Congratulations to Amita Gurung who has recently completed the Care Practitioner Programme

Amita is looking forward to continuing her career with us at Highfield Care Home and gain further clinical skills. To celebrate Amita’s achievement, she was presented with this lovely hamper from our Training and Development Team.

Well done Amita from all of the staff and residents at Highfield

Raj and Julie from our activities team were proud to host the Knights Court Annual Tea Party on Saturday 21st August. After a month of planning we were so happy it was a huge success.

As July came around, our home was hit with a case of Olympic fever. Eyes glued to the TV’s as we gawp with pride at the fantastic Olympians from all across the globe, as they compete for coveted titles in sports which have provided entertainment and joy for those who live here, for their entire lives.

In the spirit of France and to celebrate Bastille Day, we tried our hand at baking our own French patisserie in the form of Macarons!

As part of our Summer Armchair Travel series, we all boarded Abingdon Airlines to take a tour of France!

We enjoyed some French bread with some classic soft French cheeses, washed down with a gorgeously refreshing French white wine. We enjoyed the sounds of traditional a French accordion as we imagined cruising down the river Seine.

As we begin to transition from Summer into the Autumn months, another special occasion is upon us. It’s time to celebrate those who are often the unsung heroes of the team here at MMCG. So, Wednesday 1st September will be the very first Ancillary Day!

In May and June, we were thrilled to see so many of our homes making such a special effort to celebrate International Nurses Day and MMCG Carers Appreciation Day. This was the perfect opportunity to show our nursing and care staff and how grateful we are for the amazing work they do.

Friday 20th August at Belmont House Care Home we hosted a very special event, Bradlee Whittaker, a health care assistant at Belmont House Braved the Shave for Macmillan cancer support. Special guests, the Mayor and the Mayoress of Harrogate took part in the afternoons entertainments. We don’t have a final figure yet but on the afternoon we had got to over £820, we will announce the final figure soon. A very big well done to Bradlee who provided the highlight of a lovely afternoon for our residents, families and staff.

This afternoon’s activity was pizza tasting. We had a variety of flavours such as chorizo and anchovies, they were very tasty.

At a recent painting session, themed on the changing colours of Autumn , everyone had fun painting trees and some of our group even mixed it up a bit by adding buttons, with spectacular results.

We recently all celebrated the birthday of the lovely Connie, who was so amazed by her cake and was super grateful it brought her to tears. Sometimes it’s the small things that makes peoples day and we all had a fantastic day celebrating.