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A special thank you to volunteers from our Essex care home

Posted on 10 June 2019

Volunteers from the local community regularly support residents at New Copford Place care home in Essex.  Last week they were invited to the home to attend a special certificate giving ceremony. The event was held to mark Volunteers’ Week, which takes place every year between 1 – 7 June. The 27 residents at our Essex care…

Bournemouth residents take on pupils at school sports day games event

Posted on 6 June 2019

Children at St Walburga’s Catholic Primary School recently welcomed ‘veteran contenders’ from our Bournemouth care home. Together they enjoyed sports day games at the school. Six residents from the Retired Nurses National Home (RNNH), aged between 73 and 98 visited the school to join the reception class for their sports and games. During the event,…

Namaste Care provided by Malvern care home & University of Worcester

Posted on 31 May 2019

Bradbury Court care home in Malvern has teamed up with University of Worcester dementia experts. Together they have trialled a new way of providing care for those living with the dementia, called Namaste Care. A four month trial at our Malvern care home tested the ‘Namaste’ system of dementia care. The system uses a more…

New phone number for our Malvern Day Care service

Posted on 28 May 2019

Our Malvern Day Care service, which supports people living with dementia, has a brand new phone number! The day care centre, based at the Lodge, in Graham Road, has been supporting older people in the area for the last 18 years. Due to an upgrade of our telephone system, for the first time the service…

Sense of humour key to longer living

Posted on 24 May 2019

Haslemere resident Dorothy Pow recently celebrated an amazing milestone birthday – the Surrey centenarian turned 105-years-old! On 19 May Dorothy and her family celebrated her special day at Redcot care home. Speaking at the celebrations, her daughter Liz described her as a ‘doting mother and grandma’. Dorothy – whose nickname is Dodo – is also…