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Ester at Bernard Sunley care home shares her nursing journey

Posted on 9 May 2024

At Bernard Sunley, our Woking-based residential, nursing and dementia care home, the care home’s Deputy Manager and Clinical Lead has been honouring this month’s International Nurses Day by sharing her own Nursing journey. Ester has been at Bernard Sunley since January 2003. When Ester first joined our Charity, she started as an Adaptation Nurse to…

Somers Park School takes a step back in time in Malvern

Posted on 27 April 2024

At Davenham residential care home – which together with Perrins House and Bradbury Court, our nursing and dementia care homes – collectively known as Friends of the Elderly Malvern – pupils from Somers Park School have gone back in time, learning about the building’s famous owner, Charles Dyson Perrins, its history and links to the…

Jo joins our Friends of the Elderly Malvern family

Posted on 15 April 2024

At our Malvern-based Davenham, Perrins House and Bradbury Court, our residential, nursing and dementia care homes which are collectively known as Friends of the Elderly Malvern, residents and the Care Team have welcomed a new General Manager, Jo Bennett. Jo joined  Friends of the Elderly at the beginning of January. She has been working in…

Coulsdon resident Adrienne’s 91st birthday is a musical celebration

Posted on 12 April 2024

At Orford House, our Coulsdon-based residential care home, resident Adrienne Lawrance has had a melodious day celebrating her 91st Birthday with her older sister Marguerite, her care home friends and the care team. Adrienne and her sister have been residents at Orford House for nearly three years, moving in together in May 2021. The sisters…

Artistic Susan celebrates an ink-credible birthday in Haslemere

Posted on 9 April 2024

At Redcot, our residential care home in Haslemere, Surrey, resident Susan Osbourne has been celebrating her 86th birthday surrounded by her family and care home friends. Susan, who has been a resident at Redcot since September 2022, was born and raised in Canterbury in Kent and spent her happy childhood living with her parents in…