Bridge House are No 1 in Surrey!

Bridge House has won the ‘Care Provider of the Year’ award at the prestigious Surrey Care Awards held last week. The annual awards ceremony celebrates and recognises the achievements of both individuals and teams in providing care excellence across the county.

Annie Lewis, Care Home Manager said:

Here at The Wharf Care Home we officially opened the Nursing Suite with the Mayor of Stourport who had a great presence throughout the day. 

We welcomed the Dementia Bus along with other communities and the Alzheimer's Society. Our onsite Chef prepared many culinary delights, which were enjoyed by all. 

The Poppy Sisters performed whilst residents sang and danced to the music, thoroughly enjoying their performance. 

We would like to thank the local communties for their support on our Open Day 

Rosedale Care Home in Catterick Garrison which provides nursing, residential, dementia care and short-term recuperation breaks have been enjoying the recent summers days.

The battle of the Chefs commenced in the North East for a position in the finals for the first Maria Mallaband and Countrywide Chef Competition.  The North East is delighted to have three of our own nominated for the finals and regional judging has commenced.  All three Chefs’ in the region have to prepare and cook a three course dinner within the resident’s budget.  A resident along with two regional judges are then required to sample all three meals and a pureed meal to decide who will represent the North East in the competition.

Rosedale Care Home on Catterick Road in Catterick Garrison has seen the arrival of two new residents, Treacle and Syrup.  

Off the back of NCS raising money to buy the residents new pets we are delighted to announce the arrival of our new Guinea Pigs.  With the money raised we have been able to purchase Treacle and Syrup which were rehomed through Pets at Home.  Both boys are two years old and the money raised has been able to buy them a Summer and Winter cage along with food, hay and all of the extras needed.

Staff and residents at Barnes Court of Wycliffe Road in High Barnes are celebrating being awarded a ‘Gold’ rating by Sunderland City Council for the second year running.  

Sunderland City Council operates a Quality Standard Assessment process which inspects 50 homes within the Sunderland area and then provides the home with a Quality Rating. The inspection process judges homes based on the safety of residents, effectiveness, leadership, responsiveness and the caring element of the service.

In September we celebrated ladies friendship day at Barnes Court with an afternoon tea event.  

All our ladies were invited to enjoy scones, clotted cream and jam, biscuits and cakes with special drinks.

We talked about the special ladies in our lives and how important friendship is. We exchanged notes that were available on the tables with kind words to each other.

We also wore fascinators in our hair and felt really posh! A lovely afternoon was had by all.

Why not come along to the home and check out our activities programme.

Good food should be savoured and celebrated.

Belmont House is proud to be one of a few businesses in the area to be accredited with the Gold Standard in North Yorkshire County Council’s ‘healthier choices’ awards, an initiative to recognise those businesses that are providing their customers with healthier eating choices.

To qualify for the award the menu options are judged on their nutritional value and how they ensure the meals are balanced, prepared and cooked in a health-conscious manner without compromising on taste or customer satisfaction.

Here at Rose Lodge Care Home of Carers Way, Cobblers Lane, Newton Aycliffe DL5 4SE we are proud to have an amazing patio garden. One of our residents loved her garden at home so much her fabulous husband Kenneth wanted to replicate that at the home for us and our garden started to grow.  

Field View Care Home in Blackhall held a Remembrance weekend for the residents to remember.  

To celebrate Armistice Day the home held a whole host of activities which started with entertainment from Ashley Stirling singing war time songs.  Everyone in the home was tapping their feet to the tunes and singing along whilst reminiscing about the halls and dances they attended during the World War.