Category: Care home news
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...
Take the McVitie’s Tasties Care Home Challenge
pladis, the global snack company behind McVitie’s and Jacob’s, has teamed up with the National Activities Providers Association (NAPA) to find the nation’s best decorated...
CARE HOME RESIDENTS SING DOWN MEMORY LANE
Residents of local care home, Sunrise of Banstead were treated to a nostalgic afternoon of entertainment as part of a special concert series organised by The Not Forgotten this week. The Not...
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
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...
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