Supporting peoples independence is something that we like to achieve at our home and it is different from person to person but no matter what the task, they all come with their own sense of accomplishment. 
We have one person living with us at the moment who wanted to be apart of the team and help us where she can.  We were only too delighted to have her help, and now she even has her own uniform that she loves. 

We wanted to do something special to celebrate the amazing nurses that we have at Buckingham House care home.  We all met outside for some refreshments and the home manager gave each of our nurses a gift to thank them for all the incredible work that they do.

In honour of Florence Nightingale, we had a small gathering and celebration for our nurses at Cedar Court this afternoon. As a Registered General Nurse and also being our Regional Director, we also had our special guest, Petra join us for the same.  Our nurses provide such great care for the people who live with us it was nice to have an opportunity to show them we they are valued. Thank to everyone who made this say special.

International Nurses Day, such an important day when we celebrate all the amazing work all nurses do day in day out. 
We are so lucky to have exceptionally dedicated nurses working with us and today we would like to recognise them and thank them for all they do! 

We had a the most wonderful day trip to Tropical Birdland in Desford, Leicestershire.  Only a short drive from out home we all thoroughly enjoyed the walk around.  It was such a great experience getting to look at all the different species of birds, feeding them and even holding them for those who wished. To finish off when enjoyed a hot cuppa from the cafe and a delicious picnic our fantastic hospitality team had prepared for us.

We wanted to support The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) which is a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 which invites people from across the United Kingdom to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee”.
The people living with us wanted to be apart of the process so we made that happen for her which was amazing to see.

With the weather being so lovely and warm we wanted to get outside for a BBQ with the people living with us.  There was much food, laughter and a very special guest that joined us.

Over 75 colourful make a wish balloons filled the sky over the Kents Hill, each with a special wish-tag attached from every Resident. We are thrilled to say that some of our balloons travelled as far as Kent (as notified by the local who found the balloon on their farm) Our Residents absolutely loved this creative activity and let’s just hope all those wishes come true! Thank you to our Lifestyle Team for making this such a memorable experience.

We were looking for new ideas for what we can sell out our upcoming spring fayre and we decided that we would try new activity.  We got some scarfs and the people living with using the tie dye process created some beautiful and unique designs.  The final products are so lovely and we cant wait to display and sell them. The activity was a success and everyone cant wait to make some more.

It was national lemonade day this week and we wanted to give the people living with us a chance to try all different types of lemonades.  We wanted to know which were favourite and the kitchen staff and team were happy to be on hand to listen to the feedback.