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The Old Vicarage care home in Sherborne, Dorset, which provides high quality residential care to up to 41 people, is proudly announcing the opening of its temporary ‘garden visiting room’.

Pen pals have 73-year age gap but have formed a fantastic friendship

Even though there’s an age gap of over 73-years, pen pals Eva, 14, and Mary, 86, have been keeping each other company during the Coronavirus

Vegetarian for Life, the UK’s leading authority on diet and healthy eating advice for older vegetarians and vegans, is pleased to announce the addition of care providers Sunrise Senior Living and Gracewell Healthcare as the newest signatories to its Memory Care Pledge.

Some care homes in England are having to delay the recommencement of visits because of a lack of coronavirus testing for staff and residents.

Gay Smallman, resident at Fernhill House Care Home in Worcester and one of the original “Nightingale Nurses”, last saw her husband Robert back in February just before he flew to New Zealand

Care Home Manager Maxine Bain already knew what a kind hearted and dedicated team she had at Orchard House Care Home, but her team have been nothing short of Care Home Heroes

Employees at Chaseview Care Home, based in Romford, have been praised for going the extra mile during local lockdown, so the wellbeing team decided to organise a staff appreciation day for all of their colleagues to enjoy.

For several weeks, collaborating closely with relatives, Market Lavington care home organised a small and safe birthday celebration for one of their residents, Joan Hawkins, who was turning a milestone one hundred years old.

Two Residents at Primrose House care home in Haslington share the same birthday, so staff planned something special to celebrate.