Author: Jessica Mann

For June’s National Best Friends Day, our three Activity Coordinators at Malvern-based Davenham, Perrins House and Bradbury Court residential, nursing and dementia care homes, which are collectively known as Friends of the Elderly Malvern, have been talking about how their friendship blossomed and grew thanks to working together. National Best Friends Day is the annual day…

To celebrate this year’s International Day of the Midwife, Jan Daly, the Registered Care Home Manager at Redcot, our residential care home in Haslemere, Surrey, has been sharing her own ‘Midwife to Carer’ journey. “From a very young age, I knew I wanted to work in the Care Sector, either as a Nurse, Midwife or…

At The Old Vicarage, our Wallingford-based residential and dementia care home, residents have spent a ‘cracking’ time celebrating this year’s National Biscuit Day. “We wanted to do something a bit different to mark National Biscuit Day,” said Carol Bourne, Registered Manger at The Old Vicarage. “The residents love not only a good cup of tea,…

With around one in five pensioners struggling with the burden of financial hardship and loneliness,[i] it is no wonder that our charitable grants programme is inundated with pleas for support. “Every day we receive grant applications from older people who are isolated, and often tell us they go for days without seeing – or even…

At The Old Vicarage, our Wallingford-based residential and dementia care home, it’s eyes down for a ‘Full House’ for the residents as they celebrate this year’s National Bingo Day. “Since 2021, 27 June has been formally recognised as National Bingo Day in the UK,” said Carol Bourne, the Registered Manager at The Old Vicarage. “Our…