Our stories

The people living with us at Dussindale Park Care Home were so happy to have a visit from the Guinea Pigs.  We are looking forward to them visiting again soon.

We had a special workshop come in today for the first time. They asked us to paint all different types of flowers to make a collage in the outline of The Queen.  We think that it looks fantastic and we have placed it next to our balloon display.

There was a lot of excitement at Hope Green this week as our own sweet shop was placed within our home. Residents enjoyed short walks together to choose their favourite sweets and chocolates and it was great to hear conversations of childhood treats.

Residents, staff and families, joined together in a Fundraising Coffee Morning and Afternoon BBQ, a whole day of celebrations to raise money for Dementia UK and Alzheimer's Society.

We raised the Amazing amount of £580.

At Ashfield we have started a new activity, juggling classes. This took place after watching the Greatest Showman movie 🍿😀😀💕

It was a wine themed day for us at The Hawthorns as we celebrated National Wine Week.  We talk about our favourite wines, about how wines were made all around the world and then finished with some drawing of wine bottles.  It was really enjoyed by the people who took part.

We have a walking club at the home and we quite often venture out over the common for a little walk.  This week on our walk we had a lovely surprise as we were greeted with some animals and a choir that we sat and listened to. Such a lovely extra treat for the group.

Over the last few weeks the people at our home have used paints, stickers, glitter and tissue paper to create the most beautiful, colourful flowers. They have cut them out and put them together to form a big flower for the Queens Platinum Jubilee.

Our resident's took advantage of the sunshine to do a bit of plant potting today .

Beverley putting a new spin on the term Green fingers...

Fresh air, relaxing music and a coffee went down a treat.

A lovely afternoon had by all.

Platinum Jubilee decorations are filling our home at Hope Green and are extending to the gardens to give our visitors a Royal Welcome. Residents and staff have been busy creating in the craft club, and also out in the gardens with ribbons, bunting and bows.

Yesterday morning we had lots of different ball games including Basket ball and bowling.

We are so excited to be welcoming our entertainer Tony Boyle and our wonderful kitchen staff are planning the most fantastic afternoon tea to celebrate the platinum jubilee

We love painting and drawing at Clarendon Court and just look at the fantastic artwork created by our very own Jean. She is far too shy and modest to have her picture taken but is very happy to share her beautiful artwork with everyone.

We had a special furry visitor at Knights Court Nursing home #BunnyRaj who went around gifting all our residents an Easter egg and wishing them well. You should have seen the smiles on our residents faces and some very surprised ones also !

Residents and staff joined together to celebrate Nurse's Day. It was the perfect opportunity to express our gratitude to our nurses for their caring and professional work delivered to our residents every day.

Our very artistic residents creating their very own work of arts using buttons. We really love an afternoon of arts and crafts at Clarendon Court, always accompanied by cake and coffee of course!

On receiving the news of a tree for the Jubilee, our lovely residents were made up to hear of the two occasions coming together.

After a lot of consideration the residents opted for a colourful tree to brighten up their environment on this special occasion.

Bowerfield House had a great day celebrating National Nurses’ Day, we are very lucky to have some amazing nurse working at Bowerfield House. We celebrated by the residents signing a nurses card for our nurses thanking them for all the hard work they do.