering the length of Great Britain by pedalling the 874 miles from Lands’ End to John...
Royal Alfred tenant John Eiffes raises money for care home staff

CARE HOME TENANT WALKS 14KM TO RAISE FUNDS FOR KEYWORKERS

A 91-year-old tenant of Surrey-based Belvedere House, the maritime care home of The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, has raised £5,000 for the home’s keyworkers by walking laps of...

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