We had a great day celebrating Burns Night at Belmont House Care Home.  The day started off with entertainment from Tony Cerexhe who sang his Scottish Ballads. The residents accompanied him with musical instruments and dancing.



Our Catering Team served a wonderful tea of haggis, tatties and neeps keeping in with the Burns theme.  Here is Steve, our Head Chef serving one of our residents at the home.

Belmont House Care Home on High Street, Starbeck in Harrogate are delighted to announce the opening of our new residents’ tuck shop. Our shop was opened in the memory of residents at Belmont House who lived with us over a period of 5 years. Husband and Wife both loved the home so much that after his wife passed away whilst he was still at the home, he donated a sum of money to the home to enable something to be purchased in their memory. 

At Windmill Court we are very lucky to have a regular visitor in Dude the rescue pony.  Dude lives at the HUGS Foundation and takes his regular visits in his stride.

Rudolph and his friends were a little bit busy over Christmas and so he sent Little Man, an Alpaca Reindeer to spread festive cheer to residents at Windmill Court Care Home in Cornwall. 

On Wednesday 5th February, Zoolab came to visit the residents at Wilow Bank. Ella from Zoolab had brought along some giant snails, some millipedes, two rats and a snake. The residents were very enthusiastic about seeing the animals, though some just liked to look while others enjoyed the opportunity to handle them. We all agreed that the little rat was very cute and admired the colours of the snake, and were surprised by the very smooth texture of the snakes skin.

We are so fortunate to have contact with Di Hall, ex international Violin player. She has visited us on a number of occasions, calling in  to play in resident’s rooms. In addition she enabled us to have a wonderful time on the Saturday before Christmas, for our mince pie and carols event, raising funds for our local friends “Dementia Forward”. Residents and their guests were able to make requests for favourite carols. We all sang along and had a wonderful Christmas time, followed by mince pies , which we had made previously.

We had a lovely time at the Spa Gardens with several residents, followed by tea and cakes at Booth’s café. Comments about the Alice in Wonderland carvings in the park together with the beautiful layout of the gardens, were made. All were completely full after tea and cakes in the delightful Booth’s café.

Carmel Lodge staff celebrated the gardening day on Wednesday 5th February by dressing as Land Girls and speaking with our residents about history WWII - 1939 – 1945. 

Everyone had a good giggle and made our residents smile. 

Doris celebrated her 95th birthday this week at Cavendish Court Care Home. She enjoyed afternoon tea with other residents, enjoying cake and music.

Troutbeck residents had a fun visit from Thornwood Alpacas in December 2019