Our stories

Peace of mind

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.

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

Today we've been painting snail plant pots, with the aim of having a little trail of them in the sensory garden at Belvoir Vale Care Home.

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

Knit and natter is one of the favourite activities at The Moors. We make all kinds of creations from pom poms, squares for blankets and baby jumpers for newborns. We have a drink and a treat and a good old chin wag about life.

Knit and Natter at The Moors

Crafts are a big hit at The Moors Care Home from colouring, painting, sticking and lots more.

It is always a fun afternoon and sessions are all themed for the date and time of the year.

Arts and Crafts at The Moors

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

We love home baking at the home and one of our activities this month was to make our own Pizza’s and cakes. We made margarita,, chicken with peppers and cheese and even made our own delicious sponge cake which was delicious.

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.

We might be living through very different times at the moment at Garden Hill with regards to visitors in the home but we are still continuing to do a lot of activities we have always done. Every week with our activities coordinator at the home, Stacey, we have been doing our chair exercises

Weekly Activities at Garden Hill

Heeley Bank Manager, Lynne Cannell and her team launched the 999 afternoon tea break week on Monday 3rd August with a celebration of Yorkshire pudding and onion gravy.

999 Afternoon Tea Break Week

Nora Batty lookalike visits Howgate House on Yorkshire Day and served a lovely Yorkshire lunch of sausages,mash and beans followed by apple pie and custard.

Everyone also enjoyed lots of Yorkshire based treats.

Yorkshire Day at Howgate House

To celebrate world chocolate day a chocolate making station was set up at The Belvedere. The residents got to choose the flavours and decorations they wanted to create their own chocolate bites.

World Chocolate Day

We wanted to decorate our activities lounge and when we found some old vinyl records which were really scratched and not fit for playing anymore so we decided to get a little bit creative.

New Decorations Activities Room

Rose Lodge Care Home on Careers Way, Cobblers Lane in Newton Aycliffe were delighted when Activities Coordinator Diane Tweddle was nominated for Most Innovative Activities Programme of the year for the North East Region in the Maria Mallaband and Countrywide Care Awards.

Care Awards 2020

Our Around the World party was a great success. Everyone was dressed their best and enjoyed our live social distancing entertainment by one of our regular singers Deborah. We had a buffet at dinner, a best dressed competition and a photo booth.

Around the World Party

We have been entertained by The Bluebirds here at Troutbeck, we selected a rock n roll theme the girls dressed in the style and sang a selection of songs from the era. Our residents were able to sing along and everyone said what a fabulous event it was.

The Bluebirds Performance

This week our residents at Carmel Lodge have enjoyed a variety of activities including hand massages and manicures, sitting back and relaxing and putting our minds to the test with a jigsaw.

A variety of Activities

We recently celebrated the birthday of one of our residents at Bowerfield House. We sung happy birthday, opened cards and most importantly enjoyed some birthday cake!

Birthday Celebrations at Bowerfield House

Nora, and her husband Ken celebrated their 70th Wedding Anniversary on Wednesday, 29th July.

70th Wedding Anniversary

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

Please click on the below link to view our July and August Newsletter.

July and August Newsletter.pdf

July and August Newsletter

The residents at Buckingham House will be encouraged to attach a wish written on a golden leaf, something they would like to do and the home will do what they can to facilitate the wish.

Our lavender in the back garden has been getting very long so we decided to cut it all down so we could enjoy it!

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

On Wednesday 22nd July Troutbeck hosted an Hawaiian themed party for our residents.

Hawaiian Party at Troutbeck

Residents at Bowerfield Court loved making tie dye t-shirts. Everyone chose their design and colours and we patiently waited a week for the dye to set. Once they were ready our laundry staff washed them and now everyone has a new colourful shirt!

New Tie Dye T-shirts

It was a great day of activities for Bastille day at Cavendish Court. In the morning we had lots of french toast followed by learning basic words in French and also reciting the numbers 1-20 in French.

To celebrate our 'Around the World' theme, we made our own Dominican Republic carnival masks to wear for our upcoming party.

"It was a great day of activities for Bastille day, in the morning we had lots of French toast followed by learning basic words in French and also reciting the numbers 1-20. Everyone had a great experience and really enjoyed the day.

Bonjour à tous - Good Morning All

Continuing on with our Around the World theme we celebrated Europe this week.

We had activities including making Belgian chocolates, make your own Italian pizza, French wine and cheese afternoon, Spanish tile making and European flag canvas painting.

Around the World Activities

Bowerfield Court are delighted to be supporting Stockport Foodbank.

Supporting Stockport Food Bank

Our beautiful memory garden at Croft House is work in progress and is looking great. Residents will enjoy sitting, relaxing and looking at the different flowers and colours.

Croft House's Memory Garden

We celebrated Charles Wardle's 100th Birthday at The Belvedere in July.

The rain didn't stop us celebrating our centenarians birthday with cake to hand and bubbles flowing, we all enjoyed the entertainment.

100th Birthday Celebrations

It was World Chocolate Day and we indulged in over twenty different varieties of chocolate tasting, served with a mixture of herbal teas. Residents loved the social afternoon and the theme linked songs and some requests along the way. A great afternoon for all.

World Chocolate Day

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

Lovely afternoon at Troutbeck when two fabulous ladies played some wonderful tunes. Enjoyed by our residents despite the impending rain- thank you for visiting and playing in the garden.

Live Entertainment at Troutbeck

Residents at Heeley Bank have been involved in dough craft. We thought it would be a great activity for everyone to get involved with.

Fantastic time this afternoon modelling with saltdough at Heeley Bank. Wonderful bright colours and lots of enthusiasm from our resident artists.

Modelling with Saltdough

The residents of Heeley Bank Care Home were treated to an interesting insight into the ancient art of origami as part of their activity planner.

Origami at Heeley Bank

The green fingered residents at Heeley Bank recently got their hands dirty creating some pretty bouquets.

There were a variety of different flowers available for the residents to choose from, ranging from White Roses, Blue Periwinkles and Green Fern Leaves.

Flower Arranging at Heeley Bank

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

Our residents and staff enjoyed a spot of gardening indoors at Carmel Lodge Care Home. It got a little competitive and people living with us are having a guess on who's sunflower will grow the tallest.

Gardening Indoors

"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

It was our manager Kier's birthday and the residents and staff team at Buckingham presented him with a t shirt to the "Best Home Manager Through COVID 2020".

Happy Birthday to our Manager

Pauline moved into Monread Lodge in April for some respite as she had not been coping so well on her own. She still wanted to eventually try and go home as much as she loved being at Monread.

Sewing with Pauline