Category: Care home news
BLUEBIRD CARE CONTINUES ANNUAL TRADITION DESPITE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS
Every year, Bluebird Care Rushmoor & Surrey Heath and Bluebird Care Guildford & Waverley take their customers to Wisley Gardens and treat them to afternoon tea. With Covid-19...
CARE HOME WORKER DEDICATES PAINTINGS TO RESIDENTS
A support worker has spent a year painting canvas pictures for the sensory gardens of the care home where she has worked for 20 years. Debbie Dyer, 58, plays a vital role in taking care of...
CARE HOME WINS GARDEN COMPETITION WITH MINIATURE GOLF COURSE CREATION
Greater Manchester care home Brinnington Hall has been crowned the North West Regional Winner of Ideal Carehomes’ annual ‘Gardens in Bloom’ competition, thanks to the creation of a...
PIRATES RULE THE WAVES AT HIGH WYCOMBE CARE HOME
A motley crew of salty sea dogs paid residents a visit to Royal Star & Garter in High Wycombe as the care home enjoyed a Pirates’ Day. The all-day event was organised by staff at the Home...
PARENTS AND CARE HOMES URGED TO PARTICPATE IN INTERGENERATIONAL ART PROJECT
A new project has been launched to highlight the importance of intergenerational friendships and to support the hard work of care home staff. The Together Project is a non-profit community...
CARE PROVIDER CREATES POEM BOOK FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY
A home care provider in Surrey has launched a new book of poems designed to support older people living in the community. The teams working for Bluebird Care Guildford & Waverley and Bluebird...
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,...
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