Thorntree Mews is definitely feeling the love. Our relatives are amazing .We received this lovely donation of chocolate for all the staff as a Thank you for looking after our residents so well.

We had a busy Easter at the home with arts and crafts, baking and a beautiful Easter Sunday buffet.  We also enjoyed some entertainment at the home today to get us into the Easter spirit and had a lovely singalong.

This month, the Regional Hero recognition is awarded to the exceptional team at White Rose Lodge. Adam Janeway (Home Manager), Tina Craggs (Deputy Manager) and Hannah Morris (Business Administrator) were presented with a keyring and a card for the superb way in which they led the team through a very challenging covid-19 outbreak. The rest of the team received some chocolates and sweets and a card to thank them for all their hard work and commitment.

We would like to announce that White Rose Lodge has been officially nominated for a Care Home of the Year in the annual MMCG and Countrywide Care Awards. This, on it's own, is a testimony to every member of staff working currently and, in the past, thank you so much for all your hard work and commitment to our wonderful residents.

More fun at Willowdene In April when we enjoyed afternoon tea for the Queens 96th birthday we had a sing a long and a quiz about Royalty with some hilarious answers from the residents.  We had such a great day and hoped the Queen had as much fun as we did.

We’ve planted a cherry tree for the Queens Platinum Jubilee 2022.

We were delighted that John Wilkinson, who is the husband of one of our residents, said it was an absolute honour to do this for us.

The photos show our deputy manager Elizabeth, John, our Lifestyle Coodinator Angela and Administrator Sarah all assisting with planting the tree.

We are delighted to present our entry into the MMCG and Countrywide Easter competition created by our brilliant Chef John at the home.

If this is not a winning entry I don't know what is. Hasn't he done an incredible job?

Thank you John, we knew you would create something amazing but we never expected this.

Residents, colleagues and relatives had a wonderful afternoon last week when Rishi Sunak, MP of Richmondshire and our Chairman and Founder of Maria Mallaband Care, Phil Burgan, visited our newly refurbished Lodge at Rosedale Care Home.

They enjoyed a wonderful afternoon tea prepared by Maya and her team in the kitchen and alcoholic and non alcoholic Prosecco.

This was Rishi's second visit to the Lodge having visited the home in July 2019 when a group from National Citizen Service raised money to buy a piano and some guinea pigs for the home.

We would like to thank all the staff and visitors for all their support with our Easter raffle we raised £121 for our residents funds.

This morning we tasted a selection of herbs and spices, and discussed their use in food preparation and seasoning. We managed to identify different tastes and textures, including parsley, lovage, basil, sage, rosemary, chives, coriander, wild garlic, garlic salt, pepper, cumin, chillies, ginger, nutmeg and tarragon.