On the news, we always hear a lot of praise for doctors, nurse, teachers, and care staff but we here at Appletree feel that we don't hear enough praises for the domestic staff, cleaners, activities, and our maintenance staff. 

Today we are shouting our thanks to these unsung heroes. 

On the occasion of Father’s Day we gathered the fathers at Coplands for a get together before lunch, they had opportunity to speak with each other and we offered them some snacks and chilled juices. They enjoyed the party with music. Everyone had a great day celebrating their fathers.

On 16th June 2021 Coplands Nursing Home celebrated their Summer fete party with residents, residents families and members of staff. A meeting, lunch with refreshments and entertainment was organised. Staff wore their traditional dress and summer dress. The residents and the resident’s family enjoyed the event.

Congratulations to Alexandra Mora who has recently completed the Care Practitioner programme.

Alexandra is looking forward to continuing her career at Kents Hill and gain further clinical skills. To celebrate her achievement, she was presented with this lovely hamper from our Head Office training and development team.

Well done Alexandra from all of the staff and residents at Kents Hill

Who doesn’t love ice cream & ice lollies eh? after all, it’s one of the world’s favourite desserts! With the Summer in full bloom, we at Knights Court raided the freezer and got out some delicious ice lollies and choc ice creams as a treat for our residents. Did you know eating lollies & ice cream has health benefits? 

While many who live with us remain modest when it comes to their hidden talents, several of our residents here are a dab hand with a paintbrush! This week, we experimented with string painting as a means to create something quite abstract and colourful and the outcome was spectacular!

Everyone at Wyndham Hall enjoyed celebrating the Queen's 95th birthday in style with a fun filled afternoon including pass the parcel, royal themed quizzes and lots of laughs and smiles.

This was followed by BBQ food and washed down with some strawberry champagne, so that we could all toast her Majesty and wish her many happy returns on such a special day

We are so delighted that we can have outside entertainment again, we can finally take advantage of this lovely weather. The residents were singing their hearts out, a few were dancing and the Pimm's was flowing, very refreshing. 

We’ve been reminiscing about summer holiday experiences – whether it was relaxing on the beach in Cornwall, lazing on a gondolier in Venice or enjoying a chilled white wine on a Parisian café terrace. At the beginning of June, the Italians celebrate ‘Republic Day’ as a national holiday, and we thought we would host an Italian inspired event to give people that holiday feeling, and what is more Italian than pizza making!

Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.

Well done to one of our residents here at Appletree Court, who sent a condolence card to the Queen she said how sorry she was for the loss of her husband Prince Philip and her thoughts and prayers go out to her family, she also said he nearly made it to a 100 which is a great achievement. To our surprise the Queen sent a reply back which made the resident very happy!