Residents at Skell Lodge in Ripon had a busy month making a Christmas tree out of recycled items for the Ripon winter wonderland tree competition. We spent many hours making caricatures of ourselves, looking at old photographs of what we used to look like and recreating them. The tree was displayed in Spa Gardens among many more entries and was seen by hundreds of people as they visited the event.

December brought with it a time for bringing people together and a feeling of warmth, joy and happiness. Over the course of December we were delighted to open our doors to students from local schools to sing carols for our residents. The students not only sang rehearsed carol songs and well known Christmas classics but also handed out Christmas cards and invited conversation by introducing themselves to residents. Some students had learned Christmas songs through Makaton and rehearsed dance actions to relate to the carols.

On the 17th December we held a day to raise money for the Alzheimer's society by dressing up as elf’s for the day and participating in games with many treats to go around. We had guess the name of the elf teddy, pick a number to win a prize, there was a tombola and an ongoing raffle. This is for those who did not have a chance to buy a ticket on the day to be able to and for us to increase the amount raised for the Alzheimer's Society. 

Batley Hall invites you to our Christmas Pantomime Dick Whittington on Friday 13th December 6pm. All Welcome

Join us on Friday 20th December for the Batley Hall Christmas Party 3pm - 4.30pm. All Welcome

Come along and join us at Howgate House Care Home for our Christmas Fair on Wednesday 18th December from 5pm - 6pm. 

We will have mince pies, mulled wine, a Christmas quiz and games. 

Everyone welcome. 

We were all so excited for Elf Day at Willowdene Care Home and we had so much fun as the staff and residents dressed up in the spirit of Christmas.

We started off the day with a Christmas Elf Quiz before the Foundation of Light came in for their weekly ball games activity with the residents.  We then had choir practice and afternoon treats from the kitchen to end the day.  We all had fun and the residents are looking forward to next year already. 

Cavendish Court Care Home hosted their first Friendship Community Café on Saturday 30th November. Residents friends & family enjoyed a selection of drinks, treats and live music including Country & Irish pop music. 

Here at Yohden Care Complex on Hesleden Road we believe that the quality of life we give to our residents in the home is very important and our activity programme at the home is one of the best.  We are lucky enough to employ 2 part time activity coordinators and a full-time activity coordinator. Jill Ramshaw is our full-time activity coordinator at the home, and this is a new career to Jill.   

The Cathedral in Ripon had kindly invited the residents from The Moors Care Centre to a number of concerts in November, on the 14th residents enjoyed a piano recital by Julia Hartmann. It was a very cold and wet day but a spectacular atmosphere in a breath-taking setting with poppies still covering parts of the cathedral, we were met by Loretta a volunteer that helps out in the home with church services and cathedral chatter. Loretta made us very welcome with a hot drink and showed us to our seats the recital was very much loved by the residents.

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: