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.

Colouring is known to offer many benefits such as encouraging relaxation and lowering stress and anxiety levels. It can be done by anyone and it's a hobby you can take anywhere, including the garden. It's even more enjoyable when you are joined by friends. 

During the warmer weather you can't keep us out of the garden. Sunshine and cocktails are the perfect partners as is a game or two of table tennis or card games. 

The gradual ‘opening up’ of society after lockdown has seen the long-awaited return of indoor visits, more visitors, trips out and greater contact between family members and friends across our care homes, as we all learn to live alongside Covid.

A  312,000 refurbishment project at Monread Lodge Care Home in Knebworth has been completed, with interior designed spaces, luxury furnishings, sumptuous fabrics, and warm colours creating an elegant inviting environment.

The work has transformed the dining room, two conservatories, four lounges, and 20 of the bedrooms, as well as the on-site hairdressers and coffee lounge.

The care home’s 16-bed dedicated dementia unit, Knebworth Court, was also renovated as part of the project.

Minster Grange Care Home in York has joined forces with Schoen Clinic York to enable this vital service for adults with diagnosed eating disorders and associated problems to remain in the city. Schoen Clinic York has moved into a new 15-bed inpatient facility on the ground fl oor of the care home in Haxby Road in Clifton, having relocated from its previous site in Haxby.

The Maria Mallaband and Countrywide 2021 Annual Care Awards have now been launched - and we are awaiting your nominations!

These awards celebrate the outstanding work that happens day-to-day across the entire group. They recognise individuals who have gone above and beyond their day-to-day roles, showing commitment, integrity, hard work, great teamwork, and above all that their individual roles and achievements ultimately provide a first-class service to those living within our homes.

We’re delighted to announce that Maria Mallaband Care Group has been shortlisted as finalists in this year’s Care Home Awards.

The categories we’re finalist in are:

It has been an incredibly busy time for us all in recent weeks – and an exciting time, as the updated government restrictions have meant more visitors safely allowed into homes, and more visits out too. I know how special it has been for all of us to see families and friends reunited after so long.

Today our residents at Mary Chapman enjoyed making and decorating rice shakers. They were all colourful for our bhangra dancing on Thursday as India is our next stop on our travels around the world, we are all so excited.