Here at Abingdon Court, we would be lost without our nurses who keep the building alive – from the amazing team who work tirelessly throughout our home, making sure all who live here are happy and healthy, to our home managers who have dedicated their lives to nursing before taking on managerial roles. Nurses really are at the heart of what we do (supported by our excellent carers, of course!).

We celebrated with everyone - Staff and Residents

Residents at Windmill Court celebrated VE Day with a street party themed lunch, enjoying their favourite choice of lunch - beef burger, chips and a glass of wine! 

On hearing of the residents' request for burgers to be served at the street party to mark the 76th year anniversary of VE Day, local butcher Gary Dutton very kindly donated some home made burgers for the event which everyone really enjoyed.

It is well known the incredible effect that the ocean has on our well-being - the sight, the sound, the smell.

It may not have been the brightest day, but it truly was a joy for those living at Kings Manor to venture out of the home and take a trip down to Sidmouth.

Although we were not able to leave the van (expect a single member of staff to pick up some ice cream), everyone was able to enjoy the natural scenery along the way and the beautiful sea views as we reached Sidmouth beach.

The Easter Bunny made an appearance at Kings Manor over the weekend, he brought all the people living at the home a lovely Easter Egg and much joy as he hopped around. The team at Kings Manor also got involved by dressing up, using hair chalks, and even used their vocals on the karaoke machine. Huge thanks to Ottery St Mary Primary School who sent in some lovely Easter bags for the people at the home, they were thrilled to receive them, thank you so much.

The people who live at Kings Manor love to make the floral arrangements that are used in our restaurants. Each week the activities have a selection of flowers, sometimes from the gardens at the home that are then prepared and turned into some beautiful centre pieces for all at the home to enjoy.

Spring is well on its way at Kings Manor Care Home, having our own gardener on staff allows for a very hands on approach to the development of the gardens and also to support anyone at the home who has a passion for gardening. There has been a lot of planting recently at the home and much excitement as everything is starting to grow.

Having an active lifestyle with physical activity and a creative outlet to keep the mind sharp is important as we grow older. Pebble art/painting rocks is an exciting, new activity that sharpens and broadens one’s mind and most importantly delivers numerous health benefits. 

All the Highfield family sent our warmest wishes to Queen Elizabeth II for her 95th birthday! We all enjoyed the afternoon reminiscing about Queen's life history with celebratory national tea day at the same time and thanks to our amazing chef for making quite possibly the nicest homemade Victoria sponge, scones with fresh strawberry and not forgetting the clotted cream!!  

Our resident enjoyed a sunny afternoon creating their very own personalised flower displays in the main lounge, using a variety of beautiful flowers. Flower arranging activities are very popular amongst the residents here. We enjoy it with soft background music which is a great stress reliever promoting a calm and relaxing atmosphere.