Lovely comments received from family member who did a social distancing visit. 

Thank you to Nurse Plus for our father's day treats and games delivered to Hope Green. 

Thank you from all the staff at Carmel Lodge Care Home for the lovely treats. 

Here at Willowdene Care Home on Lizards Lane in Sedgefield we were delighted to celebrate one of our resident's birthdays this week.  Ruth, was delighted to have a socially distanced visit from her family and catch up and enjoy some cake with them. We hope you had a brilliant birthday Ruth.

At Buckingham House we have redesigned one of our courtyards to make it more sensory and dementia friendly. 

Our residents love how it has evolved and it's now one of the favourite outdoor spaces. 

At Buckingham House we are excited to start welcoming visits from family and friends after such a long time. We are taking things slowly and to ensure we continue to protect our residents and staff team we are hosting visits in the garden for now.

One of our first visitors sent us a lovely thank you.

"I can not believe I visited! So good to see Ma looking so healthy - & tanned! It was so well done and organised & the gardens look lovely, a wonderful place to meet - thanks so very much everyone."

It was Rocco's first birthday and of course we couldn't resist making a fuss of him.

Rocco is a golden Labrador and spends a lot of time at Princess Lodge as he belongs to the home manager Rares. He has been visiting since he was a puppy and has been a source of delight over the past few months with his cheeky attitude and antics. He's a popular member of the Princess Lodge team.

We had a very special delivery, staff from Costa Coffee visited us and dropped off some fabulous gifts for our staff team as a thank you for all of their hard work.  It was such a thoughtful gesture and really made our day. 

Thank you to Rose for sending in the lovely poem, The Invisible Enemy by Rose Rodger.

Rose worked at Abingdon Court and has recently left to start a new career. We wish you all the best in your new role. 

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The summer sunshine has arrived early here at White Rose Lodge and what better way to enjoy it than being out in our garden which overlooks the sea. Residents were elated to have had opportunities to sit outside and soak in the sun, listen to the sounds of the sea and the echo of children playing. One resident in particular was encapsulated with the birds and was sat watching them flying and carry sticks to build a nest and listening to the chirping.