Our stories

We thought we’d set ourselves a challenge of learning the accordion at the home today.  What a chuckle we had taking turns and seeing who could make the best tune.

Victorious at Strathclyde park as we completed a successful fun day raising money for charity and giving back to our community.

We celebrated the MMCG and Countrywide 7th annual care awards in September and were delighted when Glennie House was a winner. Our very own night shift carer Kimberly McCracken, won Carer of the year 2021. So unbelievably proud to have her as part of our team. Well done Kimberly.

We celebrated Halloween at Willowdene and had lots of fun dressing up in the home.  Residents and staff dressed up and had a Halloween party.  We were entertained by Sam Naylor who was brilliant and enjoyed lots of sweets and cupcakes during the afternoon and a Halloween buffet for tea

We had a lovely afternoon being entertained by Mike Wild as Elvis outside of the home in October.  Our residents sat in the reception area of the home and Elvis performed for us in our patio garden.  There was lots of singing and we enjoyed some fresh cream cakes and tea.

The winter days are fast approaching and we haven’t been out in the gardens as much this month but that doesn’t stop us having fun in the home.  We created our own table tennis table in the dining room and challenged each other to a competition.  There were lots of laughter ringing out

James, one of our residents at Earsdon Grange was over the moon when he walked his daughter down the aisle in October.  He enjoyed spending the day at the wedding and came back to the home with lots of smiles and stories about the day.  We think his daughter just looked absolutely beaut

The people living and working at Woodlands care home went all out for Halloween.  Not only were the traditional scary faces carved into the pumpkins there were glittery cats and spiders and some beautifully decorated smaller pumpkins and squashes.

A fantastic display.

Sheila loved dressing Vicky our deputy manager up as a Mummy, she also told us to reuse the toilet paper as we may need it we are still in a pandemic after all.

As the days become cooler through Autumn our exercise routines continue with 'Rise & Shine' activities for everyone. Whether you enjoy the music, the movement, the percussion or the games it's always a joy to be involved in.

When we announced that we will be having a Halloween party in Amber Court, our residents and staff were very excited for it. We started preparing for the event through organizing a small activity with the residents and staff by carving pumpkins and making decorations.

Here at Abbey View we really like to get into the Halloween spirit. 

It's great to see friendships at Hope Green and it's always a joy to bring the men together to chat, play games, and eat lunch. Today we explored some new books too which we loved chatting about. Topics of particular interest were The Titanic and The Suffragettes!

We have been decorating around the home and Deepdene is very lucky to have staff team members with many skills like Adrian helping to put these beautiful vases on the flowers shop.

As Halloween approaches we started to make some Halloween fun crafts, like these beautiful little bats and pumpkins filled with sweets for our residents to enjoy.

Tea and Cake day went down a treat! We enjoyed some lovely cakes with a cup of tea in our best china tea service. There was also some mindful colouring and a tea quiz to find out how much we know about the origin of tea itself.

The Christmas cake competition has begun!

Right across our 3 floors, residents have been battling it out to bake the best festive cake.