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Moving into a care home made easy

Our care team are here to make sure that making the move is as easy as possible for you and your loved one. If you still need reassurance, here are some stories from our residents, their families and our care team.

Jayne the home manager at Wyndham Hall was moved when she saw a balloon release recently held on Copacabaña Beach. The release was in recognition of the 100,000 people who have died in Brazil as a result of COVID-19 and she decided she wanted to do something sim

Wyndham Hall pays tribute to victims of COVID

One of fantastic residents Alan has been leading seated, gentle movement and stretch groups for our lovely residents at The Wharf. Lilly, one of our carers has been integral in getting everyone together, in place comfortably and ready to start. It was truly amazing to

The Wharf Care Home

Congratulation to our very own Kumar, who was been Awarded Administrator of the Year at this years Maria Mallaband & Countrywide Care Awards 2020

Congratulations Kumar - Administrator of the Year 2020 !

Here at Willowdene Care Home we were delighted we had been nominated for Care Home of the Year, Aleksandra Rymut in the kitchen was nominated by you all for Master Chef, Ruth Pearson for Housekeeping Highflyer and

Care Awards at Willowdene

Nestled in a sleepy, yet oh so beautiful village in the Cheshire countryside, is Birch Heath Lodge, Christleton. We don’t let a pandemic stop us having fun so, every few weeks, we have an afternoon party.

Birch Heath Lodge Afternoon Tea Parties

Residents and staff were celebrating after Joanne Ball, Care Assistant at Alexandra Court Care Home was named Carer of the Year 2020 at the recent Maria Mallaband Care Group and Countrywide Care Homes Annual Care Awards.

Winner at Alexandra Court

On Wednesday 12 August, Amber Court had an Hawaiian Theme Day. Residents and staff dressed in grass skirts, leis and bright colours. Hawaiian music was playing and everyone enjoyed an Hawaiian style buffet. Marianne, Activities Coordinator taught staff how to dance to the Huki L

Amber Court's Hawaiian Theme Day

Residents and staff at Parksprings Care Home have created over 100 'High Tea' gift boxes, filled with goodies for our local heroes.

Parksprings High Tea Boxes

Residents and staff were celebrating after Buckingham House Care Home was named Care Home of the Year 2020 at the recent Maria Mallaband Care Group and Countrywide Care Homes Annual Care Awards.

Buckingham House wins "Home of the Year"

Residents and staff of Windmill Court Care Home were celebrating after their colleague Jemma Hartley won the award for the “Most Innovative Activities Programme” at the recent Maria Mallaband Care Group and Countrywide Care Homes Annual Care Awards. It was a double c

Windmill Court are winners at Care Awards

Kents Hill Care Home welcomed ambulance crew staff, post office workers, district nurses and physiotherapists for there 'Take a break with us' week. They received many thanks, gratitude and comments of bringing together the local MDT's in the recent hot weather; the cake and drinks wen

Take a break with us

Howgate House is supporting the local primary school breakfast club by collecting food and drinks for the children. They have supported the home through the last few difficult months by sending pen pal letters and drawing pictures of rainbows and sunshine for every residents' room.

Supporting the Local Primary School Breakfast Club

We had a lovely addition to the Ashfield Court family when Cosmina had her baby girl on 7th August 2020 at 22.16 weighing in at a healthy 7lb 4oz.

Both mummy and baby are doing well and we can't wait to meet you soon. From all at Ashfield Court welcome to the family.

Congratulations Cosmina

Meet Maya our Chef at Rosedale Nursing and Care Home. She loves baking cakes for our residents and seeing the delight on their faces when she presents the afternoon snacks.

Home Baking at Rosedale

We celebrated National Cheesecake Day on 30th July at Rosedale and we thought it would be amazing to have cheesecake for our tea break in the afternoon.

Maya our head chef made a raspberry cheesecake which was simply divine.

National Cheesecake Day

Our very own handy Andy braved the shave to raise money for the RVI Leukaemia ward. Field View raised £200.Thank you Andy for being so gracious and allowing us to raise money for this worthy cause.

Brave the Shave

The week of the MMCG and Countrywide Care awards has arrived and here at Willowdene Care Home in Sedgefield we have much to celebrate with 4 nominations for categories.

Care Awards 2020

Skell Lodge residents took part in St Wilford's Parade. This event has been running since 1108 when King Henry granted permission to the city to hold a fair to mark the birth of the saint on 30th July. Ripon has held this tradition ever since.

St Wilford's Parade

Covid-19 has affected Belvoir Vale just like it has many other homes around the country. Residents are missing going out and about, having entertainers in and most of all seeing their families.

Get Involved in the Big Knit Making Hats

Excitement came to Oaklands Care Home today!

The kind generosity by our Regional Director, Paul Brookfield who arranged for a visit from an ice cream van and all residents and staff could have an ice cream of their choice.

Visit from the ice cream van at Oaklands

On the 1st of August everyone at Clumber Court Care Home enjoyed a beach day in the garden. It was an amazing day and we had a BBQ, games, bubble wands, a sand pit and lots of fun and laughter.

Beach Day at Clumber Court

Today was a sad day at Yohden Care Complex on Hesleden Road in Blackhall, Ivy Barker, our lovely 102 year old resident said goodbye to us all as she made her final journey to Durham Crematorium.

A send off for Ivy

We are continuing with the Yorkshire theme at Howgate House with staff and residents wearing flat caps and moustaches.

Yorkshire Day Continues

Gifts and cards for Maria Mallaband

We have been overwhelmed by the kindness we have received at Manor Park Care Home from the local community during our time in lockdown we have had an abundance of letters and cards from people giving us praise and saying how proud they are of the hard work we are doing.

Kind Words, Cards and Gifts

We have been busy painting and planting flowers to create social distancing areas for visitors at Skell Lodge Residential Home. We have up cycled all the outdoor furniture to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere for every one to enjoy.

Painting and Planting Flowers at Skell Lodge

Yohden Care Complex is delighted to announce the promotion of Hayley Holland to Deputy Manager.

Hayley started her Yohden career in 2001 as a laundry assistant and one weekend was given the opportunity to work a care shift at the home and realised her passion was in care.

Yohden Welcomes New Deputy Manager

The ice cream van visited The Moors Care Home on a Friday afternoon with a choice of a number of delicious ice creams and cones for all the residents and staff. A wonderful treat for everyone on a hot sunny day.

Ice Cream for Everyone

We were delighted to hear from Nina from Stirrd (a fudge brand) located in Harrogate who wanted to arrange to give the staff and residents of Ashfield a little treat of some beautiful lemon flavoured fudge and salted caramel marshmallows.

The Gift of Fudge

We are still receiving gifts from family and friends. Our most recent was this lovely chocolate basket and card addressed to our marvellous staff for keeping everyone safe.

Chocolate Treats

In the past we have been blessed with regular visits by children from a local nursery but unfortunately we haven't been able to see them for the last few months and we have missed their visits.

This month has been filled with activities focusing on our theme of "Around the World". We have celebrated all of the continents throughout this month.

Around the World Month

We have received many messages of thanks over the last few months and below is an example of the lovely messages sent.

Message of thanks

Staff and residents at Hope Green were over the moon to be awarded 'Best Decorations' for our regional tea party competition in March.

We choose the theme Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Tea Party.

Mad Hatters Tea Party Competition

Bowerfield Court are delighted to be supporting Stockport Foodbank.

Supporting Stockport Food Bank

Bowerfield House and Bowerfield Court are delighted to be involved and support Stockport food bank part of the Trussell Trust . We take our community involvement seriously and to assist in providing a vital service is something we are passionate about.

Supporting Stockport Food Bank part of the Trussell Trust

Local children took the time to create artwork and send letters to cheer up everyone at Heeley Bank during lockdown. The residents really liked the colourful pictures and the kind words.

Creative Artwork

"We as a family think we should put pen to paper to praise the staff at Heritage Care Centre in Tooting. Bec, Desiree, Sylvana, Aminata and Melinda need a particular mention.

Our Staff Go Above and Beyond

We have been entertained on a weekly basis by various musicians whom have very kindly volunteered their time to play for care homes in our area. Here are the pics of Steph and Peter Steph is a retired GP who has worked at Troutbeck in the past.

Music Performance at Troutbeck

We have received lots of lovely reviews over the last few weeks and we really do appreciate all the kind words.

Here are a few examples.

Thank You Letters

Fabulous news Cavendish Court will be supporting Cheadle Heath & Cheadle Food Banks which are part of the Trussell Trust - Stockport food bank family .

Supporting Cheadle Heath and cheadle Food Banks

We received a lovely email from a member of the local community regarding one of our fabulous care staff here at Earsdon Grange.

To the manager,

Community Well Done

It was the Queen's 94th birthday and here at Abingdon Court Care Home we couldn't let it go without celebrating!

Let's party like we are Royals

Parkview Care Home celebrated VE day with lots of smiles, reminiscing and flag waving.

VE Day Celebrations at Parkview

A belated note to say a sincere thank you for your care for M and support for myself. As you recall, it was difficult for me leaving M at Troutbeck and quiet a challenge after. However, you were always there to help us both through this time.

Troutbeck thank you letter

The Belvedere staff and residents were really happy to receive a generous bundle of sweets and word puzzles from Nurse Plus.

A big thank you from all at The Belvedere

Thank You Nurse Plus

Our new Staff room all from the money donated to the staff from the late Mr W Smith - We went for a Nautical theme.

Dear Linda and everyone at Troutbeck.

Troutbeck's New Staff Room

One of our longest serving staff member's Joan Taylor retired from Croft House last week after 21 years service. Joan was our Activities Coordinator and she loved every minute she spent with our residents over the years. She will be missed by all.

Happy Retirement Joan

Happy Retirement Joan

June was Pride month and we wanted to show our support at Blenheim Care Centre.

We produced an abstract rainbow painting which we have proudly displayed.

We received a lovely donation of tins of iced coffees from Costa for the staff and residents at Earsdon Grange Care Home which we all enjoyed. Thank you for coming to visit us with the coffees it was great to meet you.

Costa Coffee Comes to Earsdon Grange

We received this beautiful gift from Pinpoint Recruitment in June which really cheered us up. Thank you so much for thinking of us at Astor Care Complex and we really do appreciate your generosity. Hope to see you in the future for a coffee morning. Until then, stay safe.

Thank you Pinpoint Recruitment