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The residents had a great time putting up their 1950s wall map, spending time reminiscing about times gone by. They especially loved the collages sent to them by pupils in Year 6 at New Mills Primary School who have been learning about dementia and reminiscence.

We were delighted to receive a gift hamper from Phil and the Directors at the home in October as a thank you for all of the hard work we do.  The Head Office fairies snuck in and dropped off three of these fabulous hampers with lots of treats for each unit to share over a cuppa w

We were delighted to receive a gift hamper from Phil and the Directors at the home in October as a thank you for all of the hard work we do.  The Head Office fairies snuck in and dropped off two of these fabulous hampers with lots of treats for each unit to share over a cupp

We were delighted to receive a gift hamper from Phil and the Directors at the home in October as a thank you for all of the hard work we do.  The Head Office fairies snuck in and dropped off three of these fabulous hampers with lots of treats for each unit to share over a cuppa w

We were delighted to receive a gift hamper from Phil and the Directors at the home in October as a thank you for all of the hard work we do.  The Head Office fairies snuck in and dropped off three of these fabulous hampers with lots of treats for each unit to share over a cuppa w

We were delighted to received some lovely letters from Sedgefield Primary school for our residents which is so thoughtful of them.  the residents love reading them and it really cheers us up to know you are all thinking of us during this time.

We love celebrating birthdays at the home and when two of our gorgeous ladies celebrated their birthday at the home, our Chef Alex based these delicious cakes for our two birthday ladies Anne and Mary.  They were delighted to share the cakes amongst their friends at Willowde

We were delighted to receive a gift hamper from Phil and the Directors at the home in October as a thank you for all of the hard work we do.  The Head Office fairies snuck in and dropped off three of these fabulous hampers with lots of treats for each unit to share over a cuppa with the resi

With the weather getting a little colder we have started to do a lot more activities indoors and in October enjoyed such activities as a Domino competition (the ladies were more competitive than the gents), painting little houses in the Brambles unit and sun catchers in the lodge to brighten

We had a lovely Halloween at Ashfield Court.  We decorated the home and Chef made some spooky cup cakes for us to enjoy.  From us all at Ashfield Court we would like to wish you a very happy Halloween.

Craft day this October for our lovely residents at Croft House Care Home and we made these beauties, they look amazing in the dark.

Turns out, pumpkin carving can be quite hard work! So the residents did the seeds, then let Della do all the hard work before they got creative

Our residents all doing their pumpkins for Halloween.  All displayed in their windows in their lounges.

All enjoyed coffee and biscuits whilst taking part. 

We recently had thank you hampers delivered to Bowerfield Court on behalf of the directors. 

Very well received by staff. Thank you.

There has been a lot of Halloween activity at Barnes Court in October.  We have enjoyed baking spooky ghost biscuits, dressing up and having our faces painted for the Halloween party and enjoying some delicious treats which were donated by out local Family Shopper.  Thank you so much.

Many of our residents at Garden Hill used to be a dab hand in the kitchen.  Activities have changed quite a bit since lockdown but one of the residents favourite activities is home baking and they decided to make their own apple cake.  They mixed the ingredients for the base, chopp

We had some fantastic celebrations over the Halloween weekend.  We started with a Halloween party on Friday and had a lovely time playing pass the parcel, pin the tail on the cat, apple bobbing and then the staff entertained us with Time Warp dance.  We had a good sing and dance an

Meet Andrea, one of our fantastic domestic team at Earsdon Grange, who has been busy today getting one of our bedrooms ready for a new resident coming into their new home.

We hope you enjoy many years in your new home.