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Lana and Amy-Leigh from Bluebird Care Coleraine also shared what they love about their friendship

BLUEBIRD CARE CONTINUES #FEBRUARYFRIENDS CAMPAIGN TO TACKLE LONELINESS

The Bluebird Care team have been encouraging people to celebrate special friendships with each other and the world in the hope of tackling loneliness. Although the main event during February was...
Home Instead Senior Care’s CAREGiver of the Year, Mike Bradbury and son Thomas.

JOINER TURNED AWARD-WINNING CAREGIVER INSPIRES YOUNGER GENERATION

When Mike Bradbury was awarded the accolade of Home Instead Senior Care’s CAREGiver of the Year, his son 9-year-old son Thomas was so proud that he told classmates he wants to be a care...
Phil Thelwell Mountbatten Grange customer relations manager Leahanne Wilkinson resident Annie Thelwell Helen Lilley LR

PENGUINS VISIT CARE HOME TO SURPRISE 92-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT

Residents at a brand-new Care UK care home got a flipping good surprise when two penguins waddled in for a visit. The team at Mountbatten Grange care home in Windsor, which opened to residents just...
Avante Care Chinese New Year

RIVERDALE COURT CARE HOME CELEBRATES CHINESE NEW YEAR

Residents and staff at Riverdale Court care home in Welling, owned and managed by Avante Care & Support, celebrated Chinese New Year in style with a themed party. Staff and residents at the...
Wizard of Oz at Burton Care Home

CARE HOME TRANSFORMED INTO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF OZ

Residents at a Burton-on-Trent care home got into the spirit of pantomime season recently as they enjoyed a performance of the Wizard of Oz. The residents from Hoar Cross Nursing Home ventured to...
Bluebird Care is celebrating after 21 of its care services were rated ‘Outstanding’ in 2018 by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

BLUEBIRD CARE CELEBRATES BIG 2018 ACHIEVEMENTS

Bluebird Care is celebrating after 21 of its care services were rated ‘Outstanding’ in 2018 by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The rare rating – which only 1% of home care...
ICO Takes Action Over Fees

ICO FINES CARE HOMES OVER DATA PROTECTION FEE NON-PAYMENT

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has begun formal enforcement action against care homes that have failed to pay the data protection fee. The data protection regulator has sent...
Keyren Anderson with Home Manager Ann Norris.

CARE HOME CHEF TASTES SUCCESS WITH FIVE-STAR FOOD RATING

A widely-respected chef, based at a Hagley care home, has played a key role in the home achieving a top status for the quality of its food. Keyren Anderson, Head Chef at Chandos Lodge Residential...
Flossie celebrates 100 Years

PARTY ANIMALS HELP CELEBRATE FLOSSIE'S 100TH BIRTHDAY

A popular resident at a Shropshire care home had a wild time celebrating her 100th birthday recently. Flossie Timmins received a special message from the Queen congratulating her on her landmark...
Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds

OLD PEOPLE’S HOME FOR 4 YEAR OLDS INSPIRES FURTHER PROJECTS

Older people and children are set to continue benefiting from spending time with each other at Lark Hill Retirement Village, the backdrop to this year’s BAFTA-nominated series Old...

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